Nice job forcing mental illness out of the equation.

If my adult child was self harming simply because they wanted to, then there's nothing I could do about it.

Goodness knows my mother puts up with enough of my brother's self destructive tendencies to teach me that.

If someone is smoking they're clearly addicted to nicotine (or whatever substance), thus needing our help and support.

EDIT: WoF you missed my point, I'm not saying self-harming is good, T-nex's post just led me to believe that that was what she was implying.

I think that's a poor comparison. You know, a person can smoke because he enjoys it, and, regardless of whether or not he is badly addicted, I don't think he'd appreciate any "help and support" unless he felt that he needed it. In fact, he'd probably find the condescension insulting.

Well just choices in general that seems to have no implications on anyone else but themselves.

Say... if someone was into cutting for the art(such as scar drawings) then I would have no business telling them they cant or imposing some law saying people can't do that.

Same goes to tattoos... Drugs is a bit of a grey area. i support people doing with their bodies what they want, but the thing is, what if they get violent cos of the drugs?

I always thought setting up legal safe-houses would be a nice way of dealing with the drug issues.

But yea... In general people should be able to make 'bad' decisions without society imposing their laws or beliefs.

I even think prostitution should be legal. And any sexual decision one consents to.


We're way too intolerant as a species. x_x


But yea when mental issues come into the picture I suppose that's a more debatable area.


But I really just wanna throw intolerance out of the window. It only serves to keep us cushy and sheltered.

There's a strong argument that after the first hit no addictive drug user is doing 'what they want' anymore.

And before personal freedom, prostitution should be legal for security and protection reasons.

But the only reason one would enjoy smoking is to overcome the withdrawal symptoms, the same way someone cutting themselves is only trying to overcome emotions or something.

EDIT: Ok, I left the computer whilst replying to that. I only saw oddjob's reply.

Do you really think so? That might be true in a number of cases (even most cases), but I have talked to people who enjoy other things about the cigarette rather than just the relief it provides. Like anything which is consumed, it has qualities which may appeal to some.
In fact, the smell may bother a lot of people, but since being a child, it's a smell which I've enjoyed, despite not being a smoker. You don't need an addiction or any other psychological problem to enjoy sensations like that.
It is more likely that a self-harmer is self-harming because he has mental problems than it is likely that I enjoy an unpopular smell because of mental problems.

I'll admit that sometimes I enjoy the smell of smoke from a cigarette. It's a guilty pleasure of mine, but I'd never dream of actually smoking one.

The user initially decides they will start doing drugs thus making it a decision of their own... everything included.

Maybe there should be a whole new thread regarding this stuff rather than mixing it up with the dumb Room 102 thread.

No heroin user, when taking their first shot, imagines they might one day be sticking a needle in their groin.

Like the Smoking is Cool thread? Because you're right.

I'd put that thread in the Room.

The Strong Nuclear Force.

Oh yeah. I went there.

Africa and religion obviously.

The whole of Africa? That is... evil. The bad kind.

Havoc strikes again.

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SIGH

:tard:

fly's, days of our lives, eczema, spiders, sharks ect...

Flies, spiders and sharks? You'e as bad as Havoc!

What? No 'Oh my?'

To be honest, putting any animal in would result in big ripples, you know with the food chain and everything?

lol

rrrrr nipples you say

I thought it read 'mipples.' I'm not confused anymore.

What would happen if we put Rule 34 in Room 102?

NO EXCEPTIONS

I meant RIPPLES! you dirty minded people, you

It's not us being dirty minded, it clearly looked like nipples.

How about this then?

Yeh, n is nowhere near r or i or p

I know