[Talik]

bb2k, Interesting links. That seems pretty conclusive that pot is addicting. The question that comes to mind, however, is weather this shows that marijuana is physically addicting, or psychologically. People can get psychologically addicted to just about anything.

The other thing I saw in there that interests me is:

The withdrawal symptoms are not as dramatic as those associated with withdrawal from opiates or alcohol, but are still significant to the individual marijuana user

That seems to pretty clearly state that marijuana is less addicting than it's legal counterpart, alcohol. So, doesn't that give bar owners an advantage when selling their drinks?

Originally posted by msv
Sacrificing *may take the expression* of damaging other individuals (wich is not acceptable), but *the meaning* is to please the diety one worships, nothing else. Thankfully sacrifice has developed into less offensive customs, giving money to the church, etc. Still it´s basically the same thing: You give up something of value to You (a slave, some money) to please Your diety

Yes, thanks for clarifying, but the difference still remains that in an offering(and pot for that matter), you give up something of value to you, and in sacrificing, you are giving up something of value to someone else(not arguing with you, just restating for double clarification). I have no problems with people who want to throw their own money away, weather for religion, or not.

So, the situation about *the meaning* is an interesting one. We all make decisions in our lives based on the information we have available to us. If everything I know tells me that I need to appease my maker, then by gosh, I'm gonna go out, find a virgin, double check her hymen, and sacrifice her. My meaning was to appease my god, the ultimate right, but my action was to take a life, the ultimate wrong. Does that mean that I was wrong? Yes. But I made the decision as best I could with the knowledge I had. A couple hundred years later, human knowledge base has increased, and we see how ridiculous it is to take the life of someone else in the name of your god, we even go so far as to look down upon those who did it. But without our little bit of extra understanding of the universe, we would be running around, doing the same things. I often wonder what it is that we do, that in two hundred years will be looked upon as barbaric.

Originally posted by lukasz70
As for my punctuation, oops, didn't know this was English class all over. I’ll try better next time

Sorry, didn't mean to lecture. My comment was actually more directed at ataxy, than you. I, too, get frustrated at people who follow their beliefs without questioning it or knowing the reason why. And I get even more frustrated with people who believe the same thing as me, but for the wrong reason. Or justify it with half truths.(not referring to anyone in particular)