burner69
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Now, first off, this thread is not about drugs. Anyone debating drug use will be shot in the foot and thrown in a vat of vinegar. Clear? Good.
What my problem is here is that everytime any thread is opened, or diverges into, the issue of drug use, it gets closed...just like that. *Snip* gone.
I've PMd mods and I understand their prediciment, but I find it bloody frustrating.
For a start, drug use is common; it's estimated that in the UK 51% of people have tried cannabis. Making it effectively 'illegal' to even talk about drugs on these forums is just silencing an aspect of a potential majority. Now, I'm not saying drug use is safe, or should be condoned, what I am saying is that ceasing any civil debate about drugs is quite frankly idiotic.
There are clearly many different views on the matter, and to ban all discussion is like saying "Well, yes we can see there are many viewpoints but actually no-one is allowed to talk about that, goodbye."
I could, I'm told, go to a drugs forum to discuss drugs. But why aren't I being told to go to a weather forum when I post on the weather thread in off-topic? Why aren't I being told to go to a suicide forum when posting on the "best way to die" thread?
I'm just interested in people's views on this.
Is it right that we shouldn't be able to debate the use, legalisation and dangers of drugs?
What my problem is here is that everytime any thread is opened, or diverges into, the issue of drug use, it gets closed...just like that. *Snip* gone.
I've PMd mods and I understand their prediciment, but I find it bloody frustrating.
For a start, drug use is common; it's estimated that in the UK 51% of people have tried cannabis. Making it effectively 'illegal' to even talk about drugs on these forums is just silencing an aspect of a potential majority. Now, I'm not saying drug use is safe, or should be condoned, what I am saying is that ceasing any civil debate about drugs is quite frankly idiotic.
There are clearly many different views on the matter, and to ban all discussion is like saying "Well, yes we can see there are many viewpoints but actually no-one is allowed to talk about that, goodbye."
I could, I'm told, go to a drugs forum to discuss drugs. But why aren't I being told to go to a weather forum when I post on the weather thread in off-topic? Why aren't I being told to go to a suicide forum when posting on the "best way to die" thread?
I'm just interested in people's views on this.
Is it right that we shouldn't be able to debate the use, legalisation and dangers of drugs?