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Originally Posted by tore
I just read...People (in Norway) who smoke often adopt part of that culture into their own identity and he argues that it's the culture which is bad because the values that it holds dear are counterproductive to society and could turn people into takers rather than givers.
This is more relevant to a leftist country like Norway than it is to the US as takers are more taxing to the givers here, but I thought it might be an interesting point. Although it's a very general comment about a subculture in a small country, maybe someone could recognize if the concern has validity elsewhere.
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That's a good point, I feel, about the drug culture encouraging people to be takers rather than givers in a society. The U.S. certainly has a LOT of complaints from people as it is about those who exploit the welfare system to get something while doing nothing. It is a type of stealing, and I assume much less common than people here claim. But it certainly happens.
So, that's an interesting perspective in the article, which I *tried* to read. I'd say drugs epitomize taking rather than giving. When you use drugs like marijuana, you take your mind away from yourself, you take yourself away from others, and you incapacitate yourself so that you can't function as well.
But mostly, all I can think of right now, seeing as you're back, is...
TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE TORE!
