Re: virus: Mind-Flipper in Action
Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:26:41 -0400
Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
>
> KMO wrote:
> >The Nateman wrote, "The analogy is faulty for this reason:
> >Cars are not heroin."
> >
> >If they were, it wouldn't be an analogy.
>
> How true. In fact it is a BAD analogy, which Nateman addresses in the very
> next sentences:
>
> "Recreational Heroin does not help one deal with reality but rather to deny
> it. (Taken for severe pain it is another matter). Cars however do help one
> to deal better with reality. Travel across a continent is possible in only a
> handfull of days with cars (not to mention the bounties aquired in trade for
> those who don't even drive).Heroin's only destination however is the grave."
>
> What do you say, KMO?
>
> (I wouldn't ask if you honestly added to you half-truth that you agree with
> the rest of Nateman's argument or mentioned why not).
>
> Regards, Tadeusz (Tad) Niwinski from planet TeTa
> tad@teta.ai http://www.teta.ai (604) 985-4159
Well, I disagree, the analogy is fine. Heroin has many benifits as well
as drawbacks. Besides pain, heroin lets you observe reality in a way
your brain could not do it naturally. In fact, most great artists and
musicians of our time have experimented and produced some incredible
work that would not have existed otherwise. This goes for the whole drug
scene, you would be hard pressed to find a creative genius in any era,
that didn't abuse drugs. Michael Angelo, Mozart, the Beatles, Elvis, and
just about everyone in between. Heroin kills a lot less people than
cars. I AM NOT SAYING THAT HEROIN IS BETTER THAN CARS. I am saying that
the analogy is fine, and that because of your addiction to the
automobile, are unable to see the connection.
Sodom
Bill Roh
I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, BUT I HAD TO INJECT IT FIRST