re: #1181 Yashmak

An animal is a living creature who has no “soul” as it were. It simply responds to stimuli. Drug users don’t think past their own wants. They want drugs, so they buy them. They don’t think about the murders, the rapes and the beheadings that their habit supports. If marijuana was legalized tomorrow, those same people would continue to ignore the suffering of others for their own selfish gain. Animal may be too strong a word, but it was the best I could come up with in a hurry, and it is not far off the mark.

I had a student once who embedded rusty razor blades in the base of his marijuana plants to maim those who would attempt to take them. A real prize of a human being.