Everyone makes the decision at one point or another. No one simply accepts that alcohol is bad simply because someone said "Alcohol is bad." Everyone who's heard "Alcohol is bad" wonders why it is at some point or another, and then they make the decision whether they going to drink or not.
No one walks around going, "Alcohol is bad!" without knowing the reasons why. Anyone who does is, as you said, a dumbass. There isn't a single person on this message board who is this way. Every one of us "straight-edgers" has our reasons for not drinking.
You essentially have no targets to flame. Funny, the way that works, considering you posted as if every one of us were that way. Your post is, in short, asinine.
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I never said a damn thing about drugs. They are bad, mmm'kay?
What's the difference between alcohol and other drugs, besides legality?
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How.... Taeldian.... uughhhhhh:
What's the difference between alcohol and other drugs, besides legality?
Alcohol, while intoxicating, isn't as addictive or as immediately harmful.
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Mr. Parcelan stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Alcohol, while intoxicating, isn't as addictive or as immediately harmful.
So it's like a wuss drug? 
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Taeldian stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
So it's like a wuss drug?
Yes, not wanting to be killed or arrested on felony possession makes you a wuss.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Mr. Parcelan was all like:
Yes, not wanting to be killed or arrested on felony possession makes you a wuss.
Damn straight.
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On a scale of 1 to Taeldian, we rated this an eleventy billion:
No one walks around going, "Alcohol is bad!" without knowing the reasons why. Anyone who does is, as you said, a dumbass. There isn't a single person on this message board who is this way. Every one of us "straight-edgers" has our reasons for not drinking.
Yeah, you're fucking wusses. Stop being such a pansy boy. As long as you're not a retard who drinks it constantly every day or a retard that drinks it and then decides to go out for a drive, beer is not going to bite you.
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This insanity brought to you by Absolut Blindy:
Yeah, you're fucking wusses. Stop being such a pansy boy. As long as you're not a retard who drinks it constantly every day or a retard that drinks it and then decides to go out for a drive, beer is not going to bite you.
You cant fuckin apply that to everyone, assmunch. Some people are extremely prone to alcoholism.. Some people are allergic to it. They go straight edge for a reason. Dont mean that they are wusses. Fuck.. my brother quit drinking altogether because of what it did to him and how it impaired his thinking. My own husband is both highly prone to alcoholism AND allergic to it. Stop putting down others for their choices.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Zephyer Kyuukaze said:
I lost my link to Gyd's collection of pictures when I reformatted.
I saved them all on http://gydyon.homestead.com/photo.html and photo1.html, I think.
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
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Verily, Gydfather doth proclaim:
I saved them all on http://gydyon.homestead.com/photo.html and photo1.html, I think.
OMG YAY! 
I've been sleeping like shit lately, so I'm too tired to photoshop, but I'll come up with something soon. 
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What's the difference between alcohol and other drugs, besides legality?
The body fully metabolizes alcohol. Duh.
Of course, your argument works the other way, too: if there's no difference between alcohol, it shouldn't matter that the others are illegal, and no one should complain about sticking to the one that's legal.
You need to work on that whole "logic" concept.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Quoth Zaza:
Blindy, you are a fucking moron. Being prone to alcoholism is genetical, saying that everyone is fine as long as they follow a basic concept of rules when in fact, the deviance in being prone to alcoholism is about as big as the deviance in being prone to overweight... Seriously. You are just too fucking dumb to be true.
While not disputing Blindy's a moron, you've got your facts all dorked up with respect to both alcoholism and obesity. Genetics, in this case, != fate.
A person with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism doesn't have to be a tea-totaler.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage had this to say about Robocop:
While not disputing Blindy's a moron, you've got your facts all dorked up with respect to both alcoholism and obesity. Genetics, in this case, != fate.A person with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism doesn't have to be a tea-totaler.
No, no, no. I just said that you can't declare a "If you don't drink every day it'll be okay!", because it's different for different people. I didn't mean that everyone prone to alcoholism will become an alcoholic.
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Absolut Blindy had this to say about Cuba:
Yeah, you're fucking wusses. Stop being such a pansy boy. As long as you're not a retard who drinks it constantly every day or a retard that drinks it and then decides to go out for a drive, beer is not going to bite you.
Oh well, I guess I'm a wuss, then.
'Sage, I never said there was anything wrong with choosing to stick with the legal one. It was a simple question and both you and Parce answered it for me.
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sXe: I choose not to drink because bad things could happen.
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yourwhatever: I can not drink because I am alergic to it.
Your Whatever is not a sXer. So fuck off, fuck.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Absolut Blindy said:
Allow me to point something out.Your Whatever is not a sXer. So fuck off, fuck.
Fuck you, fuckhead.
(I love this forum 
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'sXe: I choose not to drink because bad things could happen.'
ie. he chooses not to because his father was an alcoholic.. fucktard. Btw.. KaL.. guess what? You're a Whatever!
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KaLourin probably says this to all the girls:
whooooohhwhwooo!! Im a whatever!! yea! wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
edit: and to think I always considered violent illness and possible death under the category of "bad things could happen"
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KaLourin was doing great, then they had to go and say:
edit: and to think I always considered violent illness and possible death under the category of "bad things could happen"
that's more of a 'would' than a 'could'. This is the same thing for me as someone not taking penicilin because it would hurt them. it's not a decision then, which is something it would have to be to make you a sXer.
Becoming addicted is something that runs in my family, but as someone said, it's not a sure thing that I'm going to become an alcoholic if I drink alcohol.
But the fact is that there is that chance, and it's not one I want to take. I've seen the way alcoholism can affect people even in their later lives, long after they've quit. I mean, I have enough problems with just caffeine as it is. In addition, I've seen drunk people. I don't want to get carried away and become that. Losing control of myself like that isn't something that appeals to me.
My whatever is more along the lines of "bad things could happen." So I'm not going to die if I drink; so what? I've made my choice to not drink, and it happens to be just that: My choice.
Call me a wuss all you want. It's not going to change a damned thing.
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Channeling the spirit of Sherlock Holmes, KaLourin absently fondled Watson and proclaimed:
whooooohhwhwooo!! Im a whatever!! yea! wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
You get a 
and a for spelling "yea" correctly. One of the very, very few.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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ACES! Another post by Taeldian:
Call me a wuss all you want.
ok!
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From the book of Bloodsage, chapter 3, verse 16:
You get aand a
for spelling "yea" correctly. One of the very, very few.
beating and a hug from the 'Sage... =
"my mother and father are drunks, but hey! I'll be fine! lemme go out and drink and buy booze that they might get their hands on, and end up getting worse." No fuckin thank you.
and again... here we go with the "grow some balls and drink" mentality. Where is it stated that you MUST do this to advance in life? it's not some friggin prerequisite.
[ 08-09-2003: Message edited by: KaLourin ]
edit: Oh btw, isnt "not drinking because my parents alcoholics" part of the whole self restraint category? I dont want to drink because I see what it does to them. Sounds pretty self restraining to me.
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KaLourin stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
So.... by you twisted logic, Mightion and I should ignore the problems and shit out parents face with their addiction and go out and drink anyway? Fuck that shit."my mother and father are drunks, but hey! I'll be fine! lemme go out and drink and buy booze that they might get their hands on, and end up getting worse." No fuckin thank you.
and again... here we go with the "grow some balls and drink" mentality. Where is it stated that you MUST do this to advance in life? it's not some friggin prerequisite.
edit: Oh btw, isnt "not drinking because my parents alcoholics" part of the whole self restraint category? I dont want to drink because I see what it does to them. Sounds pretty self restraining to me.
No. What my logic is saying is that drinking is not the cause of the problem. Yes it has addictive effects, yes it can lead to problems. But the fault lies with the individual drinkers. Why is it that the majority of drinkers are not alcoholics. Self restraint is why. Those who are alcoholic do not posses the need restraint. If you drink because you're depressed which a reason for many people, then you can often become alcoholic. Why? Because in your depression you do not care. What most people forget is there comes a point where people know that they are drinking far too much and should cut back, but what do they do? They continue on their merry way. Somehwere down the road that was your parents. Some people are just too weak to restrain themselves or give up what they enjoy.
As far as the grow some balls and drink mentality is concerned. You should not be afraid to drink because of what happened to your parents. You should be more aware of the effects it can have and conseqeuntly you should have a greater respect for it. But completely abstaining is being afraid to drink. You say you don't want to end like your parents, then that is an example of fear. If you don't want to do something because of the possible represcussions, guess what? Its fear.
And saying I don't want to drink because I see what it does to them is a poor excuse at best. 1) You're not them. 2) You're not an alcoholic 3) With your fear of becoming an alcoholic you'd be even more careful about monitoring the amount you drink and frequencies. By having such examples before you, you're allowed a better oppoturnity than most to fully understand just what the effects can be rather than having to expierence them first hand. SO stop be afraid, take a drink if you want to. It won't kill you or make you an alcoholic, but just make sure you control your drinking otherwise you will end up like your parents.
On an other note, buying booze and allowing it near recovering alcoholics is stupid. If you did that then that would be stupid. Keeping it away from them would be smart. Its like what people do with small children who don't know better. Treat the situation the same.
Disregarding fear for a moment, I still have no reason to drink in the first place. I have no desire to get drunk, nor do I have any desire to even get buzzed. Blindy says people should do it for the experience.
Taking fear back into the question, I don't want to take the risks involved with drinking just so I can have the experience. It can cause too much pain for no payoff. I'd just as soon touch a burning stove "just for the experience."
You say to use self control when drinking, but why not use that same self-control to not drink? It's much easier to maintain said self-control when you don't have alcohol taking away the inhibitions that gave you that self-cntrol in the first place.
Where's your sense of adventure, you lame ass mother fucker?
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OldSchool Blindy stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Why do people sky dive?Where's your sense of adventure, you lame ass mother fucker?
I'd rather splat against the ground in a horrible sky diving accident than waste away in a drug and disease filled life. My definition of adventure doesn't include torturing myself for years after a few nights of fun.*
*exaggeration for effect, not to be taken literally.
[ 08-09-2003: Message edited by: Savannah / Emily ]
Should've said something, but I've said it enough
By the way my words were faded
Rather waste some time with you...
