Has anybody ever reported a street dealer in Brixton?

[ajdown]

...and to tell the people you live among how to run their lives, even though you have no real understanding of them...

Isn't that what people are telling me though? Wondering what's wrong me me to shun drugs, alcohol, smoking, whatever, and 'their way' - whatever the addiction might be - is somehow better?

 

[ajdown]

You going tell us what makes you special and allows you to run our lives for us. Or are you going to avoid answering...?

Where did I say I'm special? Where did I say I'm trying to run anyone's life? Nothing I can say or do here will make the slightest bit of difference to anyone's life unless they choose for themselves to take on board anything I say.

The same goes for everyone else.

 

[jæd]

Isn't that what people are telling me though? Wondering what's wrong me me to shun drugs, alcohol, smoking, whatever, and 'their way' - whatever the addiction might be - is somehow better?

Oh...? Can you point to a post that I've made that says someone has to take drugs...? I also can't remember a post any one else made saying you have to

Oh, and I hate to break it you, not everyone who drinks or takes drugs is addicted...

 

[jæd]

Where did I say I'm special? Where did I say I'm trying to run anyone's life? Nothing I can say or do here will make the slightest bit of difference to anyone's life unless they choose for themselves to take on board anything I say.

The same goes for everyone else.

You agree that banning drinking on the tube is a good thing. Even though it won't actually do anything. You also want to get rid of street dealing, even though that doesn't cause serious problems.

And it appears to come down to your miseducation and personal beliefs, rather than any actual hard evidence.

 

[teuchter]

I'm not needing to be taken seriously here. What I say or do makes little difference in the grand scheme of things. I'm here so i can keep in touch with what's happening in my area.

If you're just here to "keep in touch" then why are you posting up your opinions all over the shop?

On the one hand you're complaining about the "dealer scum" making brixton untidy and causing you distress by whispering things at you, and then on the other hand you're cluttering up these boards with statements that you have no intention of backing up......

 

[ajdown]

If you're just here to "keep in touch" then why are you posting up your opinions all over the shop?

On the one hand you're complaining about the "dealer scum" making brixton untidy and causing you distress by whispering things at you, and then on the other hand you're cluttering up these boards with statements that you have no intention of backing up......

Participation is part of the reason for being here, where appropriate and/or necessary.

 

[jæd]

Participation is part of the reason for being here, where appropriate and/or necessary.

If you don't back anything up you'll find the participation will be frosty. Oh, and look... You haven't answered my question. At all

 

[jæd]

Outstanding questions:

* Where do I state one has to do drugs...? And where has anyone else stated this.

* Given your opinions on drinking on the tube and street dealing, as well your mis-guided beliefs, why can you tell people what to do...?

 

[Dask]

ajdown you sound like a walking talking human rendition of the Daily Mail.

 

[ajdown]

ajdown you sound like a walking talking human rendition of the Daily Mail.

I don't buy a newspaper... why should any particular set of opinions be tied to any newspaper or any political viewpoint?

Am I not allowed to just 'be me' without being labelled?

 

[jæd]

I don't buy a newspaper... why should any particular set of opinions be tied to any newspaper or any political viewpoint?

Am I not allowed to just 'be me' without being labelled?

From the Troll Primer :

* Ignore any questions that are difficult to answer and will expose holes in your argument.
* Post up "woe is me, everyone's being horrible" posts



FYI, you can have any opinion you want.

 

[Blagsta]

I live my life without drugs,

No alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee, sugar, chocolate, aspirin, paracetamol?

 

[Crispy]

That's what he says. I wouldn't count sugar.

 

[Blagsta]

Isn't that what people are telling me though? Wondering what's wrong me me to shun drugs, alcohol, smoking, whatever, and 'their way' - whatever the addiction might be - is somehow better?

Errrr...it was you telling other people how to run their lives if you read back.

 

[Blagsta]

That's what he says. I wouldn't count sugar.

Sugar has a definite affect on mood.

 

[ajdown]

No alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee, sugar, chocolate, aspirin, paracetamol?

No alcohol, tobacco, tea or coffee. By choice.

Sugar is not a 'drug' in the traditional sense. It's a food additive (and no, hash flapjacks don't count).

Chocolate/aspirin/paracetomol are outside of the remit of this discussion because they aren't illegal, I've never seen anyone outside Woolworths whisper in my ear "Twix?"

 

[nick h.]

Are you American, ajdown?

 

[Blagsta]

No alcohol, tobacco, tea or coffee. By choice.

Sugar is not a 'drug' in the traditional sense. It's a food additive (and no, hash flapjacks don't count).

Chocolate/aspirin/paracetomol are outside of the remit of this discussion because they aren't illegal, I've never seen anyone outside Woolworths whisper in my ear "Twix?"

Sugar is a substance which alters mood, as is chocolate, so would seem to fit the definition of drug. Maybe the reason you don't see people "outside Woolworths whisper in my ear "Twix?"" is precisely because they are legal.

 

[ajdown]

Are you American, ajdown?

No, English

 

[ajdown]

Sugar is a substance which alters mood, as is chocolate, so would seem to fit the definition of drug. Maybe the reason you don't see people "outside Woolworths whisper in my ear "Twix?"" is precisely because they are legal.

So why are people confusing legal and illegal drugs in this conversation? You can't really compare the two.

 

[Blagsta]

So why are people confusing legal and illegal drugs in this conversation? You can't really compare the two.

What's the difference (apart from the obvious)? You're not labouring under the misapprehension that illegality Vs legality necessarily denotes harm are you?

 

[ajdown]

What's the difference (apart from the obvious)? You're not labouring under the misapprehension that illegality Vs legality necessarily denotes harm are you?

No, because two of the most widely available and socially acceptable (to some) drugs - alcohol and tobacco - are highly addictive and probably more dangerous than some of the illegal ones.

 

[Blagsta]

No, because two of the most widely available and socially acceptable (to some) drugs - alcohol and tobacco - are highly addictive and probably more dangerous than some of the illegal ones.

So what's your point then?

 

[Crispy]

"it's illegal. don't do it" I think pretty much sums it up

 

[TopCat]

Very Judge Dredd that.