Drug Outtake
December 3rd, 2005
I twisted my ankle outside a club yesterday, and I wasnt even wearing heels. The last time I wore a pair, I was so overcome with the sensation of being aware that I hadnt worn them for so long I wasnt used to walking in them any longer. It must have been quite amusing for the people around I supposed. I crumpled to the floor and there were already a few people on the floor rather, the road- sitting around talking bullshit. Richard said I made a funny sound like a little girl before I started tearing up. It really hurt though, because it was a weak ankle to start out with, and now its swollen and I can barely walk without help. Which is really horrid because I walk everywhere. The last thing anyone would want to do is depend on a taxi driver. (Presumably, everywhere isnt very far)
Richard woke me up in the middle of the night and tried to shag me, but I didnt feel like it and curled up into a ball and tried to go back to sleep but he wouldnt let me. So I thought Id give it a try and see how I felt like, but I seriously bring myself to it. It is funny, I never thought about sex as an appetite, but it is, and sometimes you dont want it. No matter how much youre into it. It must have been quite funny, I really didnt want to be bothered, and I put my hands together and begged No please, I dont want it and I really meant it.
A year back I dont think I would have done it like that, a year back I didnt in fact. And I was quite miserable. It is an appetite, and I felt like I was eating chocolate chip cookies and couldnt stop even when I got clearly sick. No. Bad. It ruined a lot of things.
Im tired to thinking about the death penalty and drugs.
May be it is better for all of us to exist in a state of freedom. It is better for us in all respects the moment the economy is freed, it improves, the moment any government stops muddling development projects, the architecture gets more interesting. The moment government dip their fingers into religion, people get pissed off and things fuck up. So may be they should just leave drugs alone.
The other thing that makes the case so difficult to argue is that not all drugs are on the same level of additive quality, and neither are all drugs as dangerous as one another. The more I think about it, the more Im convinced that my feeling towards the issue is governed by propaganda videos shown to me as a child (oh, and the movie Trainspotting). It fucks people up alright, but how to stop it from fucking people up is another thing. How to prevent it from entering our society is a different issue.
Thailand has capital punishment for drug dealers too, and its more brutal than the way Singapore does it. The last I heard, they were machined gunned to death, and god only knows how much consideration was put into how guilty they were. But Thailands full of drugs, its so easy to get stoned out of your face and kill yourself on bastardized E I cant help but wonder, what the hell was that one act of brutality for?
Singapore is so developed in so many ways, but when it comes to handling crime, you cant help but wonder if were still living in the Middle Ages. Of course, if I were a parent, I wouldnt like to worry about my child when she comes home late. In Singapore, the worst you can imagine is oh, may be shes shooting down alcohol, may be shes fucking her boyfriend certainly there are alcoholics and alcohol can be as bad as most drugs, but people cant drink all that much at one go. It takes a lot more alcohol over a longer period of time for it to really get to you than the other recreational drugs, in my opinion. But Ive neither been an alcoholic or a drug addict, so I dont know how accurate my judgement is. But it proves one thing, and that it can be controlled. Everything can be controlled
I think people are mostly pissed off because 1) who the fuck does the Singaporean law think she is, to take away someones life like that. 2) Is the purpose social regulation and protection, or social control. Is the Singaporean attitude towards drugs the attitude towards real, raw criminal activity or the attitude towards blow jobs.
If someone knocked another person down on the road with a vehicle and killed them, the penalty wouldnt be the same if it was intentional and if it was proven it was clearly an accident. Murderers are hanged because as it is, it take a lot of hate to murder someone else (or a lot of madness) and it takes a very harsh punishment to deter people that are determined.
Some people suggest that they are hanged because it is cheaper. I believe how much it keeps to upkeep an human being for free comes into the equation at some point, but I dont believe it is that big a consideration for it to be part of the reason why our government decides to kill someone or not. I find that extremely hard to believe that politicians as educated as ours would decide to kill someone because he was expensive. Yes, Pol Pot was a very educated individual, and that did not stop him from being a monster. However, if you look at our society, you can tell at its core, Singapore isnt barbaric. The people that run it are harsh, but they are far from chopping our hands off for shoplifting.
I am convinced that the death penalty for drug dealers is in order to truly make difficult the consumption and abuse of addictive substances by increasing the negative consequence of playing with drugs in Singapore. But because out-dated things like the penal code are still very fashionable in this part of the world, one cannot help but wonder if the feeling of control is part of the decision to hang people. The ability to choose whether or not we want to have drugs, when we wish to take it, such and such, is a human freedom, just as however the fuck we want to have our blowjobs.
But think about it. Singapore is one of the freest societies on earth when it comes down to it. You can get laid for $80 in Geylang, you can worship any God you wish (yes some cults are prohibited, but I think the ones that are, are completely ridiculous anyway, not to mention dangerous-) these days you can read 1984, the Satanic Verses and the Satanic Bible if you want to and nobody the fuck would care. You can have an abortion at whatever age without your parents knowing (I think so anyway. I remember feeling like it was true when I was making out with boys before I was 16 and wondering if I could get pregnant if Id only let them slip their dicks into my knickers. Yes Im a second rate slut and you got to be kidding yourself if you think even 90% of men get to reach that status)
Anyway, every single human need is fulfilled in this country. Every freedom the human soul needs is here. The physical, the intellectual and the spiritual. The only time things get clamped down on is when these things themselves prevent human freedom. People in religious cults are not free, and people with a drug addiction are far from free. Yes were beholden to the Powers that Be, but the Powers that Be know what they are doing. They have made no promises to the people to get them elected, but they have done everything to take us out of shit into what we are in present day. Other governments make many promises and are unable to do anything about them.
The other reason why drugs are regulated so harshly here, and alcohol is not, is (in my opinion) because of the way they are traded. Alcohol and Tobacco is imported by established corporations, and the Government can slap exorbitant taxes on them, but we really should stop complaining because human beings slap exorbitant taxes on themselves anyway. The tax to be fashionable is one of them, isnt it, and thats bigger and more useless than any alcohol or cigarette tax. Like anyone will really care youre wearing a pair of LV slippers instead of ones from Zara. But alcohol and cigarettes are taxed exorbitantly anyway in most first world countries. And as far as Im concerned, a bottle of wine in Singapore is only more expensive than a bottle of wine in New Zealand because of the cost it takes to ship it here.
Drugs are regulated so harshly because we dont want dealers, and pack horses and the desperate to come in from the Golden Triangle, from the rest of the region (where the income disparity is much, much winder than that of Singapore). We dont want them to do their trade here, how difficult is that to understand. Because the punishment is so harsh, they circumvent the country. We dont want desperation to seep in. Of course it is the responsibility of richer nations to take care of poorer ones, but were not the size of the United States, and our economy is not as resilient as Australias or New Zealands, and we do not have the space. And if those countries have many individuals that are adverse towards an immigrant influx, how can anyone blame Singapore if we are.
Ive got nothing against foreigners in the country, is just that when they are here, they better have something productive to do. Whether its programming computers or building buildings it doesnt matter. But if you want to enjoy the city, you have to contribute to it. I think thats fair enough. (Im not going into another separate argument about how I really am born lucky and its easy for me to say things like that. I am born lucky, Im damn grateful for it, and I wish I could do more to help the rest of the world. I havent found my calling to humanity yet, but you can be damn sure someday soon I will. At the present, Im content to write what I feel about Singapore, and its as much as I can do).
Now, if cannabis was as regulated as tobacco, Marlboro decided to manufacture joints and the substance can be controlled such that the legalizing of cannabis wouldnt mean this huge wedge of drug dealing underclass, Im sure the whole world would chill out a little, including Singapore. Were not doling out capital punishment because were barbarians, were doing so because we cant afford to be experimental with society.
Thats it.
December 3rd, 2005
I twisted my ankle outside a club yesterday, and I wasnt even wearing heels. The last time I wore a pair, I was so overcome with the sensation of being aware that I hadnt worn them for so long I wasnt used to walking in them any longer. It must have been quite amusing for the people around I supposed. I crumpled to the floor and there were already a few people on the floor rather, the road- sitting around talking bullshit. Richard said I made a funny sound like a little girl before I started tearing up. It really hurt though, because it was a weak ankle to start out with, and now its swollen and I can barely walk without help. Which is really horrid because I walk everywhere. The last thing anyone would want to do is depend on a taxi driver. (Presumably, everywhere isnt very far)
Richard woke me up in the middle of the night and tried to shag me, but I didnt feel like it and curled up into a ball and tried to go back to sleep but he wouldnt let me. So I thought Id give it a try and see how I felt like, but I seriously bring myself to it. It is funny, I never thought about sex as an appetite, but it is, and sometimes you dont want it. No matter how much youre into it. It must have been quite funny, I really didnt want to be bothered, and I put my hands together and begged No please, I dont want it and I really meant it.
A year back I dont think I would have done it like that, a year back I didnt in fact. And I was quite miserable. It is an appetite, and I felt like I was eating chocolate chip cookies and couldnt stop even when I got clearly sick. No. Bad. It ruined a lot of things.
Im tired to thinking about the death penalty and drugs.
May be it is better for all of us to exist in a state of freedom. It is better for us in all respects the moment the economy is freed, it improves, the moment any government stops muddling development projects, the architecture gets more interesting. The moment government dip their fingers into religion, people get pissed off and things fuck up. So may be they should just leave drugs alone.
The other thing that makes the case so difficult to argue is that not all drugs are on the same level of additive quality, and neither are all drugs as dangerous as one another. The more I think about it, the more Im convinced that my feeling towards the issue is governed by propaganda videos shown to me as a child (oh, and the movie Trainspotting). It fucks people up alright, but how to stop it from fucking people up is another thing. How to prevent it from entering our society is a different issue.
Thailand has capital punishment for drug dealers too, and its more brutal than the way Singapore does it. The last I heard, they were machined gunned to death, and god only knows how much consideration was put into how guilty they were. But Thailands full of drugs, its so easy to get stoned out of your face and kill yourself on bastardized E I cant help but wonder, what the hell was that one act of brutality for?
Singapore is so developed in so many ways, but when it comes to handling crime, you cant help but wonder if were still living in the Middle Ages. Of course, if I were a parent, I wouldnt like to worry about my child when she comes home late. In Singapore, the worst you can imagine is oh, may be shes shooting down alcohol, may be shes fucking her boyfriend certainly there are alcoholics and alcohol can be as bad as most drugs, but people cant drink all that much at one go. It takes a lot more alcohol over a longer period of time for it to really get to you than the other recreational drugs, in my opinion. But Ive neither been an alcoholic or a drug addict, so I dont know how accurate my judgement is. But it proves one thing, and that it can be controlled. Everything can be controlled
I think people are mostly pissed off because 1) who the fuck does the Singaporean law think she is, to take away someones life like that. 2) Is the purpose social regulation and protection, or social control. Is the Singaporean attitude towards drugs the attitude towards real, raw criminal activity or the attitude towards blow jobs.
If someone knocked another person down on the road with a vehicle and killed them, the penalty wouldnt be the same if it was intentional and if it was proven it was clearly an accident. Murderers are hanged because as it is, it take a lot of hate to murder someone else (or a lot of madness) and it takes a very harsh punishment to deter people that are determined.
Some people suggest that they are hanged because it is cheaper. I believe how much it keeps to upkeep an human being for free comes into the equation at some point, but I dont believe it is that big a consideration for it to be part of the reason why our government decides to kill someone or not. I find that extremely hard to believe that politicians as educated as ours would decide to kill someone because he was expensive. Yes, Pol Pot was a very educated individual, and that did not stop him from being a monster. However, if you look at our society, you can tell at its core, Singapore isnt barbaric. The people that run it are harsh, but they are far from chopping our hands off for shoplifting.
I am convinced that the death penalty for drug dealers is in order to truly make difficult the consumption and abuse of addictive substances by increasing the negative consequence of playing with drugs in Singapore. But because out-dated things like the penal code are still very fashionable in this part of the world, one cannot help but wonder if the feeling of control is part of the decision to hang people. The ability to choose whether or not we want to have drugs, when we wish to take it, such and such, is a human freedom, just as however the fuck we want to have our blowjobs.
But think about it. Singapore is one of the freest societies on earth when it comes down to it. You can get laid for $80 in Geylang, you can worship any God you wish (yes some cults are prohibited, but I think the ones that are, are completely ridiculous anyway, not to mention dangerous-) these days you can read 1984, the Satanic Verses and the Satanic Bible if you want to and nobody the fuck would care. You can have an abortion at whatever age without your parents knowing (I think so anyway. I remember feeling like it was true when I was making out with boys before I was 16 and wondering if I could get pregnant if Id only let them slip their dicks into my knickers. Yes Im a second rate slut and you got to be kidding yourself if you think even 90% of men get to reach that status)
Anyway, every single human need is fulfilled in this country. Every freedom the human soul needs is here. The physical, the intellectual and the spiritual. The only time things get clamped down on is when these things themselves prevent human freedom. People in religious cults are not free, and people with a drug addiction are far from free. Yes were beholden to the Powers that Be, but the Powers that Be know what they are doing. They have made no promises to the people to get them elected, but they have done everything to take us out of shit into what we are in present day. Other governments make many promises and are unable to do anything about them.
The other reason why drugs are regulated so harshly here, and alcohol is not, is (in my opinion) because of the way they are traded. Alcohol and Tobacco is imported by established corporations, and the Government can slap exorbitant taxes on them, but we really should stop complaining because human beings slap exorbitant taxes on themselves anyway. The tax to be fashionable is one of them, isnt it, and thats bigger and more useless than any alcohol or cigarette tax. Like anyone will really care youre wearing a pair of LV slippers instead of ones from Zara. But alcohol and cigarettes are taxed exorbitantly anyway in most first world countries. And as far as Im concerned, a bottle of wine in Singapore is only more expensive than a bottle of wine in New Zealand because of the cost it takes to ship it here.
Drugs are regulated so harshly because we dont want dealers, and pack horses and the desperate to come in from the Golden Triangle, from the rest of the region (where the income disparity is much, much winder than that of Singapore). We dont want them to do their trade here, how difficult is that to understand. Because the punishment is so harsh, they circumvent the country. We dont want desperation to seep in. Of course it is the responsibility of richer nations to take care of poorer ones, but were not the size of the United States, and our economy is not as resilient as Australias or New Zealands, and we do not have the space. And if those countries have many individuals that are adverse towards an immigrant influx, how can anyone blame Singapore if we are.
Ive got nothing against foreigners in the country, is just that when they are here, they better have something productive to do. Whether its programming computers or building buildings it doesnt matter. But if you want to enjoy the city, you have to contribute to it. I think thats fair enough. (Im not going into another separate argument about how I really am born lucky and its easy for me to say things like that. I am born lucky, Im damn grateful for it, and I wish I could do more to help the rest of the world. I havent found my calling to humanity yet, but you can be damn sure someday soon I will. At the present, Im content to write what I feel about Singapore, and its as much as I can do).
Now, if cannabis was as regulated as tobacco, Marlboro decided to manufacture joints and the substance can be controlled such that the legalizing of cannabis wouldnt mean this huge wedge of drug dealing underclass, Im sure the whole world would chill out a little, including Singapore. Were not doling out capital punishment because were barbarians, were doing so because we cant afford to be experimental with society.
Thats it.
VIEW 3 of 3 COMMENTS
I think we have a very distorted attitude about drugs. We call them "addicting" when in fact it is people who use them to the point of becoming addicted. I think we do that because we are greedy and selfish and want that good feeling all the time.
We need to think of drugs as you do sex, it is an appetite, one not meant to be satisfied all of the time.
Sorry about your ankle. I hope it heals up well. You should probably see someone about strengthening it.
Alcohol is a legalized drug but far more addictive than others that are not legal and tobacco is far worse for one's health than cannabis!
Drug abuse on a large scale was introduced into modern society by the Prohibition. It was easier to smuggle morphium than beer!
People are simply not taught how to deal with drugs...
Not many Jewish become alcoholics while wine is part of the holy service!
The problem are not the drugs but the people - users and pushers alike! With the US in the lead people nowadays manage to kill themselves with food!!!!!!!!! Abuse is the problem! The "I want more..." mentality is the far more dangerous than any single drug!!
About death-penalties, besides the fact if they can be justified or not, the main problem is that you can not truly apologize if you were wrong...
P.S.: I read the comment on the high heels issue... You are sure sexy and nice to look at. Knowing that there is an active mind behind your eyes simply enhances your sex-appeal to me and to read that mind and heart are connecting earns you a