(February 24, 2014 at 2:16 am)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: Should we shuffle all people who harm themselves due to controllable factors to the back of the line? Because, I don't ever want to be the person who makes that decision.
Under people who harm themselves (or increase the risk of harm to themselves) you could put:
People who drive cars
People who are overweight
People who drink Alcohol
People who play sports
People who go horse riding, mountain biking, surfing, skiing etc
People who sit at home and don't exercise
People who do a more dangerous job than the average
etc etc
I started a thread about how our brain enjoys itself a few weeks ago. You could argue that rather than go through the hassle of playing sport to release endorphins to please the brain, drug users are just being more efficient. I have never taken recreational drugs myself (apart from a lot of alcohol at university), so I'm not sure I'm the person to judge why other people do take them.
To quote Chris Morris' (satirist) character in BrassEye: "Alcohol isn't a drug, it's a drink"