Very interesting thread.
I'm reminded in reading through it, in reading the self righteous replies of indignation against addicts, of when I was a follower of Christianity, and how so many Christian heterosexuals viewed homosexuality as the "worst" of all the sins. As if "their sin" was somehow less than evil, in the eyes of God.
Sadly I see the same venom spewed from non religious folks/atheists here towards drug addicts, as though they are the lowest of life forms. Perhaps someone should send a memo to all those who live in glass houses? You too have vices. They may not be drug affiliated, but you too struggle just like the next person. You may deal with those struggles differently than a drug addict, but you are not superior to them, simply because you haven't succumbed to a drug habit.
That yardstick that you measure others with, just may be the one someone has against you someday. Being compassionate doesn't make you weak, it makes you human. I'm not suggesting to enable drug addiction but to treat addicts as if they deserved their lot or you are somehow superior to them, is for lack of a better word...ignorant.
I'm glad I read this thread and not glad. :/
I'm reminded in reading through it, in reading the self righteous replies of indignation against addicts, of when I was a follower of Christianity, and how so many Christian heterosexuals viewed homosexuality as the "worst" of all the sins. As if "their sin" was somehow less than evil, in the eyes of God.
Sadly I see the same venom spewed from non religious folks/atheists here towards drug addicts, as though they are the lowest of life forms. Perhaps someone should send a memo to all those who live in glass houses? You too have vices. They may not be drug affiliated, but you too struggle just like the next person. You may deal with those struggles differently than a drug addict, but you are not superior to them, simply because you haven't succumbed to a drug habit.
That yardstick that you measure others with, just may be the one someone has against you someday. Being compassionate doesn't make you weak, it makes you human. I'm not suggesting to enable drug addiction but to treat addicts as if they deserved their lot or you are somehow superior to them, is for lack of a better word...ignorant.
I'm glad I read this thread and not glad. :/
