(February 28, 2014 at 3:07 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Ah yes, I noticed your general high moral ground and demeanor regarding addiction, including tobacco and any vices the human being has.Well thanks for the compliment, but my point is that I'm yet to meet someone honest enough to say they deserved gaol time. About 10 years ago a parent argued with me that he didn't deserve it because he was only a user. Of his two kids, one was already an addict and the other became an addict within the next year or so.
If I heard people like him actually take accountability for their actions I wouldn't complain - but I don't, it's all "me me me" and " I was in the wrong crowd" and a bunch of other excuses.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke