Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
"I dont care which way the sugar is spread..wanting him to stop blastin up on hash is hardly an unreasonable request.."It's not. Trying to force it, is. It doesn't matter if you care which way the "sugar was spread" or not. She played her part. Mother's don't automatically deserve respect, by the way. If my mother was forceful with me or disrespectful to me, the fact that she birthed me wouldn't warrant me sitting there taking it.
"Plus Im sure you're correct about her knowing.. which means this must have been an ongoing event in that house."
"would you trust a pot smoker with heavy machinery? or someone with a cigarette?..."
Irrelevant. If pot smoking was legal, workplaces with heavy machinery or occupations that required the operation of heavy machinery, would obviously have a no smoking (pot) policy. Besides, responsibility or ability with a drug cannot be connected to it's level of legality. Purely because alcohol is legal and people still drive under the influence of it.
-AC
She wasnt beating him up.. she was sick and tired of him not listening, so drastic measures were obviously the only way left to express her frustration at that point
Not irrelevant.. you made the comparison of pot not causing anything but relaxation, whereas a cigarette has a higher rate of potential harm.. I never said the legality was a factor.. pot smoking obviously hinders motor skills whereas a cigarette would not