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vovatI've been thinking a bit recently about my stance on drugs. As I'm sure some of you already know, I'm vehemently anti-drugs. And I don't really have the live-and-let-live, "I wouldn't do drugs, but it's okay if you do" attitude that sometimes seems prevalent among non-users. If I find out a person does drugs, I'm not likely to actually do anything about it, but I'm probably going to think less of that person. I generally try to see multiple sides of any given issue, but in this case, I've heard many stories about drugs wrecking people's lives, while pro-drug arguments and anecdotes tend to just be along the lines of "I got high, and it was fun!" While I have nothing against people doing things just because they're fun, it just strikes me that the cons outweigh the pros here, even for milder drugs like marijuana and America's beloved tobacco. I'm not really anti-drinking; I realize alcohol is a drug, I rarely drink myself, and I think alcoholism is a serious problem; but I've known enough examples of people who could drink without overdoing it as to not make me condemn the practice as a whole. Maybe it's also possible to get high occasionally without overdoing it, though, so perhaps I have a societally-inspired bias in this respect.
Along these lines, is it hypocritical of me to enjoy music that was probably created while under the influence of drugs? I would say no, especially since I try to separate the artist from the art anyway, and I don't think drugs actually make people better musicians (although they might lower inhibitions). I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has a different perspective on this, however.
Finally, on an unrelated note (well, unless there's some unrecorded drug use in the cat community), a four-eared kitten is being given away in Germany. Kind of an odd mutation, but the cat is still cute. I'd probably adopt a four-eared kitten, if I were in the market for a pet.
Along these lines, is it hypocritical of me to enjoy music that was probably created while under the influence of drugs? I would say no, especially since I try to separate the artist from the art anyway, and I don't think drugs actually make people better musicians (although they might lower inhibitions). I'd be interested in knowing if anyone has a different perspective on this, however.
Finally, on an unrelated note (well, unless there's some unrecorded drug use in the cat community), a four-eared kitten is being given away in Germany. Kind of an odd mutation, but the cat is still cute. I'd probably adopt a four-eared kitten, if I were in the market for a pet.
