I'm appalled by this thread. Once again I feel so misunderstood and this time, I feel like it's not even my fault.

I certainly don't see alcohol, esp. moderate use of it, nowhere NEAR as dangerous as smoking pot or using other drugs. (And I HOPE I don't have to remind you about the easy shift to stronger drugs after weed?) First of all, the first one is LEGAL (at least here). I could never be caught smoking weed, ie. using drugs, as a teacher. Now, the fact why weed is illegal, you can all think about that. I certainly won't start any anti-weed campaign here and explain the reasons, since I really feel enlightened people should understand already. Second of all, I am offended that some people seem to think alcohol is a drug since it ISN'T by definition. I don't know if the word "drug" means something different to you than it does to me in Finnish, but there is no way one could call alcohol a drug.

Erik's AIDS comment really hit a nerve. I have no recollection of saying such a thing and I don't think that way. I feel AIDS is an awful and serious thing, but yes, nowadays it isn't LETHAL necessarily. That was the only thing I think I told him. Apparently since I didn't share his dead-serious, shock-value approach to the big bad HIV he made some kind of character analysis based on that - me giving him a fact I read on the Internet - and furthermore, now spreads it here to others. Disgusting. I surely will keep away from the chat this summer. :(

I thought Joseph meant "fuck" with the f word. He calling me a faggot? Oh dear, that's just amazing. His "South-Cali perspective" really annoys me. What do I have to do with Californian GWMs? Drawing that kind of parallel really annoys me. As do Erik's attitude: I often feel people get on a high horse and seem SOOOO right about their views - when in fact they're just competing views and in particular their views only. This drug thing is a good example. I know that you have a loser approach to drugs than Europeans and esp. Finnish people, but my zero tolerance towards them isn't any worse an option, definately not an option I have to explain and people should just accept it. For the legal issue if not for other reason. People often say I comment on things I know nothing about, when in fact they themselves do the same all the time.

In conclusion, I guess I'm just rather disappointed in some posters I thought I knew a bit better.