Here comes the old drug and terrorism debate again. And yet another story about glow sticks and massage oil. Fine, drugs support terrorism, lets say. And ravers, I think we can all say, do drugs, LOTS and LOTS of drugs. I did my time in the trenches, and I can tell you, if there was somebody clean, s/he was an undercover, a "security guard," or flat broke. Why do you think everybody asks you if you have a dollar? And let's not be too hasty with our lingo there, bub. Drugs ARE illegal. It's something every Baby-Oil packing, glowstick-wielding GABBA girl knows. Why do you think they do it anyway? Because it's bad, wrong, and it makes you feel good - sometimes REAL REAL good, but always wrong in the eyes of the law. I'm thankful sometimes that I was never caught having to explain to the nice policeman just what the fuck it was I thought I was doing. This isn't your "I once was blind but now I see" schlock: I knew the risk, I took it, and I danced the night away. But I knew what I was doing before taking those purple pills (rarely during - hee hee), and I never got caught. I broke the law, and I WON!!! Call it luck or whatever you want, but I wouldn't expect a boatload of sympathy from me if you've been busted, just as I wouldn't have expected it had it been me. Drug laws come and drug laws go, and whether or not THEY like it, it's ultimately between you and your little synapses. Do what your Daddy did way back when everybody dropped sugar cubes - hide in plain sight. Where? At a rave! Safety in numbers - woo-hoo! Say I like to do coke now and then. I don't - YUCK! - but just say I do. I'm supporting drug cartels in Colombia, right? Or I could say that I'm supporting the poor people actually out there plucking the leaves, people that live without the lovely economic infrastructure and social services that we have. Granted, the cartels take most of it off the top, but anyone working for six bucks an hour at the local Walmart will tell you that THAT concept ain't new. In summation, you're ALL correct. Drugs should be legalized AND obliterated. Civil liberties should be protected AND restrained. Pat yourselves on the back everyone! You have what's called a "black box," a problem with no solution. Do you think Johnny-Raver really cares about it as he's liquid-ing away, pierced and clammy, convinced he sees a four-lane highway on the ceiling? I doubt it. Same too goes for Xochiquetzal the leaf plucker, just trying to get by. Thanks for letting me shed a little dark on the subject dgillz _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail