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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Walter1496211]
#7525144 - 10/16/07 08:04 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Read his comment again, I think he was pointing out how horribly wrong a psychedelic trip can go for an unprepared youth.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: MrKite1]
#7525167 - 10/16/07 08:08 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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leary was so enthusiastic about the effects of acid he disregarded the threats. like hst said it wasn't instant enlightenment 5$ a pop, it was more complicated than that.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Walter1496211]
#7525185 - 10/16/07 08:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Walter1496211 said: I think it means that people who didn't have an opinion to begin with tryed to find one using drugs. This cannot work. But if you have and opinion and a solid foundation of who you are and what you want then and only then can it help open your mind to the path you have already chosen.
I made that statement here.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Clean]
#7525241 - 10/16/07 08:22 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Clean said: i think if we never had anyone who acted like timothy leary we would all be under fascism more horrific than any of us can imagine.
leary didn't do any more than inspire college kids to drop out and ruin their lives.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: clemens]
#7525250 - 10/16/07 08:23 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't think fear and loathing is anti drug, but might be sending a message about the importance of moderation. Moderation is key to many things, especially with drugs.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: aDoS]
#7525298 - 10/16/07 08:32 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think the movie demystifies drugs.
Fear and Loathing was written by Hunter Thompson in the early seventies. He was watching the idealism and mysticism of the sixties crumble away into nonsense. He was looking at the thing realistically... laughing at the fact that at the end of the day, you take a lot of drugs and get all fucked up, and that's why we do it, mostly. It doesn't always have to be about seeing god and what not.
HST took an honest look at the world, then cringed, laughed, and shrugged, mumbled to himself, and kept on going.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Noviseer]
#7525317 - 10/16/07 08:36 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Noviseer said: I think the movie demystifies drugs.
Fear and Loathing was written by Hunter Thompson in the early seventies. He was watching the idealism and mysticism of the sixties crumble away into nonsense. He was looking at the thing realistically... laughing at the fact that at the end of the day, you take a lot of drugs and get all fucked up, and that's why we do it, mostly. It doesn't always have to be about seeing god and what not.
HST took an honest look at the world, then cringed, laughed, and shrugged, mumbled to himself, and kept on going.
Very well said.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Walter1496211]
#7525372 - 10/16/07 08:45 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Walter1496211 said:
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Noviseer said: I think the movie demystifies drugs.
Fear and Loathing was written by Hunter Thompson in the early seventies. He was watching the idealism and mysticism of the sixties crumble away into nonsense. He was looking at the thing realistically... laughing at the fact that at the end of the day, you take a lot of drugs and get all fucked up, and that's why we do it, mostly. It doesn't always have to be about seeing god and what not.
HST took an honest look at the world, then cringed, laughed, and shrugged, mumbled to himself, and kept on going.
Very well said.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: JunkFood]
#7527931 - 10/17/07 02:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said: leary gave out acid like crackers. even to kids that were underage.
Link?
would also like to see this. Leary was against the miss use of acid. I don't think he would have kids tripping on acid. It is just acid became to big, it was the new thing. To many people were using it and when you such a large number of people using a powerful drug that is when it becomes dangerous. He thought he was going to change the world and didn't think people were going to be stupid. Fact remains that acid is a drug and is sold to people so they can get "high" and that is not what Leary really intended.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: clemens]
#7527958 - 10/17/07 02:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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leary was all for acid. there's a documentary "the beyond within" or something. little kids are talking about how acid is better than becoming the pope or reading the bible 6 times over or whatever. the merry pranksters weren't that crazy but leary's side was. he wanted the kids not to participate in the corporate world or the american life like their parents. he wanted utopia to happen, one way for that (for him) to give young people LSD.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7528038 - 10/17/07 02:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Dr. Timothy Leary is often chastised by uninformed individuals, I too used to chastise him based on what I had heard.
He was most definitely an important character; he essentially started the whole counter culture movement; if it wasn't for him LSD probably would of stayed amongst the closed circles of psychiatrists and pharmacologists.
He was an individual that saw hope for the world; after 2 horrific wars, he found optimism, hope and promise in a miraculous drug. The reason so many people 'dropped out' is because they saw the light; they were part of the dehumanizing machine that is society. He encouraged individuality and thought for freedom.
Listen to his LSD and Mind control lecture 
http://deoxy.org/leary.htm
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Cepheus]
#7528048 - 10/17/07 02:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah, listen to a lecture about mind control so he can remove all doubts... 
i'm not saying he is a "bad man", i say he had good intentions but was going at it like a small kid.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7528101 - 10/17/07 02:59 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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He was approaching it from an idealists perspective. What more can you expect from a Buddhist/ explorer of the psyche / esoteric teacher.
He wasn't a little kid about it at all; he did _LOADS_ of research on the topic (and its all floating around the web). LSD is not dangerous, people are dangerous.
People chastise him for societies mistakes; the reason theres such a thing as an acid casualty is because of social conditioning; people are bred to fear; Listen to the song working class hero by John Lennon.
"The only abuse of drugs, is the control of drugs by other people; the only control is self control" - Tim Leary.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Cepheus]
#7528113 - 10/17/07 03:01 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cepheus said: "People use the word "natural"... What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is 4 years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the sunday school teachings." - Tim Leary.
That one's good.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: JunkFood]
#7528138 - 10/17/07 03:09 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Leary's two psychedelic suggestions (i call them suggestions rather than commandments)
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Thou shalt not force thy neighbor to alter her consciousness
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: clemens]
#7528192 - 10/17/07 03:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think the movie is less about the pitfalls of drug abuse and more about the failure of the hippy movement, of which drug use played a significant part.
Basically Thompson is saying that the hippy movement had all this potential to change the world for the better but failed to do so because it was unorganized, impractical, and too based in ideals that didn't pan out in reality.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: wps]
#7528201 - 10/17/07 03:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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wps said: I think the movie is less about the pitfalls of drug abuse and more about the failure of the hippy movement, of which drug use played a significant part.
Basically Thompson is saying that the hippy movement had all this potential to change the world for the better but failed to do so because it was unorganized, impractical, and too based in ideals that didn't pan out in reality.
nicely put.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7528259 - 10/17/07 03:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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still true today as well.
the only reason liberals still get fucked by conservatives on a regular basis is simply because we are too unorganized to effectively fight back, or we are too nonmaterial and idealistic to realize or care that we are being fucked.
Neoconservatives are actively using their monetary and political clout to oppress liberals any way they can, while all the liberals argue with eachother, don't participate in the political process, or pursue avenues of change that are ineffective pipe-dreams.
The sad thing is we outnumber them, but can't match their solidarity, determination, guile, and self-confidence. The very tolerance and open-mindedness that defines us is our undoing. Maybe evil does triumph over good after all.
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Cepheus]
#7528293 - 10/17/07 03:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cepheus said: he essentially started the whole counter culture movement
What the hell are you talking about? That is utter bullshit
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Re: what fear and loathing was saying about drugs [Re: Noviseer]
#7528339 - 10/17/07 03:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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HST took an honest look at the world, then cringed, laughed, and shrugged, mumbled to himself, and kept on going.
He also blew his own brains out. 
F&LILV doesn't de-mystify drugs. Scenes like Duke watching blook-soaked dinosaurs mauling each other (good metaphor!), and watching Dr. Gonzo morph into a hairy Satanic mule thingy, do nothing if not creating a mystique around drug use.
It's a movie about one man's (often substance-induced) observations of the darker side of the 'American Dream'. Hunter S. Thompson's views on the use of drugs was far more complex than anything conveyed in the film, as anyone who's read a lot of his essays can attest.
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