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RIP Cory Monteith

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by imjustagirl, Jul 14, 2013.

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  1. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Same reason that writing about pro sports doesn't count unless you played the game.
     
  2. Bodie_Broadus

    Bodie_Broadus Active Member

    Do you really believe that? Cause I honestly don't.

    My dad, 62 years old, been smoking weed almost daily since he was probably 20 (Contrary to what YF might think, he has a job, makes good money, owns a home, isn't in debt up to his eyes, gets along well with women, knows how to read) has never done anything other than weed. I think he doesn't smoke as much now as he used to but he is not a drug addict.

    Also he doesn't drink anymore, hasn't had a drop of booze since the night he took me out for my 21st Bday, so 13 years.

    BTW, Dick is an expert on everything. Just ask him. His law degree covers everything under the sun.

    No one writing about addiction can claim to be an expert. Expertise comes from first-hand experience.
     
  3. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    No shit, alcohol is usually the start of it all.
     
  4. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    I don't believe anyone can really write about the marijuana experience unless they have lived it themselves. I couldn't begin to write anything that analyzes the heroin experience, but I could tell you the pros and cons of pot and booze.

    Never been high on pot? You can't relate to what I would tell you.

    Booze continues to be the giant home-wrecker in America. And it's everywhere.
     
  5. Charlie Brown

    Charlie Brown Member

    Murderers start out watching porn. Discuss.
     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Anecdotes are not data.
     
  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Data can be manipulated to support any argument.
     
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    False.
     
  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Murderers may not. But there is certainly evidence that some pedophiles are made, not born. And guess how they start?
     
  10. Bodie_Broadus

    Bodie_Broadus Active Member

    Do you believe everything that has "studies say..." attached to it?

    Not much into critical thinking?
     
  11. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    That wasn't a question.
     
  12. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    "It didn't happen that way for my dad, hence, it does not happen that way" is not "critical thinking."
     
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