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- mobility-digest Saturday, August 12 2000 Volume 03 : Number 290
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- (mobility) Recreation
- (mobility) and your drug of choice is....?
- (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
- (mobility) ****OFF TOPIC
- Re: (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
- Re: (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
- Re: (mobility) prince/EU/astral
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 04:42:59 GMT
- From: "- Fabrizio Achille Polo -" <fabrizio_16@hotmail.com>
- Subject: (mobility) Recreation
-
- My problem with the control of certain substances is the obvious
- hippocracy. Smoking is legal in theory, but "concerned mothers" (and other
- mislead individuals) are doing everything in their power to make it all but
- impossible. Cigarettes are taxed at obscene rates, a minimum pricing has
- been set up (at least in PA where I live), and now there will be control
- over cigarette company advertising. Simmilarly, it isn't a federal law that
- controls drinking ages, it's state laws. However, the government actively
- extorts the states into adopting the standard 21 drinking age by depriving
- them of much needed highway moneys. This is absurd. Either make it legal
- or illegal but this is rediculous. Because no one wants to take
- responsibility for their own actions, we have adopted a culture of
- victimhood, giving up our own rights wholesale, simply because we are lazy.
- As for currently illegal drug and their relation to legal drugs, there
- is only one reason why alchohol and tobacco are legal: everyone in
- washington likes to drink scotch and smoke cigarres. That's it. If they
- were really concerned with the intent of the constitution they would have
- legalized recreational drugs a long time ago. Not unlike the illegality of
- suicide, the situation with recreational drugs seems to be one of perverse
- jealousy. I think people (subconsciously at least) think it's unfair to be
- happy without having earned it. Marijiuana for instance is not physically
- addictive (unlike tobacco), and, while it does have carcenogens, doesn't
- pose nearly the threat hazard when considering quantities smoked, is
- illegal. This makes no sense. LSD isn't physically addictive either.
- Other than flashbacks there are no negative side effects. Yet, this drug is
- illegal. Even the argument of overdose is rediculous. If you watch TV
- there are drugs designed to reduce balding with more severe side effects
- than pot.
- I really must credit my friend with the jealousy theory. At first I
- thought it sounded a bit silly, but then he posed this question. "If a
- recreational drug was found which had no negative side effects, and no
- physical addictive properties, that made the user intensely happy for some
- duration of time, would it be legalized?" I think the answer is an
- intuitive no. Marijiuana and LSD are nearly such drugs and most of the
- country cringes at the thought of their legalization. I feel I can say
- with absolute certainty, the do so not because of any understanding of
- actual negative effects. Dogma runs this country. Move to the Netherlands.
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 06:00:45 GMT
- From: "Sarah McMullan" <sarahmcmullan@hotmail.com>
- Subject: (mobility) and your drug of choice is....?
-
- Hey,
-
- Before I get stuck into this whole drug good/bad/otherwise debate, I never
- did get answer - if "Next comes the E" wasn't about ectasy - what was it
- referring to?
-
-
- (This is long so consider yourself warned...)
-
- As far as drugs go I tend to follow teh risk minimisation train of thought.
- "Just say no" doesn't cut it. Drugs are avialable to younger and younger
- kids all the time and unfortunately not all of them have the ability to
- stand up to what may be percieved as peer pressure and say no.
-
- The only real answer is risk minimisation. To make it as safe to take
- whatever drug you choose (which I know sounds a bit fucked up since drugs
- don't tend to be safe to begin with but stay with me.)
-
- This mean information. Information freely available. From non biased sources
- which when it comes to drugs tends to mean scientific and medical based
- info.
-
- The following info was all presented by the NZGovt Dept of Health/Ministry
- of youth Affairs/Common Medical text book
- /
- Fact: Marijuana can cause similar illnesses to "normal" tobacco. Smoking
- marijuana whilst preganant also increases your chances of having a smaller
- than normal baby and also raises teh chances of abnormalities in your child.
-
- Fact: Marijuana is often recommended as a form of pain relief - especially
- for those suffering from severe musco/skeletal pain. In NZ marijuana is
- illegal full stop.
-
- (But when my Mum went into a spinal unit they did all tehy could to
- encourage her to smoke occasionally (as in 2 or 3 times a week)because it
- would be more effective and less intrusive* on her life than the chemical
- pain medicines they could give her. She's trminally ill - her lif eisn't
- that active anyway so intrusivness is all relevant really
-
- Fact: Marijuana had been used within the last 2 weeks by 80% off all people
- who commit suicide under teh age of 25 in NZ. (What does that mean - I don't
- know but it's a statitistic from the Ministry of Health/Youth Affairs report
- 1999)
-
- Fact: Ectasy works by releasing the serotonin in your brain which in turn
- gives you that warm buzz.
-
- Fact: Seratonin is the chemical responsible for regulating mood. People with
- low seratonin levels tend to show signs of depression. Continuously low
- levels of seratonin leads to clinical depression. Most anti depressants work
- by inhibiting your bodies use of seratonin thus maintaining regular levels
- thus evening out or improving your mood.
-
- (Fact: No one knows what causes depression though seratonin links have been
- proven. It is commonly accepted that anti depressants and therapy are teh
- best way of managing depression)
-
- Fact: If your brain releases all it's seratonin at once you will feel a buzz
- followed by a "flat" or "down" period afterwards. This usually hits 12 - 24
- hours after the seratonin release and can take around 48 hours to normalise.
- (depending on teh preson).
-
- Fact: Continuous over stimulation of the nerves that control seratonin
- release can lead to permanent damage and may result in impaired seratonin
- regulation. Studies have shown that this impaired function leans towards a
- permanent decrease in function.
-
- Time magazine had a particularly good story on ectasy a couple of months
- back and FACE magazzine (UK) did a fantastic beginners guide to drug issue
- last year, maybe teh year before where they went thru every recreational
- drug you can think of and presented the pros and cons from both medical and
- moral viewpoints.
-
- To Laineys post...
-
-
- "...I was once discussing different (illegal) drugs with a doctor, and she
- agreed with my comment that ecstasy itself was not harmful. Injuries related
- to E come from combining it with other drugs (such as alocohol)..."
-
- O. My. God. Hippocratic Oath anyone?
-
- People who die from using ecstasy die from 1 of 2 reasons.
-
- #1 - Overheating . Body core temperature rises beyond teh point the body can
- function. This is not helped by teh fact that alot of people take e at
- events where physical activity is usually pretty full on.
-
- #2 - Brain swelling caused by overabsorption of fluid into the cells.
- Changes in seratonin can cause a dry mouth. (It's a common side effect of
- anti depressants)Most people know not to combine drugs or take alcohol too.
- Often people stick to water which is great and teh recommended practise but
- only when aware that too much water can cause the brain to swell. Seems teh
- chemical balance of your body is off, cells don't know when they have
- absorbed enough water and continue to keep taking it in to teh point they
- literally burst. (Fact: Bursting cells are bad. Especially in your brain.)
-
- "... If drugs such as ecstasy were legalized, the government could also
- regulate it. (They regulate food to ensure safety; they could regulate some
- drugs to make sure they weren't cut with anything else.) .."
-
- In theory. But what about teh newdrugs that are popping up all over the
- place. And the people that make for their friends? Or teh guys doing it
- under teh table?
-
- The reality is that a cowboy drug maker can do more serious damage than a
- cowboy pie maker.
- As for legalising it - drug classification of synthetic drugs is similar to
- the leagl problems arising from genetically modified food. It's changing all
- teh time. As far as I'm aware (well in my country anyway) the Govt can't
- just pass a law that says "all pills that make you feel good and happy are
- now legal". They need specifics. Ingredients. Quantities etc. Drugs by their
- very nature lead to experimentation and change. The legislation could never
- keep up.
-
- "...I think that when today's children grow up, drugs will have become
- more widespread and also more accepted...."
-
- You're absolutely right. I just hope that they have the info they need about
- what they're doing so they can make an informed choice. Wishful thinking in
- a lot of cases I think....
-
- I'm not anti drugs I just choose not to use. I've done my whole
- experimentation thing - short of needles there isn't much I haven't tried
- once but at the end of teh day I prefer to deal with life alive and fully
- conscious, not in a pharmaceutically altered state however attractive that
- may seem at the time.
-
- I also know more about what teh drugs physically do to me and quite frankly
- I don't like it. I don't want to fuck with a good thing. If I knew then what
- I know now about some drugs - now ay ever would I have done them.
-
- I'm also aware of teh psychological impact recreational drugs can have on
- some people. I've seen some really cool people get really screwed up with
- drugs. Some of them because of the purely addictive nature of some
- substances, others because they have seen drugs as a means of dealing with
- issues they had. The only thing is that doesn't work. You can run forever
- but you'll never get away from yourself.
-
-
- Sarah
-
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- Risk minimisation for people thinking of trying e...
-
- * Don't mix with any other drug or alcohol
- * Don't drink too much water - you will feel thirsty - chupa chups or other
- lollypops are great cos they last a while and help stimulate saliva which in
- turn moistens your mouth which in turn stops you feeling so thirsty.
- * Be with someone who isn't doing anything. Make sure they know what you
- have taken and that they keep an eye on you to make sure you don't drink too
- much or not enough or that you're starting to dehydrate and overheat.
- * If you have a history of depression or alcoholisim in your family think
- twice - both conditions fuck with your seratonin levels and may make it
- harder for your body to normalise after teh seratonin release.
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 01:53:06 PDT
- From: "roy wilkie" <roywilkie@hotmail.com>
- Subject: (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
-
- (see below)
-
- >As a new member of the list I'd love for you to introduce yourself >since
- >it is a great way of letting the other members of the mailing list >know of
- >your presence. Information you should include are:
- >
- >* Name
- >* Age
- >* What is in your Moby collection
- >* Where you first heard Moby, and how much of a fan you are
- >* Other artists you like
- >* Any other interesting information you wish to share
- >
- >
-
- I am Roy, 20 something, I have on CD Play, Everything is Wrong, Animal
- Rights, Early Underground, I Like To Score. . but on MP3, almost everything,
- bunch of bootleg stuff.
-
- I first heard Moby at a 'rave' in the high desert north of LA. Everybody
- kind of took notice when he came out, turned into hundreds of hoving glow
- sticks in the ampitheater. He put on the best electronic live act I've
- ever seen, complete with visuals like a giant walking insect guy on stilts.
- Extremely high energy, great music.
-
- I'm not the biggest fan but I like Moby a lot. I also like acid
- jazz/trip-hop, esp. Ninja Tune.. some jungle, some dancehall stuff.
- Coltrane. Lee Perry.
-
- I'm making a pretty decent Moby fansite right now. Its under const., but
- here is the URL:
-
- http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/cargo/moby
-
-
- hope ya dig it.
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 04:59:07 -0700
- From: "Rob Skipworth" <rskipwo@cfl.rr.com>
- Subject: (mobility) ****OFF TOPIC
-
- > Drugs: Just because you (not directed towards anyone in particular) and/or
- > your friends who use them may be "productive members of society" does not
- > mean that all who use are...or even most...I know quite a few people who
- use
- > drugs (other than Alcohol or Tobacco)who are not productive, and who are
- > actually very insecure, and deliquent. Because you and your drug using
- > friends are productive members of society is NOT a VALID argument for
- > legalization.
-
- I'm sorry that some people cannot help but abuse drugs. I agree that there
- are many people (unlike my friends) who can't lead normal lives and balance
- a small recreational drug habit. HOWEVER, the same can be said for alcohol.
- I know, or rather knew, plenty of people who were "very insecure, and
- deliquent" because of alcoholism.
- So if you say that drugs shouldn't be legalized because a portion of
- the population cannot function with them, then your "blood thickening"
- alcohol should most certainly be taken away from the public. Countless
- people are killed each year due to drunk driving alone, yet alcohol remains
- popular (and LEGAL) in our culture.
- Seems to be some kind of double standard.
-
-
-
- >I would agree that Alcohol (especially) and Tobbacco are
- > "drugs" as are caffiene, chocolate, and TV, which cause people to do
- strange
- >(not neccessarily harmful or dangerous) things can be just as bad as the
- >acts caused by currently illegal drugs...
-
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- Personally, I've never seen anyone on exctasy do anything to harm themselves
- or others. Same with pot. Alcohol has a tendency of making people violent
- and irrational. The other two do not. Personally, I think alcohol is the
- most dangerous drug around, simply because of its legalization. A drunk
- person can kill many. A person on X can hug many :) and yet alcohol is
- legal and X is outlawed.
-
-
- rob "2 Beans for me" skipworth
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 02:26:18 -0700 (PDT)
- From: _bjorkdoll <slurb@scn.org>
- Subject: Re: (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
-
- On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, roy wilkie wrote:
- > I first heard Moby at a 'rave' in the high desert north of LA. Everybody
- > kind of took notice when he came out, turned into hundreds of hoving glow
- > sticks in the ampitheater. He put on the best electronic live act I've
- > ever seen, complete with visuals like a giant walking insect guy on stilts.
- > Extremely high energy, great music.
-
- ya know what... this sounds _very_ much like the stage show 'Rabbit in the
- Moon' puts on. are you sure it wasn't them? Bunny (the "lead" guy of the
- live performance) comes out in a black jacket and opens it up and he's
- covered in those long multi-coloured glowsticks. and the background video
- features him outfitted in a fuzzy green outfit walking forward like an ape
- with stilts on his hands and feet.
-
- check out my pictures from the last time RITM was here and let me know if
- it's at all familiar to what you saw:
- http://www.gurlpages.com/bjorkdoll3/its_like_that2.html
-
- [/sarah]
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 02:56:10 PDT
- From: "roy wilkie" <roywilkie@hotmail.com>
- Subject: Re: (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
-
- they were way cheaper than that. just a homemade costume out of
- sheetrock-installer's stilts.. not sure if it was part of Moby's show or
- just part of the rave.
-
- RITM, damn I have heard about them hundreds of times but I've still never
- caught them yet. I hope they're still doing shows with costumes like that.
-
-
- >From: _bjorkdoll <slurb@scn.org>
- >Reply-To: mobility@lists.xmission.com
- >To: ".~'*.into the blue.*'~." <mobility@lists.xmission.com>
- >Subject: Re: (mobility) introduce myself ? uh ok..
- >Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 02:26:18 -0700 (PDT)
- >
- >On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, roy wilkie wrote:
- > > I first heard Moby at a 'rave' in the high desert north of LA.
- >Everybody
- > > kind of took notice when he came out, turned into hundreds of hoving
- >glow
- > > sticks in the ampitheater. He put on the best electronic live act I've
- > > ever seen, complete with visuals like a giant walking insect guy on
- >stilts.
- > > Extremely high energy, great music.
- >
- >ya know what... this sounds _very_ much like the stage show 'Rabbit in the
- >Moon' puts on. are you sure it wasn't them? Bunny (the "lead" guy of the
- >live performance) comes out in a black jacket and opens it up and he's
- >covered in those long multi-coloured glowsticks. and the background video
- >features him outfitted in a fuzzy green outfit walking forward like an ape
- >with stilts on his hands and feet.
- >
- >check out my pictures from the last time RITM was here and let me know if
- >it's at all familiar to what you saw:
- >http://www.gurlpages.com/bjorkdoll3/its_like_that2.html
- >
- >[/sarah]
- >
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- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:51:06 -0400
- From: "Mike A7" <mikea7@provide.net>
- Subject: Re: (mobility) prince/EU/astral
-
- Paul Simpson <techno_gpig@yahoo.com> wrote:
- > Prince supports Napster? I thought he was against
- > bootlegging n stuff!!
-
- The news media, AS ALWAYS, have taken Prince's BRILLIANT essay on the music
- industry, Napster and mp3 and changed it around.
-
- Prince did not come out and say he is for or against Napster. He is taking
- a middle ground. What he said was Napster is out there because the music
- industry is basically full of shit and not giving TRUE music lovers what
- they want so things like Napster is what the music industry gets for buying
- off radio, MTV and only shoving people the music they have a ton of money
- invested in.
-
- Prince doesn't care for bootleggers, but he HATES the music industry and
- many of the major labels tactics so I think he likes the idea of what
- Napster is about.
-
- Usually his posts on his web site are his typical mumbo jumbo, pseudo
- religious babble but the essay on the music industry, Napster and mp3 is
- absolutely the BEST thing I have seen any artist say or write on the
- subject. It is as if I had written it as it is the same thing I always rail
- about to friends.
-
- If anyone is interested I can forward it here, it's kind of long but I
- think most here would agree with what he is saying too. He is saying the
- record companies could give a shit about how Napster affects artists. They
- only are mad about Napster because it is money out of THEIR pockets.He also
- hails Napster as an alternative to the record company programmed radio we
- now have in this country and MTV as well, a chance for true music lovers to
- have a choice what they listen to. He really lets the current state of
- music have it, ripping into the "one good single pushed from
- a crappy CD" state of today's here today gone tomorrow artists and teeny
- artists.
-
- Again, in my opinion and Prince's too, Napster and other things like it are
- a response and a direct effect of the SHIT state of current commerical
- music. The record companies only have themselves to blame. They created it.
-
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- And how glad I am to see another of my favorite artists, Moby, likes the
- idea of mp3 too! This is the future of music and I'm glad the suits at the
- major labels don't like it.
- Fuck them.
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