BR> RT> TR> I certainly understand this philosophy. There are a lot of sick
BR> RT> TR> people out there. Is there any logical reason why we should 
provide
BR> RT> TR> the information to fulfill their destructive fantasies?
BR> RT> Is there any reason why we should have people expecting to get
BR> RT> allowances for their behaviour and not accept personal responsibility
BR> RT> for their actions?
BR>Ah, therein lies the rub - for what we do by accepting the scenario that 
says
BR>the perp was already sick and he who supplied the instruction aggravated 
the
BR>problem is to send a message that nobody is responsible for his acts if he
BR>uses information gleaned from another wrongly.
BR>For example - in my home there lives a troubled 21-year-old with a
BR>prescription drug problem, who's recovering (and will be for the rest of 
her
BR>life).  She has lapsed - and one lapse involved allowing a friend to 
introduce
BR>her to the joys of injected heroin. SHE made the choice, in possession of
BR>information that should have told her that it was not safe, not right, and
BR>potentially deadly - but she made her choice anyhow.  She ended up 
spending a
BR>few days in withdrawal - pretty horrid days they were, too - but she 
refuses
BR>to blame her friend,because, as she says, 'She didn't put a gun to my 
head, I
BR>CHOSE to do it, and it was a bad bad choice,  The worse that can be said 
s
BR>that she supplied it - but I CHOSE to use it.'  She may be an addict, but 
she
BR>understands who has the problem.  I'm angry at her 'friend' - but I 
understand
BR>her point, and must applaud her taking the responsibility for her acts 
instead
BR>of making some other idiot the badguy.
Bob,
That girl has a excellent chance at recovery because she understands the
idea of responsibility (she also seems to have a supportive family and
one that made an effort to raise her right....whatever that is).  Most
addicts I have had contact with will put the blame on anything except
where it belongs.
The Ole Sarge
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