there is still some hope for humanity

Normally rant and rave about how evil human beings are as a whole, and that we're all out for ourselves and blah de blah (if you've read my blog enough you know what its about)

but found this today on yahoo news:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/puzzle-reveals-man-dying-cancer-101331278.html#ZqSzL7l

Obviously, a sad story, but this man has clearly accepted his fate, and isn't hung up about it (still working) and can happily make it public knowledge.

Not just anyone would be that selfless to accept they are dying, its one of the hardest things we, as a physical being, will ever have to go through, its coded into our brains to self preserve, its our basic instinct to fight and hide any form of weakness (from back when we lived out in the wild, and we were still hunted on a regular basis) given, there are becoming more and more people in todays society who like to milk illness and make a big deal over it, because they believe it makes them "special" some how (regardless of your religious standpoint, survival of the fittest is a pretty much accepted fact (in the wild, the lion who can't catch its prey dies, as does its family), so therefor weakness is not a thing to be celebrated) this man, merely publicly acknowledged his illness in a cryptic crossword, he didn't want to make a statement, he probably didn't even know if anyone would care, he just said it, and carried on.

(probably should point out by people, i mean fully grown adults, who's frontal lobe are intact, who should be aware of the concept of community, children (below 16), it is entirely acceptable for them to milk illness, as they ONLY have a sense of self, as far as they're concerned, them, and their immediate family, are the only things that matter.)

If the entire human race were as selfless as this man, we'd be in a lot better state than we are now.

I wish him much happiness in his remaining years, and hope he dies with the respect and dignity he deserves.
And fingers crossed he may go into spontaneous remission, or there may be a break through any time now.

little bits of goodness shine brighter than all the evil put together

Liam
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Talk to frank makes me angry

Was scouring the internet for treatments of cancer for my oncology module for 2013 and stumbled onto a website called "talk to frank" which is a website that supposedly "discusses" the effects of narcotics and is supposed to be there to educate young people on drugs:
its bullshit like this that makes this country ignorant about narcotics:
http://www.talktofrank.com/faq/what-long-term-damage-does-cannabis-cause

here are the truths behind the lies on that one page:

1) cannabis will only increase your likelihood of developing schizophrenia if you're genetically predisposed to it (i.e it runs in your family) other than that, it is actually proven to help protect brain cells, increase their number, and will help you forget adverse memories (such as in PTSD)

2) while yes when you're stoned you can lack motivation, this doesn't last, as soon as the effects wear off your motivation will return, and why is this? because its pure mind set, cannabis will effect you in WHATEVER WAY YOU EXPECT, if you expect to have a bad experience, you will, if you expect it to make you sleepy, it will, if you expect it to just calm you down, relax you and focus your mind, guess what? it'll do that too! Cannabis affects EVERYONE slightly differently, because everyone has a slightly different expectation of the narcotic.

3) this one makes me sick the most - CANNABIS REDUCES THE RISK OF CANCER! and PURE cannabis smoke is actually GOOD for asthma (in a joint, yes, you risk an attack (small risk) from the tobacco smoke, but how many asthmatics smoke normal cigs? my guess is a fair few (a good chunk of my mams family are asthmatic and most of them smoke at LEAST cigs) if you smoked it through a bong/vaporizer the smoke would actually REDUCE your symptoms, as the ecannabinoid system (how many of you knew that the body naturally produces cannabinoids? molecules of the same structure of THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive chemical in cannabis)  is used to CONTROL INFLAMMATION!

4) the only truth on the whole page, if you're smoking cannabis in a joint, yes there is tobacco, yes tobacco IS bad for you, but the filters in your cigarettes are MUCH worse for you than the tobacco itself (every time you drag on a filter, little bits of glass fiber break off and go into your lungs, causing lacerations, which either scar, or allow more tobacco carcinogens into the lung tissue, when these carcinogens are trapped inside by the healing process, the damage they can cause increases, as the bodies immune response struggles to detect it , causing a "broken glass" appearance on chest x-rays

Not saying everyone should smoke cannabis, but those that want to, providing it doesn't effect anyone, SHOULD be allowed, if someone makes an informed choice to sit in their room surrounded by smoke filling their body with chemicals, why does anyone have a right to stop them, just because its going to take money away from government?  We, as a country, let people pump themselves full of alcohol and nicotine legally, and these are 2 of the most harmful drugs known to man, so why not let people add a little bit of goodness to their system?

Aiming to educate on the real effects of Cannabis.

And, for the record, discussing the true effects/risks/legality of cannabis when compared to bullshit government propaganda is my academic and philosophical right, I think its plain wrong that the general public are allowed to be mislead so blatantly.

If cannabis and hemp were to be legalized world over, we'd sort this planet out SO quickly (although, i'd rather just hemp become legalized if that was the only option, we'd still fix the planet, but loads of people would still be taking man made chemicals as medicine which do more harm than good)

Liam
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Not a day has gone buy

Without someone looking at my blog :) even on the weeks i go really inactive
Thanks for sharing the word guys!
we need to educate quickly, we have a brief period of opportunity where things will start making
sense to even the sheep, if we act quickly we can over throw the pollution and destruction of the world

cigarettes filters cause more damage than they prevent!

Ask anyone, smoking causes lung cancer, back when pre rolled cigarettes first came about there was no filter in, you just smoked with tobacco in your mouth, but then the little white filters became standard in all cigarettes, a little white solid tube that you put in the end to filter out some of the harmful chemicals, however, new studies have shown that these filters actually do a different type of damage than the tobacco would, one that could be argued is worse than the tobacco itself:

The filters are made up of something called "glass wool" (kinda like fiberglass, which is known to be bad to inhale) when you take a drag, little bits of this glass break off the filter and go into your lung, these bits of glass tear the soft epithelial cells in the lung, meaning that more of the chemicals the filters are intended to stop, have an easier access to your blood stream, this causes cells to get higher doses of the toxins increasing the likely hood of cancer, however, there is more damage done than this.

As the tears heal, they form scar tissue, which is not as effective at stretching and collapsing as healthy lung tissue, this can lead to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) emphysema, and then lung cancer, Chest x-rays of chronic smokers have been known to look like those who were exposed to asbestos, giving what is known as a "ground glass" appearance, these white areas are scar tissue, but the continuous damaging and repairing of the tissues leads to lesions developing, and this is where cancer is more likely to develop.

I'm not saying people shouldn't smoke, just that hand rolled with roach or even cotton wool, would be better  for you in the long term.

off to watch house now ;)

Liam

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