begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:17:33PM -0800: > On Jan 3, 2008 7:57 PM, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> To remain on topic: > > If drugs were legalized, then job openings may have to be amended to > > state that the ideal candidate will not be a partaker of drugs that can > > impact job performance and that any drug use that noticeably impacts job > > performance will first be warned, then suspended, then terminated (or > > some process akin to it). > > Ah but what about those drugs that improve job performance.
That's where I start having problems with these drug questions. It's not the drugs that are obviously bad for you that are the problem, it's the drugs that help you out, a lot, that might have undesirable side effects. > Caffeine comes to mind :) See Yup. Turns out, if I drink a couple of caffeinated sodas today, tomorrow I will be mean. (Some might append an "-er", but don't pay attention to them.) Then the headaches will start. As a kid, I was warned about getting addicted to all those evil drugs; nobody ever pointed out that caffeine was an addictive drug as well. The consequences of abuses in our youth last long after youth is gone. [snip] > He,he ... > > BobLQ "The Devil makes me do it." > > PS, And how does the Devil fit into Intelligent Design? > Did he have a role in the effort? Aha, perhaps he was the > one who pushed what the rest of us call genetic diseases. Tolkien comes to mind. I think his "the universe is a song" captured the pathos and utility of an official antagonist. Or perhaps think of it as The Designer using a rock to shape the world, and the Devil is the hard place. . . -- I think Intelligent Design is a wonderful idea, deserving of much study; First, let's find out what intelligence is, as I find the subject muddy. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
