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You’re looking at history through a very Western lens. In other cultures, some substances were ritualistic and culturally important.
by mickotron 4y ago
You’re looking at history through a very Western lens. In other cultures, some substances were ritualistic and culturally important.
- rayiner 4y agoOr an East Asian lens: https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cgvienna/eng/ljzg/zfbps/t127411.htm https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cgvienna/eng/ljzg/zfbps/t127411.... ("The Chinese government believes that drugs are a worldwide public hazard confronting the whole of mankind, and drug control is an imminent and common responsibility incumbent to international society.") Or a South Asian lens: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-drugs/bangladesh-sets-death-penalty-for-drug-offences-in-draft-law-idUSKCN1MI1DT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-drugs/banglade... ("Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offences in draft law") Or an African lens: https://fileserver.idpc.net/library/Drug-laws-in-West-Africa_ENGLISH.pdf https://fileserver.idpc.net/library/Drug-laws-in-West-Africa... ("In Nigeria, the death penalty for drug-related offenses was replaced by life imprisonment in 1986.")
- mickotron 4y agoEither way, the comment I replied to tried represent a whole of humanity stance on something, since the dawn of civilisation, that is clearly false. We can both come up with examples to suit our viewpoint. I didn’t say that person was wrong. I just said that person was being selective.