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I'm not saying that they shouldn't be responsible for their actions. What I <b>am</b> saying is that most recreational drugs serve no useful purpose (i.e., curing disease), and with them come many risks (i.e., the person will freak out and kill someone). We need to be aware of these risks and take steps to prevent them from becoming reality.
As for my personalization of some issues - it is only done when it seems obvious <b>to me</b> that someone is largely apathetic to an issue (or someone's fate) simply because they are so far removed from it. I <b>still</b> don't believe you'd sing the same tone if it happened to your daughter, and I don't believe that verbatim would say "well, it was her fault for dressing like a hussy" if his mother got gang raped. Drug users that murder others (or rape them or whatever) most certainly should be held accountable for their actions, but that doesn't change the fact that I don't think that being drunk and banging on the wrong door does <b>not</b> merit a death sentence, nor do I think that going to get a story means you deserve to be kidnapped, held hostage and possibly murdered.
You always counter with "well, that <b>hasn't</b> happened" - because you're lucky, and because your daughter "knows better". Well what if she didn't? She's still your daughter, and you still love her. You are only removed from one man's fate by the fact that <b>you do not love him more than life itself</b>, as you surely do your daughters. If you did, it would be a different story, period. If your daughter went on a backpacking excursion to Kashmir and got decapitated, I seriously doubt your response would be "well, she deserved it for being so stupid as to go there." No, you would grieve, and you would probably agree with me that going on a backpacking excursion to Kashmir does not merit a death sentence, even though it is one of the places where you most certainly do <b>not</b> want to travel.
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