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I agree with Mik.

All laws (especially in US) aren't good. Say the ones which let Bush act as a dictator, or FBI to listen to your phone calls/e-mails without a court order?

Did you know it IS the law in some countries to be allowed to use drugs?

Child ? That would hurt others.. So no.

Terrorism? Depends. For a GOOD cause, against sadistic ******, maybe...
Yes I know it will hurt civilians. But can you honestly say the Irak war hasn't? Seen the news, where some US soldiers rape women?
You couldn't stick to the issue of ethics, so you've devolved the thread into political hyperbole (there are no laws that allow the president -- ANY president -- to be a dictator, the Patriot Act doesn't give the FBI carte blanche, etc.). God ****.

Yes, I know other countries have more liberal laws with respect to drugs; some of them also have signs asking their citizens not to pee on the streets (amusing, maybe even scary; I still love Paris). That's irrelevant because the OP used the word "feds" and his post admitted it's against the law in his own nation.

That's the issue, not how Euro-elitists feel about the US.

EDIT: It's only fair to point out that I mentioned this thread today in context of an entry about HP's solution for ISP/telecommunications data retention and compliance...
http://lucky13.blogsavy.com/2007....rrorism
While I don't understand why the original poster would even bother saying *why* he wants to use DSL in this case (simply asking his question would have gotten a quick answer without this OT debate added), and while I agree that we should not be using the damnsmalllinux.org resources to help people do bad things, I feel I must emphasize that I firmly believe there is a mighty gap between the terms "criminal" and "wrong". There's nothing wrong in my view with destroying your own body if that's what you want to do.

Besides, the original poster was not asking how to use DSL to break laws. The question was simply "does DSL leave any tracks"...a question that has been asked and answered here at least once or twice before. The only thing that makes this situation any different is the mention of why he chose DSL.

If a person asked where he could buy matches, how is that different than a person asking where he could buy matches to smoke his crack? Either way you're giving the same info, but the second person just happened to mention what he's going to do with them. Perhaps the first person was planning to burn down a building....
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You confuse your needs with your wants. You don't need steroids, you want them and you want to get away with criminal behavior because of your own vanity.
I re-read my own post to be sure, but I can't see that I've stated anywhere I *need* steroids.

I certainly hope you are the model citizen, you make yourself out to be.

I hope you never consumed alchohol under the legal age. I hope you've never exceeded the speed limit. That would make you very hypocritical if you had.

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I won't do anything that will help you engage in illegal activity, and that includes acquiring steroids without prescription.
..and yet you have anyway.

Your blog is well written. The article you link to about possible risks involved is a little one sided, but when has the media been fair? Also, the operative word used is "Can" - Can cause this effect, can cause that effect.

There are many things in this world that "can" cause ill effects. Smoking "can" cause cancer. Alchohol too, a friend of mine has traces of blood in his urine from excessive drinking.

Also, the article is predominantly talking about adolescents. I've never met any experienced steroid user who recommends or condones their use by adolescents. Most are very much opposed to it and go out of their way to discourage adolescents.

I could certainly never change your views about the steroid issue, but I encourage you to learn more about it from the other side. So many people are incapable of free thought these days. They simply believe what the television tells them. I don't believe you are one of these people, I think you're just pretending..

Here's a moral question for you: You frown upon me for my intended actions, would you still feel the same if I took an extended holiday to a country where these compounds are available over the counter and used them?

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And while some dipshit who wants to purchase steroids to inflate his body to compensate for his deflated ego...
Do you consider someone who just goes to the gym on a regular basis to be a "dipshit with a deflated ego" ?

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It's bad enough he's willing to play chemist with his own body.
I assume, given your use of the term "his own body", that you comprehend that is is in fact my body. Who exactly are you to tell me what I should and should not do with it? Perhaps you might construct me a good healthy diet that meets your high standards of approval so that I'm not in breach of what you think I should and should not put into my own body.

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He shouldn't drag anyone else into his plans the way he did.
You're right. I shouldn't "drag" anyone else into it. But I'm fairly certain I didn't have a gun to your head. Don't like it? Don't reply. Those who are ok with it may reply to my *request* for information.

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Hopefully he's more competent with pharmaceuticals than he is with computers.
Hopefully you're less of a pretentious moron away from your keyboard. I normally wouldn't have let the conversation sink to personal insults, but after all, I'm just a "dipshit"...


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While I don't understand why the original poster would even bother saying *why* he wants to use DSL in this case
Stating the exact intention allows people to make a choice of whether they'd like to help me or not. I had hoped anyone morally opposed to what I'm intending would just not reply.

..and also to stir the pot a little. Life is fairly boring without conflict.


Thanks to those who provided replies. It is appreciated.

This includes you too Lucky13. It's very strange that despite your opposition to my intended actions, you've handed me plenty of useful information tidbits and links. I wonder if this is subconcious on your part, and if so, why?
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Do you consider someone who just goes to the gym on a regular basis to be a "dipshit with a deflated ego" ?

The gym isn't the issue, it's what you're doing with steroids and why. I consider any amateur in the field of biochemistry who'd resort to artificially manipulating his hormones with substances banned by nearly every sporting association to be a dipshit with a deflated ego. Don't feel singled out. Your interest in using steroids isn't to benefit your health, it's either for obtaining a certain physical appearance (if you DON'T compete and AREN'T tested) or to cheat (if you DO compete and ARE subject to testing protocols). I don't respect vanity or cheating.

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Here's a moral question for you: You frown upon me for my intended actions, would you still feel the same if I took an extended holiday to a country where these compounds are available over the counter and used them?

Yes, because you're a cheater -- you willfully cheat against your own natural abilities AND in any sport in which you may compete. That's an area where I don't think mikshaw's analogy was apropos; this isn't analogous to getting stoned, where the effects gradually wear off sans a few brain cells -- this is someone wanting to cheat the laws of his nation (whether anyone agrees with them or not is beside the point), to cheat in sport(s), and/or to cheat nature (to inflate one's body beyond its natural abilities) and at risk of much greater physical harm.

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Your blog is well written.

I know. Thanks.

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The article you link to about possible risks involved is a little one sided, but when has the media been fair?

Actually, it's a press release from the University of Michigan Health System. Doctors, researchers, professionals in biochemistry, that kind of thing. Didn't expect that to impress you since it's not preaching from your choir of amateur endocrinologists who always seem to know better than doctors, researchers, professionals in biochemistry, that kind of thing.
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