There is a lot of truth to what Fred just said. It takes wisdom to see it.
Way to give yourself a big pat on the back for being oh so wise.
You don't need wisdom to know that many people won't change, there isn't any ground breaking thought there, of course people will be in and out of rehab etc. and nobody needs this to be pointed out.
The main point however is that, as always with Fred, there's no black and white, maybe most people won't change, so in his mind that means ALL people don't change, we're all doomed and destined to be what we are, there's nothing anyone can do to help so why do we bother? etc. The great thing about you Fred Fanboys is that you always write "there's a lot of truth" to the real obvious stuff that any sentient creature could come up with, and you ignore the total bull****, and the total bull**** is what I take issue with.
There's any amount of evidence of drug policy reform severely affecting populations in dramatic ways, sometimes over the course of only a handful of years. In Portugal for example the legalization of all drugs, which meant redistribution of policing and criminalisation of drugs, and instead focussing on healthcare and treatment of abusers. Why was there such a drastic change when there's nothing we can do? Less dramatic policy exists elsewhere, even in less developed countries where you feel the governments are too corrupt and powerless, yet Botswana's only real drug problem is alcohol use, despite being surrounded by countries with a very high populus of drug abusers. The same gangs infiltrate Botswana and get nowhere, why? In South Africa the problem continues to get worse, despite showing improvements in the 90's, a lack of focus on rehabilitation has led to the amount of drug users nearly doubling, similar problems in Liberia and Guinnea Bisau, but allegedly there's nothing we can do, so why do such dramatic social changes exist?
Sure there's truth to what Fred said, but the truth part of it was just so meaninglessly obvious and you act like it was real insight, then the tougher issues he tried to give an opinion on was just some plain and simple ****ed up reasoning. Here's how you often see Fred's posts:
Fred: The ground around me and the soil is flat.
Fred Fanboy: I hear ya bro! Real talk!
Fred: Therefore the entire earth is flat.
Fred Fanboy: ... Nothin to see here.
But seeing as anecdotal evidence is all that seems to matter to you people, why did Fred only notice the same guys coming in and out of the clinic? Because duh, he's not going to notice the people who don't come back. I mean it doesn't get much simpler than that.
I knew a girl once who spent over a year as a nurse in a rehab clinic in Gothenburg, and she said it seemed frustrating having the same people coming in and out, promising to change, and then being back 2 weeks later after coming out of hospital. But she did also notice that the more experienced older and "wiser" nurses felt that nobody was getting better, were very close minded and dismissive of the idea that they were helping anyone, even though a large amount of people would only log in once, or twice, and then not return (for that year at least) presumably at least some of them became reformed, or at least we can only guess that as many did, than those who didn't (I just ****ing know Fred's going to barge in and definitively say NONE of them got better because there's no proof that they did). So this girl was surrounded by women who, to be fair did a very tough job over many years and became cynical, but all they could remember were the same characters, the same "re-offenders", while many passed through their halls never to return, many probably with only a minor drug problem that could have spiralled out of control without some support.
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