Drugs.

Drug taking is tolerated mostly amongst rich celebrities, yet for people living outside the scope of celebrity while still taking drugs, the affect ruins lives according to a government report. Dealing with users paranoia can put a strain on family relationships. Mood swings and personality changes also affect relationships between partners of those using drugs. Drug use can cause users to loose control of their behaviour and things held of importance such as relationships, jobs, families and careers come second best to the drug itself. Drug use can account for mental illness causation.
Drugs associated as factors are: Cannabis, LSD, Heroin

Link to government website http:// www.parliament.uk/post/pn079.pdf

Bad Comedians?

What does it take to be viewed as a bad comedian? People who perform may be considered to be for for one decade but offensive the next. Comedians consider it their job to point out what is wrong, funny, or good about their society and what takes place in it.

Roy Chubby Brown would be what is considered a traditional reactionist comedian, useing swear words, ineundo and self mockery to get the audence lauging.

A link to his site can be found at http://www.chubbybrown.biz - Cached

Ben Elton is a comedian who makes satire against sexist people and those who want to keep society from changing.

Link http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/profiles/ben_elton.shtml

Why Do We Need Anti Heroes ?

The subject of bandits and outlaws becoming folk heroes has long been a source of interest.

Outlaws becoming romantic folk heroes instead of being castigated can happen when the society in question is not happy with the laws that govern it.

KL Steckmesser in his book Robin Hood and the American Outlaw (1966; pages 348-355) published by University of Illonois Press, USA, stated that outlaws such as Jesse James should be viewed within the variant parent tradition where it is the law that is currupt while people like Jesse James and Sam Bass are people servinga higher cause.

link : http:// www.answers.com/topic/jesse-james - 127k - Cached 6.

Masturbation

Masturbation can be defined as self stimulation of male and female sex organs. It can be done by oneself or by your sexual partner. According to www. coolnurse.com there should be no shame in this conduct. Yet the Americans of the 1800s used to make sons wear painful chastity belts, and daughters "brillo pad gloves" to stop nocturnal sexual urges.

Forbidden Fruit?

Yet people are still having sex! A study conducted by www.coolnurse .com stated 94% of teen males and 70% of teen females admitted to masturbation.

Betty Dodson Ph.D started classes from the 1970s to 1980s to combat taboos on this subject.

Read more on this link at http:// www.coolnurse.com/masturbation.htm-38k

Origins of Tattoos.

The origins of tattoos were believed to have been found on mummies by European explorers about from 3300BC. Examples of tattoos have been found in North America, the South Seas, and the Pacific Ocean. The phrase "tattoo" originally came from the Tahitan native phrase " TATTAU" but was called "Tattoo" by Captain Cook when he traveled to Tahitan lands. Indians and Polynesians who had this body art regularly worked in curcuses and fairs around the 18th and 19th century due to the exotic nature of their body illustrations.

Links to site : http// tattoojoy.com/tattoos_articles/origins_of_Tattoos.htm

Ten Signs Of Infedelity

Anne Bercht from Beyond Affairs Network links ten signs to a partners' infidelity.

These are:

1. Partner's emotional distance.

2. Cheater becomes critical of their partner, is cruel, angry, finds reasons for cheating.

3. Cheaters complain of current partners' control over them.

4. Cheating partners are missing over long periods.

5. Illness of spouse can cause infidelity.

6. The cheater pays more attention to personal appearance.

7. Cheater has more zeal and energy when in throes of affair.

8. Cheater becomes inappropriately defensive during questioning.

9. Is flurtatious with opposite sex.

10. Has need for privacy and does not always wear wedding ring.

Anne Berchts' link is http:// www.beyondaffairs.com/articles/signs_of_infidelity

To Smoke Or Not To Smoke, That Is The Question.

FOREST director Simon Clark claims that he does not want to be part of a "nanny state" where smokers face the need to defend themselves against bullying from the state. Mr. Clark claims, "To enjoy personal freedom people have to be tollerant of other people's freedoms, including the freedom to smoke in enclosed public places."

The link to this is http://www.forestonline.org/output/page230.asp

Medline Plus take the view that smoking harms every organ in the body, is responsible for 87% of lung cancer cases and can be attributed to other cancer diseases. Medline claims that pregnant smokers have problems during pregnancy , and higher rates of sudden infant death syndrome.

Second hand smoking also causes the same diseases in non smokers, it is claimed by Medline Plus.

Their link is http;//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking html 69k