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Shamus The Brute
To the ex-POTCO and, TLOPO community:
It's simple. Don't make an effort to try nor to experiment with DRUGS. *Take it from me, it can destroy families!
- Ahoy everyone. I have returned to share an important p.s.a. (public service announcement) and online community message. As both a parent and a father, I would like to do what I can to reiterate to everyone here - of all ages - that DRUGS can kill, both indirectly and directly. *I should know...it happened to a child of my own. Read on, to discover more.
Shortly past midnight of a certain year, a decision was ultimately made by my (then) 17 year old son. By the morning of the next day, he was visited and then taken away by Law Enforcement officers as suspect in the deadly shooting of the night/evening before. The victim of the crime was a friend to my son (at one time). *Important to everyone here, they both were "gamers" and enjoyed spending time together as friends playing SHOOTER games and what-not.
For some time now, the SHAMUS THE BRUTE within me was compelled to take action towards a very real and challenging (life) situation! Instead of doing what I was used to (online) to hold "hackers" and trouble-makers accountable, my passion had to be turned ironically towards my own family, son, and my son's own personal issues. As a 17 year old young adult, one of those issues my son had struggles with the most was, you guessed it, DRUGS. *Alas fellow pirates, this topic-of-discussion is important to bring to light here on piratesforums.co because...I do know for a fact that several (anti-TLOPO) antagonists were also into drugs/the smoking of "weed." Not to overly judge nor drive home the point, but I can share that DRUGS in lieu of my own son's life changed him in a way which has forever changed his destiny now.
DRUGS lead to no good, mates. It impacts and affects everyone else within said user's life! Don't think that it doesn't. And...as much as I truthfully wanted to put the Shamus "passion" behind me...I am forced now to bring him out again but this time, towards holding DRUG dealers accountable (locally) instead of unruly pirates online. *I ask, in fact I plead, to all pirates online to simply...SAY NO TO DRUGS!!! Purchasing drugs from someone else only entitles them to eventually sell to a child or young adult. Would you want that on your conscience?
A week ago today, my 17 year old son had his 18th birthday. We're all still waiting to understand the facts of the case/to understand if the Judge will try him as an adult (rather than as a juvenile) for first-degree murder.
JUST SAY NO!
Shamus ~
It's simple. Don't make an effort to try nor to experiment with DRUGS. *Take it from me, it can destroy families!
- Ahoy everyone. I have returned to share an important p.s.a. (public service announcement) and online community message. As both a parent and a father, I would like to do what I can to reiterate to everyone here - of all ages - that DRUGS can kill, both indirectly and directly. *I should know...it happened to a child of my own. Read on, to discover more.
Shortly past midnight of a certain year, a decision was ultimately made by my (then) 17 year old son. By the morning of the next day, he was visited and then taken away by Law Enforcement officers as suspect in the deadly shooting of the night/evening before. The victim of the crime was a friend to my son (at one time). *Important to everyone here, they both were "gamers" and enjoyed spending time together as friends playing SHOOTER games and what-not.
For some time now, the SHAMUS THE BRUTE within me was compelled to take action towards a very real and challenging (life) situation! Instead of doing what I was used to (online) to hold "hackers" and trouble-makers accountable, my passion had to be turned ironically towards my own family, son, and my son's own personal issues. As a 17 year old young adult, one of those issues my son had struggles with the most was, you guessed it, DRUGS. *Alas fellow pirates, this topic-of-discussion is important to bring to light here on piratesforums.co because...I do know for a fact that several (anti-TLOPO) antagonists were also into drugs/the smoking of "weed." Not to overly judge nor drive home the point, but I can share that DRUGS in lieu of my own son's life changed him in a way which has forever changed his destiny now.
DRUGS lead to no good, mates. It impacts and affects everyone else within said user's life! Don't think that it doesn't. And...as much as I truthfully wanted to put the Shamus "passion" behind me...I am forced now to bring him out again but this time, towards holding DRUG dealers accountable (locally) instead of unruly pirates online. *I ask, in fact I plead, to all pirates online to simply...SAY NO TO DRUGS!!! Purchasing drugs from someone else only entitles them to eventually sell to a child or young adult. Would you want that on your conscience?
A week ago today, my 17 year old son had his 18th birthday. We're all still waiting to understand the facts of the case/to understand if the Judge will try him as an adult (rather than as a juvenile) for first-degree murder.
JUST SAY NO!
Shamus ~
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