One does not have to be Jesus to recognize the plight of others and have a measure of compassion.
What value their life has for them is ultimately their business and perhaps the business of those who try to help them. An excerpt from Mr. Horde:
“…a year of hard emotional work with other people and this is what takes me to where I am now.”
Do you know enough about his, “hard emotional work”, to dismiss its value and label it a self-debasement? Have you yourself ever had to do such work and if you found some relief in any measure would you give a gnat’s ass as to the criticisms from others?
Is self-debasement preferable to the external debasement of arrest and imprisonment? Well, the former at least gives one the freedom to change. The latter takes freedom and the possibility of change and replaces it with oppression. Besides, I think most people who read my response to Mr. Horde will see it as more than just, “Hey Dude, Bang a Bong!”
No big deal, metaphysical possibilities have always been a part of the warp and weft of philosophical discussions. But more to the point in this instance, it’s no more gibberish than:
In a court of law that would be the equivalent of, ‘The devil made me do it’.