Actually it's people in general that have their own little worlds. Most people simply just do not care about anything that goes on outside their lives unless it directly (and overtly) has an effect on them. In general, people will get up in the morning and go do whatever it is that benefits them, that helps them overcome THEIR wants and needs in life.

After all, were this were not the case and everyone actually looked at issues from all angles and everyone else's perspective I doubt many of the worlds problems would exist today. Not that I'm any kind of exception to this... it's extremely easy to make assumptions about things that really don't effect you, and even easier just to flat out not care.

Or maybe we could stop acting like the appropriate response to idiots being idiotic is to restrict perfectly capable, sensible human beings from going about their day? I learned to cross the road when I was in kindergarten, it's not hard. Whats next, police arresting you because you wander down the sidewalk looking like you're lost in your thoughts and not paying attention?

Of course you can get addicted to it. You can get addicted to anything. Maybe it has no chemical addiction but I've seen plenty of people who are addicted to pot and it screws them up just as much as alcoholism. Granted, I don't consider it any worse then alcohol or tobacco.. but if either of these things were discovered tomorrow do you think they'd have the same laws attached as they currently do? Tobacco would probably be outlawed completely. Personally I would like to see it legalised only in non smokable forms (or maybe non smokable forms outside a private residence), soley for the fact that I already have to deal with people smoking cigarettes blowing their smoke all over the place, I don't need to get high walking to work.

These people seriously need to get lost - they spent years overcharging for music because their distribution method was the only practical one. Guess what guys? There are new, better ways to get music now, both free and legal. And you think we should PAY YOU because..... you want us to? Too fucking bad.