Got a webcam, somewhere... might be a minute, tho. Guess I've gotta tag in on the ToD Thread, eh?
Actually WATCHING an ep of CSI might help, too, instead of just sussing the meme, n'est-ce pas?
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Actually WATCHING an ep of CSI might help, too, instead of just sussing the meme, n'est-ce pas?
Not really, no... cannabis won't turn you violent. Ever. Quite the contrary, even. Which is why I've always found alcohol and weed to be flipped around, legality wise. Why is the more harmful, violence inducing drug legal while the healthier, violence subduing natural one is illegal?
(I know about the whole paper fiasco, I'm being rhetorical)
I mean... say you're the governing body in a country. You are given a choice between a drink that will, in many many cases, turn people into violent, raving lunatics that kill, maim, vandalize, rape and whatnot while under the influence... or a plant that will turn people into giggling, eating, simpsons-watching, useless yet comfortably numb morons. From a population control point it should not even be a question, should it?
(I know about the whole paper fiasco, I'm being rhetorical)
I mean... say you're the governing body in a country. You are given a choice between a drink that will, in many many cases, turn people into violent, raving lunatics that kill, maim, vandalize, rape and whatnot while under the influence... or a plant that will turn people into giggling, eating, simpsons-watching, useless yet comfortably numb morons. From a population control point it should not even be a question, should it?
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Got a webcam, somewhere... might be a minute, tho. Guess I've gotta tag in on the ToD Thread, eh?
Actually WATCHING an ep of CSI might help, too, instead of just sussing the meme, n'est-ce pas?[/QUOTE]
I think this would classify as an epic video type thread, rather than a dare. That game seems crazy hard.
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.... what?
You know what? Nevermind. You win by default, because I don't want to know what it is you're trying to say.
There is the TEENY little detail about how my agency got a mad-on against Facebooking, and decreed that nobody on the department can reference it's name in ANY online communication or social networking without permission... (that's another rant entirely)...
but I suppose if I cover up the name on the badge and the shoulder patches, I've just got a generic cop shirt. Can't get me there. *grins*
But I digress...
All of you smokers, be advised, when you blaze up and get caught, regardless of what happens afterwards, it's because of you fuckers that I have to make a run to the gas station for some SmartFoods White Cheddar popcorn. EVERY. FREAKIN'. TIME.
(that's my story and I'm sticking to it
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but I suppose if I cover up the name on the badge and the shoulder patches, I've just got a generic cop shirt. Can't get me there. *grins*
But I digress...
All of you smokers, be advised, when you blaze up and get caught, regardless of what happens afterwards, it's because of you fuckers that I have to make a run to the gas station for some SmartFoods White Cheddar popcorn. EVERY. FREAKIN'. TIME.
(that's my story and I'm sticking to it
)My post was in answer to this one:
But you guys ninja'd me (cause I'm typing slow as shit right now for obvious reasons) and I didn't edit the quote in.
I still win by default, though, no take-backs!
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Because you could never get away with making alcohol illegal. Americans have violently revolted against the central government just for taxes on whiskey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion#Origins). I'm not talking "You could never truly outlaw alcohol." I'm talking, "Give it a try and you'll have a revolution on your hands." It's simply not worth it.
In fact, I would be very interested to see if any country, ever in history, has managed to outlaw alcohol without either conquering the shit out of the drinkers (like in the Muslim conquests of the 7th century) or having to deal with armed uprisings.
So, Sagan did the reefer, eh?
Yeah, of course, but I wasn't trying to advocate making alcohol illegal... just how weird it is that from two drugs it's the most harmful one.. both physically and socially... that's the not only legal but socially accepted one.
Weed is going to become legal some point in the future, though, I don't think that's a ball that's gonna stop rolling. It might take a few decades still, though.
Well, partially for that reason; he was actually an advocate under the pseudonym Mr. X. It's more because my friends have recently been getting into astronomy and the sheer scale of the universe (two of them wanting to buy telescopes and learn to stargaze), and--although the Cosmos series is around thirty years old--it is STILL mind-blowing and amazing. I'm looking forward to their reactions
Oh man, he was a HUGE pothead. He reportedly smoked almost every day, there are testimonies of people who worked with him that said he would refuse to speak in public if he didn't have a toke or two beforehand, even.
He even wrote for a pro-cananbis book under a pseudonym, Mr. X. (you can read his whole essay HERE )
He had a very awesome view point on the altered perception state of marijuana, that is to say he didn't believe it to be less valid than the sober perception. He apparently came up with concepts and ideas that he published and were hugely influential while high, just by forcing his sober self to "decipher" what his high-self had thought up.
I must confess..... I've never actually read any Sagan...... *hides under desk in shame*
Watch this video, keeping in mind that the first image--that little dot that the arrow points to, suspended in the beam of light--is a picture of Earth taken from the edge of the solar system.
If you like that, pick up either "Pale Blue Dot" or "The Demon-Haunted World". You can get both for pretty cheap off eBay/at a bookstore, and they are WELL worth it if you have even a tangential interest in science, or even just in the mechanics of rational thought.
@Enresshou: Very thought-provoking! I am, unfortunately, at that stage of tired that leads to little brain activity, but later on tonight, I'll be working off-duty at a hotel, so I'll fire it up again. And when I get home from Warhammering tomorrow, I will crack a few tasty adult beverages, and try it a third time for more perspective. There is something to be said for how philosophical one becomes after ingesting mind-altering substances, n'est-ce pas?
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Cheers all around.
Alcohol has Cinco de Mayo, St Patty's Day, New Years, to name a few, let the smokers have their 4/20
Alcohol has Cinco de Mayo, St Patty's Day, New Years, to name a few, let the smokers have their 4/20
Wait, JESUS smoked!? How do they figure?Cheers all around.
Alcohol has Cinco de Mayo, St Patty's Day, New Years, to name a few, let the smokers have their 4/20
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IT'S HITLER'S BIRTHDAY!!!
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Wait, JESUS smoked!? How do they figure?[/QUOTE]Cheers all around.
Alcohol has Cinco de Mayo, St Patty's Day, New Years, to name a few, let the smokers have their 4/20
http://cannabis.net/articles/jesus-cannabis.html
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