Marc Emery gets five years in prison - Page 2

skunkushybrid · #11 01-15-2008, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DWR

tbh i'm in switzerland and here man, we can buy seeds evrywhere legal!

In switzerland weeds gona legalized i just read in papaers ^^ We stood up here ! I DID !

I put my name down many places went to diffrent types of meetings.. 1000's of smokers were there if not over 20'000 ppl !!!!!

We all signed a stupid form ! wich u need to do, its like 50'000 votes then it will be voted in whole switzerland wich has happend !

I THINK U GUYS SHOULD DO THIS ASWELL, But i can see for myself america is scared to tell the fucking community to get real !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its your own fault your marijuana is forbidden and is look'd at as shit, no wonder if i see the stoners that live in america... ^^ <---- im sure there are loads of other stoners, but did u know that not over 10 stoners that singed that form didnt have a job !!!!!!!! only 10 of em !!!!!!!

We stood up, i think u should do the same....

I would love to help

- IM STONED -

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tahoe58 · #12 01-15-2008, 06:26 AM

I read this yesterday in the morning paper....and it was gut-wrenching at the time......the justice system herre really does not make any sense .... Skunk...I understand what you mean about standing up......but each one's life has circumstances that make their situations unique. in my case....I am not prepared to risk my professional position with an outwardly loud and public voice .....if I had to give up my profession or give up my pot....i would still have to give up pot....as much as I like it....maybe that is a poor choice in some's opinion....and maybe that is a chicken-sh*t way out....but for all that there is in my life, I cannot afford to stand up and openly declare my alligence to pot.....and I suppose it is exactly people like me that keep this "fight" where it is....because I am scared of the concequences of the world knowing that I love pot and in the process fly in the face of the law - for now I have to remain a closet pothead!

skunkushybrid · #13 01-15-2008, 06:48 AM

I thought a while about what you've said tahoe, and I can understand your angle.

You're afraid you may lose your job, maybe the right to your full retirement...

Would you be looked at in the same way if you told your colleagues that you liked to have a few hits of brandy of an evening and go to sleep with a nice buzz?

This is what this 'fight' is about. There's no point in standing up for a fight if you do not believe you can win it.

Imagine this world where smoking a joint would be on a par with drinking a shot of brandy...

If we all stand up, then we must believe we can win. When we win... it will be the best move we ever made.

At the moment there isn't the numbers willing to stand to make the difference. I'm sure if there was, and you could see a victory in the making, then you might change your mind.

chewy*barber · #14 01-15-2008, 06:53 AM

Sounds like he got an amazing deal.

tahoe58 · #15 01-15-2008, 07:01 AM

thanks Skunk...i sincerely appreciate your thoughts.....yes....I totally agree - it SHOULD be the same as brandy or chocolate or whatever one's desire........and I am scared and totally admit that I am not going to place myself in harms way so to speak....in my world....this is a hill I won't die on.....maybe once I am ready to fully retire...then I don't have the uncertainty the source of my bread-winning....so to speak. I do believe it is a fight to win....but for me...not at the expense of my family....at this point.....with two young children....I want to acknoweldge that can grasp the bipolar nature of this position.....but as I have said in the past...I am a lone island in a sea of non-smokers.....and my circumstances would have to change in order for me to be able to take the strong stand that I'd like to.....even saying that sounds sorta lame......

dankforall · #16 01-15-2008, 08:26 AM

What can we do to help? I think this is bullshit. I just dont know what I can do to help. any info would be great. I have called my reps in my state as MM may get a vote this year. Last year it got pushed back. What else can we do to help.

skunkushybrid · #17 01-15-2008, 09:56 AM

We need to blatantly disobey the law.

if every single smoker started growing outdoors in their gardens they could not stop us.

We must instigate a civil disobedience on a world-wide scale. My country's government are a bunch of faggots, they'll do whatever your government does.

This is too much to ask, I know, I have asked it before.

tahoe58 · #18 01-15-2008, 09:58 AM

I hear ya skunk....and I agree that is exactly what needs to happen.....making it embarassing around the world to have anything but support for the adoption of liberal marijuana laws.