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Marc Emery gets 5 years.

Thank god pot is a scourge on the earth. That will lead to listening to jazz, and your white women to comingle with the negro man.
 
I haven't served jury duty after I told the screening people I would find anyone charged with a non violent drug offense not guilty. They don't send me notices anymore.
 
dpearson said:
So to clarify, you mean everyone should follow the law no matter what?

What if the law is unjust?
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That's not what he was saying. He was saying anything illegal can lead to a sentence in the court. Ethics and legality are two different things. I don't want to even talk about ethics vs. legit... 😱
 
BarkingGhostar said:
If its illegal, its illegal. Duh
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you're right. we should've go back to the time when alcohol was illegal... good times. 😀

seriously, i remember we could go down the street, next to a speakeasy and pick up a thompson 1927

frankly, i always wonder about how alcohol got enough support to be put in the constitution both times (for banning and unbanning), versus pot laws. (actually, a musing rhetorical statement, i can wiki later)
 
who cares?

Marc Emery is the biggest jackass I have ever known. Yes, I know him well.

I just wish they gave him 25 years so I wouldn't have to hear his idiotic BS ever again.
 
While pot is illegal, don't get all pissed off when you get punished for it.

That said, all of those who complain about pot being illegal need to get off their asses, mobilize, and do something about it. Maybe if they weren't lazy from smoking all that pot... 😉
 
Honestly, someone needs to launch an aggressive marketing campaign for legalization and regulation, rather than just sit around.

It happened in the early to mid 1900s with Harry Anslinger. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time. No one knew about it -- so he spread a bunch of propaganda about it and everyone believed him. Now that everyone is a little more educated, a marketing campaign would do a lot of good, IMO. We need to educate first, then pursue it on a ballot.
 
om3gawave said:
Honestly, someone needs to launch an aggressive marketing campaign for legalization and regulation, rather than just sit around.

It happened in the early to mid 1900s with Harry Anslinger. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time. No one knew about it -- so he spread a bunch of propaganda about it and everyone believed him. Now that everyone is a little more educated, a marketing campaign would do a lot of good, IMO. We need to educate first, then pursue it on a ballot.
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it will never happen. every attempt in the past has ended up in a marathon viewing of the matrix trilogy and a backlog of domino's pizza orders.
 
HamburgerBastard said:
That's a redundant statement of fact, not circular logic.
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It's a tautology, which is also a logical fallacy.


Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it is ethically or morally wrong. Sometimes laws are passed to target particular communities (for pot, it was mexicans originally and hippies later) and/or using erroneous information (Pot KILLS!). These are unjust laws.

Only a lemming would say "If its illegal, its illegal."
 
preslove said:
It's a tautology, which is also a logical fallacy.


Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it is ethically or morally wrong. Sometimes laws are passed to target particular communities (for pot, it was mexicans originally and hippies later) and/or using erroneous information (Pot KILLS!). These are unjust laws.

Only a lemming would say "If its illegal, its illegal."
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:thumbsup:
 
It's no major secret it's illegal to manufacture pot. I don't feel the least bit sorry for him. Pot laws are to strict and I applaud the states that make small possession of marijuana a civil crime and not criminal. Way to much time and money in the courts are spent on it when in the end all they pay is a fine anyways.
 
preslove said:
It's a tautology, which is also a logical fallacy.


Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it is ethically or morally wrong. Sometimes laws are passed to target particular communities (for pot, it was mexicans originally and hippies later) and/or using erroneous information (Pot KILLS!). These are unjust laws.

Only a lemming would say "If its illegal, its illegal."
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Logical fallacy not found. He's not saying pot is WRONG, he was saying it is illegal. It IS illegal, period. There is no moral/ethical implication in that statement.
 
TheVrolok said:
Logical fallacy not found. He's not saying pot is WRONG, he was saying it is illegal. It IS illegal, period. There is no moral/ethical implication in that statement.
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Would you say the same if there was a law against selling pencils and the story was about a person going to jail for selling pencils? The point is the the law seems SO counter to personal rights and freedoms that a blind statement like "if it's illegal it's illegal" seems to offer it's own moral statement.
 
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