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Be there or be square. Written by Tom on 2005-05-03 23:21:58 I'll be there, hope to see many of you out there. Even non-pot smokers, if you agree with the cause, come out for a good time.    However I would really like to get a discussion going right now: What are the best tactics for having Marijuana prohibition repealed?    Ken brought up a really good point, rally's are great, but perhaps it is best to stay sobre at the rallies...imagine if anti- alcohol prohibitionists of the 1930's were to get drunk at all the rallies, it's not a flattering scenario.    So, what are the best tactics for repealing this prohibition?    Peace,    -Tom

Good question! Written by ken_sailor on 2005-05-04 00:01:03 I don't know the answer, but I suspect that being sober at the rally is sensible.     A friend of mine said it well when he compared marijuana to sex. I don't think there is anything wrong with sex - in fact, I think that good sex is a blessing - but that it is also private. When you have sex and what you like to do is no business of mine - and if sex were prohibited, I'm not sure you'd convince people that it should be legalized by doing it at public rallies.    Saying that I support legal sex does not mean that I think that all sex is good - but that you can trust an informed individual to make reasonable choices, far better choices than the government can make for an individual.    In the same way, I support legal marijuana and believe that you can trust individuals to make reasonable choices - and that everything will work better.    Just Friday on the noon phone in I heard a Regina beaureaucrat crowing about how the new asset seizure laws will be a good thing: under these laws, anyone suspected of making a profit from illegal activity (such as selling drugs) can have their belongings grabbed by the state without a crime ever having been proven. Honestly, that reminds me of Stalinist Russia, where a phone call to the right agency could get you thrown out of your house (and the house then occupied by the informer).     Phew. I could go on and on, but the point is that when the state has to start rewriting the rules of everything - policing, property, etc - to try to enforce unenforceable laws, that is a sign that we are doing the wrong thing.    Legalization of all drugs is really the right the answer although shocking to some. Legalization of marijuana is a no-brainer.    Ken

Marijuana as a private venture... Written by Tom on 2005-05-04 00:54:35 Well, comparing Marijuana to sex is interesting, and there certainly are the paralells, but you can't deny that Marijuana can be a very social drug. At parties, at picnics, things of that sort. I don't think Marijuana use should be a closely guarded secret. I also believe it should private, but in the sense that you don't blow the smoke in someones face...not in the sense that you should do it well out of public view...I have no problem smoking a joint while walking on the sidewalk to go see the river.    Peace,    -Tom

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