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Robert Johnston

I'm Not "420 Friendly," But "420 Allergic!"

Ok, Jared--your turn in the barrel! Your comments, unfortunately, were far less about my blog thread and more about getting your jollies by pulling a "Cheap Shot Raiders" act and going after me personally. I am glad to see that members of your family served our nation, much as members of my own family did, both in uniform and in jobs essential to National Defense. However, you still do not get the point. I never supported "Bush II," nor any other "Drug Warrior For President's" insanity regarding drug laws. In fact, if you read your U.S, History, you will find that our current "Legislative War On Drugs" began with the Eighteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Prohibition), got their sharp teeth through the Volstead act (which enforced Prohibition), then wound it's evil way into our lives via the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act and the Controlled Substaces Act. Then came the New York State "Rockefeller Laws," which mandated that incarceration, rather than treatment, awaited those convicted of drug possession. What Nelson Rockefeller wraught, the other states copied slavishly. Then came Ronnie and Nancy Raygun and the "Just say No" policy...which Federalized the Rockefeller Laws and unleashed the utter hell-on-earth the "War on Drugs" has become. However, know this... Proposition 19 is NOT the "cure-all" for the state budget deficit, nor is it going to make everthing hunky-dory in regards to laws dealing with the criminalization of marijuana. It might pass in November, granted. However, that still leaves the Federal Government's prohibition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act intact and enforceable. The proof will only come when SCOTUS decides to weigh the Constitutionality of a passed Prop 19 against the United States Constitution. Only then can we be certain whether-or-not recreational use can be legalized by the States...or if the Federal Government can-and-will continue it's unholy war. Now, Jared, ask yourself this: Does what I just told you sound like someone who supports this wreteched excuse by a bunch of yahoos to suck money from the public teat to pay for "incareration instead of treatment uber alles?" I do not support this war...but I also do not support Proposition 19. And my allergies to marijuana smoke are very real. And, Jared-- Fat jokes are NOT funny! I know that I'm a "big boy," but that little emoticon at the end of your comments was uncalled for. Before you laugh at me--look in the mirror real hard. You are not perfect either, friend! As I end another blogging day, let me just say that you can disagree with my views on any topic. I can dig that. But if you start getting personal in your remarks...I will call you out, and refer you to the Systems Administrator if it comes to that. Stick to the subject at hand, and we'll get along fine. Please? --LPR
— July 25, 2010 5:15 a.m.

I'm Not "420 Friendly," But "420 Allergic!"

Clark and Jared--time for you to hear MY response. I'll start with you, Clark, since you were the more respectful of the two of you. First off, I must ask this of you...did you bother to really read my entry from top to bottom, or did you cherry-pick your way through it to show me up as a uninformed Boobus Americanus? First point--if you think that the "Gateway Drug Theory" is utter, dubunked hogwash? Might I suggest to you that you step away from the Internet, go into the world, and talk to the folks who work in "the front lines" of substance abuse treatment? Perhaps even take in an open meeting of Narcotics Anonymous as field research (if the meeting is open, it's open to the public...addicts and normies are welcome to sit in). Then ask these fine folks if THEY consider the Gateway Theory to be a load of Bravo Sierra? Then ask them if they are in favor of Prop 19? Second point--before you comment on anything I write, do me a favor and read it from top to bottom. My thread was never about the supposed "increase" in useage if Prop 19 passes. I'm not that foolish, friend. In fact, not only do I despise the root of the "harsh sentence"-school of thought regarding drug laws (New York State's "Rockefeller Laws" of 1972--soon copied nationwide--marked the genesis of this injustice), but I would applaud the repeal of every "Rockefeller and Raygun" drug prohibition nationwide! Such laws are the moral equivilant of wiping out a fire ant mound with a 20kt nuclear warhead fused for airburst over the nest! I feel that it will eventually come down to SCOTUS deciding who is being unconstitutional...the State of California, or the Federal Government...on this issue. Will we ever know? As for my "fears" that folks are going to celebrate legalization by getting baked publicly? I know that doing so is a good way to spend a few months in the Crossbars Hotel as a guest of the government. Also, much like those of us who enjoy a brew-or-two, most users keep their Maui Wowwee joy smoke breaks inside their homes. However, just as it is with alcohol, there are those who get baked and think nothing of getting behind the wheel of their car. The same goes for those who forgot that smoking the dizzy spinach in public, much like drinking alcohol in a public place, will get you more pain than you wanted for that ten minutes of bliss. There is still reason to worry, Clark. And by the way... I learned a simple fact about anything coming from a URL on the Internet. I tend to trust hard copy more than I do anything on the 'net. As in books, magazines, and newspapers. They, at least, have fact checkers and editors to catch the rumors and steer them away. Jared--I'm getting to you next comment section. --LPR
— July 25, 2010 4:21 a.m.

I'm Not "420 Friendly," But "420 Allergic!"

OK--time to return fire! #1): Your comments speak for themselves--so consider yourself reported for violation of "Reader Blog Comments" policy. In the future, read vthe article through before you comment, stick to commenting on the article instead of the writer, and leave the personal flamethrower attacks from Snarkville out! (BTW, I'm 46, and know far more about both the positive and negative effects of drugs than you realize. The so-called "herb superb" isn't just a harmless buzz...and anaphylatic shock is a very real killer indeed). #2): Thank you, Founder. Needed that. #3): Jared, normally, I'd debate you, but your site avatar shows that your mind is closed on this subject. Also, you do not know me at all, so leave the red herrings about my being a Puritan-type fan of "Bush II" and FOXNews Channel by the side of the road. Also, I understand economics and "Free Enterprise" far better than you think--took Economics in both high school and college, and saw firsthand what untrammled "free enterprise" truly wreaks on a society. Let's just say that Gordon Gekko was wrong about greed--a byproduct on uncheck so-called "free enterprise." As for not believing in "true freedom"? My father and my late wife both put their lives on the line to defend our freedom, bubba! Plus, with great freedom goes the responsibility to use it wisely. Here's a shocker for ya: I support the legalization of industrial hemp. You can't catch a buzz from it (it'll make you blow chunks before blowing your mind) if you light it up. However, it's easy to grow, has a million aplications, and is a real money-maker of a crop. As for FOXNews and Newscorp? If you change the "o" in FOX to a "U," then change out "or" in Newscorp to "ra"? That's what I think of Rupert Murdoch and his truly "evil empire." --LPR
— July 24, 2010 4:46 p.m.

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