August1991 Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Star wars? Value system? Peace Tower? "We should adopt more modernized laws around marijuana than the US has... " "... a more mellow attitude... " Quote
scribblet Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Maybe there's something to the rumour that the NDP and the Mary Jane Party will unite to form a socialist heaven - Free pot for everyone ! Quote Hey Ho - Ontario Liberals Have to Go - Fight Wynne - save our province
Who's Doing What? Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Maybe there's something to the rumour that the NDP and the Mary Jane Party will unite to form a socialist heaven - Free pot for everyone ! Pot is EVIL! Glad to see the billions the US has spent on brainwashing the public is not limitted to their own ignorant populace. Quote Harper differed with his party on some key policy issues; in 1995, for example, he was one of only two Reform MPs to vote in favour of federal legislation requiring owners to register their guns. http://www.mapleleafweb.com/election/bio/harper.html "You've got to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from eastern Canada: people who live in ghettoes and who are not integrated into western Canadian society." (Stephen Harper, Report Newsmagazine, January 22, 2001)
DrGreenthumb Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Pot is EVIL! Glad to see the billions the US has spent on brainwashing the public is not limitted to their own ignorant populace. Jack Layton really needs to own this. If he is smart enough to come out and explain why prohibition is NOT good policy, and loudly and proudly proclaim the NDP's intention to decriminalize cannabis he could get enough votes to form a government. Quote
geoffrey Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Most people are more concerned with real issues, like their job, or health care, rather than some "prohibition" that is not really even enforced. It's not a major issue to anyone but a few in their late twenties living in their parent's basements. Quote RealRisk.ca - (Latest Post: Prosecutors have no "Skin in the Game") --
kimmy Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Star wars? Value system? Peace Tower? "We should adopt more modernized laws around marijuana than the US has... " "... a more mellow attitude... " The video title, "Jack Layton on Marijuana" could certainly be misconstrued... FWIW, no complaints with what Layton is actually saying here, aside from the praise being lavished on Michael Moore. However, I don't think the Hell's Angels would ever allow pot to be legalized. There'd be assassinations. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
JaysFan Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Most people are more concerned with real issues, like their job, or health care, rather than some "prohibition" that is not really even enforced. It's not a major issue to anyone but a few in their late twenties living in their parent's basements.You'd be surprised at how wrong you are with that comment.I know of many 30 and 40 year olds that would consider it a major issue and quite likely vote for someone that made it a plank of their platform. The days of Ward Cleaver and Fred Rutherford are long gone. Sorry to break it to you. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Pot is EVIL! Glad to see the billions the US has spent on brainwashing the public is not limitted to their own ignorant populace. Canada banned cannabis (in keeping with a racist Commonwealth tradition)...years before the USA. So who is "ignorant"? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
kimmy Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 If there are one-issue voters whose one-issue is marijuana... I ... ... somehow that strikes me as having probably a pretty low impact. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
bush_cheney2004 Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 If there are one-issue voters whose one-issue is marijuana... I ... ... somehow that strikes me as having probably a pretty low impact. -k Yes...there is a reason why it is called "dope". Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
geoffrey Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 You'd be surprised at how wrong you are with that comment.I know of many 30 and 40 year olds that would consider it a major issue and quite likely vote for someone that made it a plank of their platform. The days of Ward Cleaver and Fred Rutherford are long gone. Sorry to break it to you. If you look at all of the world today and your biggest issue is the legalisation of something you'll never realistically be prosecuted for having... you obviously lack a level of intelligence needed to find your polling station anyways. Sad pathetic people. Any one issue voter on this topic should really just stay home. Quote RealRisk.ca - (Latest Post: Prosecutors have no "Skin in the Game") --
Bryan Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 If there are one-issue voters whose one-issue is marijuana... I ... ... somehow that strikes me as having probably a pretty low impact. -k "Hey man, you gonna vote?" "Vote? Dude, the election was last week, we missed it." "Bummer." :lol: Quote
DrGreenthumb Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 If you look at all of the world today and your biggest issue is the legalisation of something you'll never realistically be prosecuted for having... you obviously lack a level of intelligence needed to find your polling station anyways.Sad pathetic people. Any one issue voter on this topic should really just stay home. You are the one who is ignorant, or if not ignorant, then a bold faced liar. Thousands of Canadians, mostly young people and minorities are indeed prosecuted for having Cannabis every year. There has in fact been a 30% increase in cannabis possession charges since Harper has been prime minister. I work as a supervisor for people doing community service and fine options, and the vast majority of people I have been asked to supervise are there for cannabis related charges. Saying that people will never be realistically prosecuted for having Cannabis is an outright lie, the statistics on the thousands of canadians saddled with criminal records over cannabis every year are well documented and easy to find. Quote
M.Dancer Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 Saying that people will never be realistically prosecuted for having Cannabis is an outright lie, the statistics on the thousands of canadians saddled with criminal records over cannabis every year are well documented and easy to find. Feel free then to post them. Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
cybercoma Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 Is the prohibition of marijuana and the prohibition of alcohol comparable? The subject is worth examining and I think looking at the history of alcohol prohibition in Canada is a good start. Quote
DrGreenthumb Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 Feel free then to post them. http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/ericks1.html http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/Committee_Sen...&comm_id=85 Quote
Riverwind Posted September 22, 2008 Report Posted September 22, 2008 If there are one-issue voters whose one-issue is marijuana... I ... ... somehow that strikes me as having probably a pretty low impact.Perhaps if they offered free Doritos at the polling booths.... Quote To fly a plane, you need both a left wing and a right wing.
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