OT: CANADA ?????? No way !!!! SEVEN BILLION???

Kismet

Kismet

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Just stumbled across a SLATE article (March 17, 2005) on pot and the World Trade Organization. Here is an excerpt:



"In order for the WTO to consider the legality of U.S. drug laws, some country would have to bring a WTO complaint against the United States. Don't expect a case tomorrow, but it may just be a matter of time. An increasing number of countries—including Belgium, Holland, and Canada—have begun to allow licensed growing of marijuana, and today's growers will be tomorrow's exporters.

Canada is the natural WTO plaintiff. Just as with alcohol during prohibition, Canada makes lots of money selling contraband dope to its southern neighbor. According to the Canada's National Post, Canadian marijuana is a $7 billion industry, or larger than Canada's wheat and dairy industries, and its fisheries. And the laws up north are loose. The last two prime ministers have been legalization advocates. (Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien famously said, "The decriminalization of marijuana is making normal what is the practice. ... I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand.") And some Canadian courts have even struck down marijuana laws as violative of fundamental rights. Even Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong) is from Alberta—the Canadian complaint at the WTO could well begin, "Hey, man …"


http://slate.msn.com/id/2115008/
 
Kismet said:
Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien famously said, "The decriminalization of marijuana is making normal what is the practice. ... I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand."http://slate.msn.com/id/2115008/
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Yo Kis,

What you got in that sandwich mentioned in your signature?

Anybody remember Alice B. Toklas?
 
They want us to ask permission to use their airspace, but sell us pot?



munk
 
Huh? You mean all those dodge trucks built there? Or what?

What has happened to our old friends the Canadians? It's very sad.

munk
 
ARTIST: Brewer and Shipley
TITLE: One Toke Over the Line
Lyrics and Chords


{Refrain}
One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line
Waitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hoping that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line

/ C - - - F - C - / C C/B Am D9 F G C - / :

Who do you love, I hope it's me
I've been changing, as you can plainly see
I felt the joy and I learned about the pain that my mama said
If I should choose to make it part of me
Would surely strike me dead, and now I'm

/ C - - - F - C - / C - D9 - F - G - / C - - - F - C - /
/ C Am D9 F G7 - C - /

{Refrain}

I sail away, a country mile
And now I'm returning, and showing off my smile
I met all the girls and I loved myself a few, and to my surprise
Like everything else that I've been through
They opened up my eyes, and now I'm

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Legalize it and sell them better stuff!

Freedom of choice. I dont smoke it and I dont plan to, but I dont see any reason for its use to be illegal. It cant be any worse than cigarrettes..
 
munk said:
Huh? You mean all those dodge trucks built there? Or what?
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For the love of god Munk, dont start a Ford/Chevy/Dodge thing. The subject has torn families apart. Think of the children!

This is what I'm talking about:

http://www.detnews.com/2005/metro/0503/08/A01-110724.htm
http://mcsrt.org/resources/trash/situation.htm

I'm not sure who keeps the tipping fees on the trucks coming in so low, or if its all soley because of NAFTA, but isn't it interesting that Michigan's governor is Canadian?
 
Yeah, it went something like, "one toke? One toke? Wait till he see's all those godamned bats." (from a very poor memory)

It's Ok for Canada to hate our guts, but can they please stop watching our TV programs?


munk
 
I would like to mark this with a minute of silence. To commemorate the death of one of Canada's founding political parties, the Conservative (Progressive Conservative) party of Canada.

Well, Canadians have decided that we are to move toward a very Liberal Canada. That is the will of the people, and I respect that as it is democracy.
 
Dave, I was a little worried this might become a Canada bash. You are a fine person and I know not alone in Canada. But a culture clash, a basic perceptual seachange type of struggle is occurring world wide, with US places like NY and Portland just as liberal as Germany or France or Canada.


munk
 
CANADA BASH?


Naw. I just thought it was funny.

And, except for the Quebecquois I've met, most Canadians would think it's funny too.

Long ago and far away, at annual International Conferences, each "district" would host a hospitality suite. Most tours of the suites were scheduled so that the last visit would be at the Canadians. Granted, most of them were Western Canadians who had, er...uh..., less reverence for social conventions than most of the rest of the world. :D

I don't much care for any nation's overly-restrictive mandates of its citizens, but Canada is certainly no greatly worse nor markedly better than any other.

Most folks I've met have been just neat folks. :)




Be well and safe.
 
Hey, Munk,

You favor legalization, right? I'd imagine you support Canada's action here. Just curious you haven't mentioned it.


Nam
 
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