NH: Manchester civil disobedience continues – Pot, Gandhi
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March 12th, 2010 at 12:03 am
kids are watching
March 12th, 2010 at 12:38 am
“Having a federal ban an cannabis is clearly illegal.”
Er, it’s illegal? Are you sure that’s the word you want to use?
Okay, then who should be arrested for it?
March 12th, 2010 at 12:57 am
their is no federal justification to ban any substance. That junk “act” from the 1970s is easily unconstitutional. The interstate commerce clause does not give the federal government the power to make any substance illegal. That power; as the tenth amendment clearly states, is reserved to the states. Having a federal ban an cannabis is clearly illegal, and in the case of industrial hemp 100% irrational. If a state government wants to have it legal it is well with its right to do so.
March 12th, 2010 at 1:47 am
You shouid tell my band that.
March 12th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Pretty much, yeah. As far as the government is concerned, it wants obedient, mindless consumers. It appears to have worked quite well in making you one.
Looking at your profile I can tell you one thing: you will never be a rocker. You are a boring prude and represent everything rock is not.
March 12th, 2010 at 3:16 am
If only I was a criminal, I could be interesting like you.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:15 am
Just look at your position. These people are partying, smoking and having a good time, all the while you hold some prohibition law as sacred.
You much be a VERY boring person. Go organize your stamp collection.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:24 am
testing. i heard comments were mysteriously disabled for this vid.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Let’s see you pose a real argument without invoking naziis. Or is that the only example you have?
March 12th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Yes, I’m aware that I used “you’re” instead of “your.” Good job proofreading but notice how you refuse to actually address what I wrote and instead simply dismiss it. That’s usually the position of someone who has no real answer.
March 12th, 2010 at 5:52 am
I’m position?
Once you invoke naziism, you’ve given up on a rational argument.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:07 am
Not at all. You’re position is that the law is sacrosanct and above reproach until it is changed. These extreme examples demonstrate the fallacy of that position.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Slavery WAS considered just at the time. Thankfully, concerns over human rights prevailed.
I’d love to see you make a case that pot smoking is a human rights issue.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:53 am
That’s a hliarious and absurd analogy.
Try again.
March 12th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Is this the same answer you would give to the people that broke the laws to help Jews escape Nazis, or to people who broke the laws to form the underground railroad to bring slaves to freedom?
March 12th, 2010 at 7:29 am
fairness is a big part of judging what is just and unjust. Something does not become just merely because a law is written to support it. Otherwise slavery would be considered to have been just because the laws of the time supported it. In cases like this, where people wanting their liberty have been trying for over 40 years to get the unjust laws repealed, civil disobedience becomes the only option.
March 12th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Veteran”s Park on Elm St., downtown, just north of the Verizon Center
March 12th, 2010 at 8:13 am
I don’t understand why people can’t see a connection between protecting any kind of liberty and protecting all liberties…
March 12th, 2010 at 8:34 am
I have an old High School friend who’s a retired S.F. cop and he has a medical marijuana card. The marijuana laws, statutes, acts, whatever, have to be repealed.
March 12th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Haha. The “legal disobedience” idea is classic! Is that like a neutral subsidy?
March 12th, 2010 at 9:36 am
What is the location of the Manch 420 protest? I live about 20 min away and would like to show up for it on monday. Can someone IM me with the address? Thanks
March 12th, 2010 at 10:04 am
tell that to Tommy Chong…
March 12th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Actually, protesting by breaking the law is very effective. That was the point behind lunch-counter sit-ins and freedom rides. When police arrest the lawbreaking protesters it makes the police (and hence the law) look bad. If police do not arrest them, it shows that no harm comes to society from the law being broken. Also, widespread breaking of a law makes what enforcement remains appear arbitrary and harsh, which turns opinion further against the law, as occured with alcohol prohibition.
March 12th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Smells like hypocrisy!
March 12th, 2010 at 11:22 am
lol rather than speak from ignorance, go do some research. Look up Corpus Delicti. Pull up the Controlled Drugs and Substances ACT, find a Law Dictionary (like suggested below) and see the courts definitions of words, and how they differ from common understanding of language. Then return to the debate! Until then, I’ll claim victory through two law Maxims. 1) He who distinguishes well, learns well. And 2) Let he who would be deceived, be deceived!