Comments on: From Porno to Paraphernalia – it’s all about Free Speech http://stash.norml.org/from-porno-to-paraphernalia-its-all-about-free-speech The Growing Truth About Cannabis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SunflowerPipes http://stash.norml.org/from-porno-to-paraphernalia-its-all-about-free-speech/comment-page-1#comment-4278 SunflowerPipes Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:58:28 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2544#comment-4278 In a world got mad shouldn't the government have something better to do? I have an online head shop <a href="www.sunflowerpipes.com" rel="nofollow">SunflowerPipes.com</a>. I sell my products to regular citizens above the age of 18. I like what I do and I want to be left free to make an honest living. I have been this business for a few years in that time I have had many occasions were I was harassed by various law enforcement agencies. In a country with huge populations of inmates, homeless and poverty stricken people perhaps it is about time we learn to respect each others personal choices. In a world got mad shouldn’t the government have something better to do? I have an online head shop SunflowerPipes.com. I sell my products to regular citizens above the age of 18. I like what I do and I want to be left free to make an honest living. I have been this business for a few years in that time I have had many occasions were I was harassed by various law enforcement agencies. In a country with huge populations of inmates, homeless and poverty stricken people perhaps it is about time we learn to respect each others personal choices.

]]> By: Evil Dick http://stash.norml.org/from-porno-to-paraphernalia-its-all-about-free-speech/comment-page-1#comment-4203 Evil Dick Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:38:04 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2544#comment-4203 In this respect, the blanket prohibition of drug use is like the prohibition of "pornography:" It is the government oppressing the people by intruding into the private matters of the citizens in a way in which it has no legitimate interest or authority. They were exercising their growing knowledge of propaganda to manipulate the masses of simple citizens who believed their government was trustworthy. Maybe they were testing the limits of their power with this tool. They succeeded with this one, and have deftly manipulated the media ever since, in order to keep the prohibition in place. Over two hundred years congress has met, always adding new laws, chipping away at the freedoms many Americans still believe they have. You can't grow a plant. You can't think in some particular way. You can't sit out on your back porch and peacefully smoke a marijuana cigarette. And, of course, you can't look at things that the government doesn't want you to see. Welcome to the land of the sheep and the home of the slaves. Government is the enemy of freedom. Freedom is the enemy of government. To the extent that you are governed, you are not free. Government feeds off of the freedom of the governed. It grows its power by taking away the freedoms of the governed. That government is best which is the least. - -ED In this respect, the blanket prohibition of drug use is like the prohibition of “pornography:”

It is the government oppressing the people by intruding into the private matters of the citizens in a way in which it has no legitimate interest or authority. They were exercising their growing knowledge of propaganda to manipulate the masses of simple citizens who believed their government was trustworthy. Maybe they were testing the limits of their power with this tool. They succeeded with this one, and have deftly manipulated the media ever since, in order to keep the prohibition in place.

Over two hundred years congress has met, always adding new laws, chipping away at the freedoms many Americans still believe they have.

You can’t grow a plant. You can’t think in some particular way. You can’t sit out on your back porch and peacefully smoke a marijuana cigarette. And, of course, you can’t look at things that the government doesn’t want you to see.

Welcome to the land of the sheep and the home of the slaves.

Government is the enemy of freedom. Freedom is the enemy of government. To the extent that you are governed, you are not free. Government feeds off of the freedom of the governed. It grows its power by taking away the freedoms of the governed.

That government is best which is the least.
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-ED

]]> By: Evil Dick http://stash.norml.org/from-porno-to-paraphernalia-its-all-about-free-speech/comment-page-1#comment-4201 Evil Dick Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:06:17 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=2544#comment-4201 re: <blockquote> drug paraphernalia implicitly endorses recreational drug use. </blockquote> Drug paraphernalia does not necessarily endorse recreational drug use. These products could be implemented for medical marijuana use, or religious marijuana use, or smoking of materials that have no controlled substances in them. Well, that's what I've heard, anyhow. And regarding pornography, hey, what about all those high-brow articles and in-depth interviews in Playboy magazine? That's what sells the magazines, isn't it? Those pictures of hot, nekkid wimen aren't necessarily there to endorse recreational sex. They might be endorsing medical sex (aerobics + stretching), or religious sex (you'll have to think up your own funny comments for this one. Use your imagination.). Maybe they are just used for masturbation. That's not even sex, is it? You can't have sex with yourself, can you? Unless you ever voted for Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, or Obama. Then, please do. -ED re:

drug paraphernalia implicitly endorses recreational drug use.

Drug paraphernalia does not necessarily endorse recreational drug use. These products could be implemented for medical marijuana use, or religious marijuana use, or smoking of materials that have no controlled substances in them. Well, that’s what I’ve heard, anyhow.

And regarding pornography, hey, what about all those high-brow articles and in-depth interviews in Playboy magazine? That’s what sells the magazines, isn’t it? Those pictures of hot, nekkid wimen aren’t necessarily there to endorse recreational sex. They might be endorsing medical sex (aerobics + stretching), or religious sex (you’ll have to think up your own funny comments for this one. Use your imagination.). Maybe they are just used for masturbation. That’s not even sex, is it? You can’t have sex with yourself, can you?

Unless you ever voted for Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, or Obama. Then, please do.

-ED

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