In a message dated 4/28/2006 12:32:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, nobleman1962@YAHOO.COM writes: "Hippie Effort to Market Pot" Film at 11:00!! Hemp is not pot... Hemp is a much maligned material that makes the best natural fiber for rope, sail cloth & clothes. Hemp oil is amazing stuff, high in Omega fatty acids ( as an example: http://www.ratical.org/renewables/TherapHoil.html ) These are just two useful things that come to mind that we can't take advantage of because of a paranoid misconception (shades of "Reefer Madness" for those of us in the boomer age category). Better check your demographics Robert... you will find a substantial amount of herb friendly folk are mid to upper class white collar people AND neo-cons espousing strong Christian values. (Ya better sit down for this one too... you've even met a bunch at some campouts we've both been to ~ AND I would bet my CV joints <cheap pun> that there were even some that went out of their way to help you in your time of need ~ wait GW even "used" to smoke the stuff) So, pinning this on a very dated stereotype is not valid. Personally, I don't use anything I can't buy at the store. I'm a career military man and since it's illegal and I'm subject to double jeopardy it isn't worth the risk. If it were legal I probably would. Lastly, when was the last time you heard a news story "Pot crazed hippieās rampage ~ 12 dead in Humboldt shooting spree". (no, I didnt hear that.... actually, I was too lazy to walk across the street to buy a paper ! ) The same cannot be said for the legal drug (Alcohol). Give me a hungry stoner over a mean drunk any day! Brian Not so closet short haired Libertarian/demi-hippie with Westfalia tendancies Didn't the movie : "reefer madness" come out Right after DuPont Discovered Nylon? &... wasn't Levi Making the Best, Most Durable Overalls out of Hemp at the Time ??? & I believe Henry Ford was experimenting with Hemp....No, for Auto Body Parts Silly ! :o) Not to mention the US Navy for Rope & Sails & a Hundred other products !!! I sense a conspiracy going On.... PS: just lost my Keys for the fifth time today Huh??? :o) . peaceout, John C... SLC, UT... 85 Westy; Sitar |
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