Canada: Pot Advocate To Light Up at Police Station Today

Kingston Whig-Standard ^ | August 25, 2003 | Greg McArthur

[Lazamataz]

Sheesh. I'm pretty pro-decrim on pot, but this guy..... what, is he stoned or something???

[headsonpikes]

You Go Marc!!!

YeeeeeHaaawww!!!

The guy has balls of steel. ;^)

[bedolido]

Hold Muh Weed!

Ping!

[Wolfie]

ping

[MrLeRoy]

The guy has balls of steel.

That he do.

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[vin-one]

party on wayne should now say party on Mark

[mhking]

You put yer weed in it!

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Peter Libra]

One's own personal freedom is possibly one THE greatest gifts. To lose it might be to understand that it is too easily given. I have read again and again, that people who never realised what some sort of incarceration was, admit the little things are taken for granted. Only to lose those choices is to realise their value.

Too deliberately commit that kind of disobedience, when one can privately indulge, seems an act of folly. The police have extra powers, why cross them on such an issue?

Sorry if this is a little preachy, feel that to lose that wonderful thing- freedom, may not be understood until too late.

The man is a damn fool.

[68 grunt]

... seems an act of folly

Acts of principle are often acts of folly. Only those with integrity can recognize the principle through the folly.

[Wolfie]

Yes, of course, the "shut up and stay in the back of the bus" option is definitely safer. Some people just have the courage of their convictions.

[Wolfie]

I would also submit that letting the police know that they can deliberately disobey the law is the ultimate act of folly.

[xm177e2]

If the police can take a legal product away from someone, what is to prevent them from taking someone's guns if the police chief feels like it? (not that they don't basically have this power here in America)

It's the principle of the matter: if pot is legal, the police have to keep their hands off.

[Wolfie]

Indeed. How many times have you heard a cop say, "We don't make the laws, we just enforce them"? Clearly, these particular cops would like to do both.

[Dane]

Canada’s Prince of Pot

Huh, I didn't know that the pot lobby were Monarchists.

Oh well, one learns something new every day.

[Timesink]

Just once I'd like to see a jerk like this pull off his little stunt, and have the officers completely ignore him as if he wasn't even there. After all, the guy's seeking attention more than he's interested in seriously challenging any pot laws. So if they ignore him, he'll just go away.

Even better, since they know he's coming, the local cops should just make up some prank. For example, when he shows up and starts toking up, the cops should grab the pot, "examine" it, publicly declare it to be nothing more than ground-up weeds, and hand it right back to him, laughing hysterically that "You got screwed by your dealer, man!" Just embarrass the hell out of this moron and let him slink home with his tail between his legs.

[Wolfie]

Actually, the cops did ignore him in St.George. Now the townspeople know what Court has said all along. Possession is legal.

[hawkaw]

Believe it or not I live in Kingston, Ontario. I can't believe this is happening in our little town/city.

It is all over the radio stations such as KRock 105.7 etc. and will be on TV as well.

If I hear of anything once I get home from work, I will update the board.

hawk