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Tommy Chong Begins Serving Prison Term
fox ^ | 10-9-03

Posted on 10/09/2003 5:07:33 PM PDT by wheelgunguru

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:37:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: strela
So you woulda' been in favor of prohibition too... even though it created criminal empires for the likes of Al Capone?
41 posted on 10/09/2003 7:12:42 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: billorites
Does he have prior convictions?
42 posted on 10/09/2003 7:13:44 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife ("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
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To: Stew Padasso
Dang. Just dang. Cheech Marin must be getting up there too, then?

I'm not ready to be old yet.
43 posted on 10/09/2003 7:14:13 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: Ramius
So you woulda' been in favor of prohibition too... even though it created criminal empires for the likes of Al Capone?

Pro-Drug Argument Number 134 - "If you believe the law should be obeyed, you must be in favor of (fill in the blank) too ..."

No thanks - play with somebody else.

44 posted on 10/09/2003 7:14:25 PM PDT by strela ("It's about governance. It's not about sermons." Brooks Firestone)
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To: wheelgunguru
I can buy a bong on the street in my town! I guess with one major bong corporation in jail, the bong stocks and bong prices will go up now, no? Free market at work!
45 posted on 10/09/2003 7:15:12 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Far out, man!)
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To: Stew Padasso
(yawn)

Its not against the law to eat too many Big Macs.

46 posted on 10/09/2003 7:15:37 PM PDT by strela ("It's about governance. It's not about sermons." Brooks Firestone)
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To: Ramius
Happens to the best of us. Hit the gym and go down fighting. ;) 65 won't mean sh*t to me.
47 posted on 10/09/2003 7:15:55 PM PDT by Stew Padasso (Head down over a saddle.)
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To: strela
It will be if I can help it. The obese are a major burden on society. Are you overweight?
48 posted on 10/09/2003 7:17:12 PM PDT by Stew Padasso (Head down over a saddle.)
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To: strela
"(yawn)"

Maybe you shouldn't eat so many Big Macs?
49 posted on 10/09/2003 7:19:46 PM PDT by Stew Padasso (Head down over a saddle.)
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To: strela
No thanks - play with somebody else.

Okey doke.

You needn't worry. Drugs will never be legalized, so you have little to fear of drugged hordes overrunning your home any time soon.

There's just too much money in it, for both sides of the law. The gangs that control the cities, and the law enforcement that lives off them, will never allow legalization even of things as harmless as pot.

The gangs don't want it because it would kick the legs out from under them and they'd have a lot harder time recruiting new members.

The druggies don't want it because then they would become harder to get and more expensive.

The cops don't want it because then they wouldn't be able to seize houses, cars and other nice toys without due process.

So... it works well for everybody. Nothing will change. No worries.

50 posted on 10/09/2003 7:23:54 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: Stew Padasso
hehehe... Roger that. As soon as I leave this bar (with internet hotspot) I'll be heading right to the gym. :-)
51 posted on 10/09/2003 7:25:26 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: strela
Its not against the law to eat too many Big Macs.

Yet.

52 posted on 10/09/2003 7:26:03 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: Ramius
The druggies don't want it because then they would become harder to get and more expensive.

Huh? That's 100% wrong. It would be easier to get and would be much cheaper.

53 posted on 10/09/2003 7:27:42 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I DONATED! HAVE YOU? DONATE NOW OR I'LL HAVE YOU TAKEN OFF THE DO NOT CALL LIST)
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To: Ramius
Drugs will never be legalized

You could stop right there! What has ever been legalized, besides alcohol a long time ago? Will absinthe ever be legalized? Carrying a nail clipper into an airplane? Serving a hamburger done rare?

54 posted on 10/09/2003 7:28:22 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Far out, man!)
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To: Ramius
There is always room to party. That's part of the package to staying young.
55 posted on 10/09/2003 7:29:57 PM PDT by Stew Padasso (Head down over a saddle.)
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To: Fledermaus
He probably meant to say that the dealers don't want it legalized.
56 posted on 10/09/2003 7:31:38 PM PDT by Stew Padasso (Head down over a saddle.)
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To: Fledermaus
Huh? That's 100% wrong. It would be easier to get and would be much cheaper.

Uh... no, it's not wrong. While I'm not *personally* in the market for such things, I know people that are. The price of pot hasn't changed much over the last twenty years even without adjusting for inflation. Adjusted for inflation and improvements in potentency it has gotten dirt cheap. If it were legal and regulated and *taxed*... the price would go up from where it is now. No question.

AS far as harder to get goes... I can guarantee you that I would have to drive farther to get to a liquor store than I would have to drive were I disposed to buy pot. I'm not... but it is far easier to buy than alcohol... and there's no age requirement on the street.

57 posted on 10/09/2003 7:34:27 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: billorites
Hey, are you guys still in that trunk? It's raining out here, man.
58 posted on 10/09/2003 7:35:55 PM PDT by mrobison
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To: Stew Padasso
He probably meant to say that the dealers don't want it legalized.

No, actually I meant that the way it sounds. The pot smokers that I know don't really care that it is illegal, and in fact they wouldn't want it to become a regulated and taxed commodity. It is easy enough for them to get, and cheap enough, so who cares? Buying a bottle of bourbon involves quite a bit more hassle than buying a gram. Why mess with it?

59 posted on 10/09/2003 7:38:32 PM PDT by Ramius (When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.)
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To: wheelgunguru
This is report is the first I've seen to claim that Tommy Chong is now drug free. In an interview a few years ago he admitted that he still tokes up.

He isn't doing much to keep people off of drugs if he is selling bongs for a career. All that said, I do not understand the raid businesses that sold of drug paraphernalia by mail (with no emphasis on storefronts that sold them). I understand it has something to do with not being able to confirm that a buyer was over 18.

I wonder how much of the little game of calling "bongs" water pipes and tobacco toys seems to have bitten dopers on the ass. Can't sell tobacco products to minors yet minors MAY have purchased them by mail so their sale is criminal (guess the goverment will need to crack down on all the porno producers who are selling their product to minors).

60 posted on 10/09/2003 7:39:48 PM PDT by weegee
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