Go Back   Two Wheel Fix > General > News Desk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-13-2011, 11:22 AM   #11
dubbs
Multistrada
 
dubbs's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Manorville, NY
Posts: 652
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Papa_Complex View Post
What am I thinking? That I want to buy stock in a minimart chain.


Sorry was kind of meant as what is the world thinking that this is actually an issue and this PLANT is illegal in the first place.
__________________
Sportbike - 2013 Ducati Multistrada S Touring - Red
Luxury Car - 2013 Cadillac ATS 2.0 Turbo - Black
Weekend Car - 2003 Honda S2000 - Black
Daily Driver - 2011 Toyota Prius - Black
Beater - 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid - Dust Colored
dubbs is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:27 AM   #12
shmike
Follower
 
shmike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 5,549
Default

Why is the US catching all the blame here?

It sounds to me like the Canadian doctors are the anti-pot villians in this story.
__________________
Racing For Smiles
shmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:30 AM   #13
Papa_Complex
Nomadic Tribesman
 
Papa_Complex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brampton, Canada
Moto: '09 ER-6n
Posts: 11,150
Default

It's actually people in the government who thought that it was a great idea, but didn't provide the infrastructure to support the programme.
__________________
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising"

http://www.morallyambiguous.net/
Papa_Complex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:30 AM   #14
Kaneman
AMA Supersport
 
Kaneman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Odessa, TX
Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird
Posts: 4,931
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by shmike View Post
Why is the US catching all the blame here?

It sounds to me like the Canadian doctors are the anti-pot villians in this story.
Canadian activists believe that the doctors won't write the prescriptions out of fear of reprisal from the Government. That Government acts that way because of pressure from the U.S., as they do not have nearly a big a dog in the anti-cannabis fight that the U.S. does.
__________________
1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird
Kaneman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:34 AM   #15
shmike
Follower
 
shmike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 5,549
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaneman View Post
Canadian activists believe that the doctors won't write the prescriptions out of fear of reprisal from the Government. That Government acts that way because of pressure from the U.S., as they do not have nearly a big a dog in the anti-cannabis fight that the U.S. does.

And Glenn Beck believes that George Soros is trying to cripple the US economy and that President Obama and pot smoking liberals hate America and want to bring us to communism.

Guess that makes it true.
__________________
Racing For Smiles
shmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:41 AM   #16
Kaneman
AMA Supersport
 
Kaneman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Odessa, TX
Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird
Posts: 4,931
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by shmike View Post
And Glenn Beck believes that George Soros is trying to cripple the US economy and that President Obama and pot smoking liberals hate America and want to bring us to communism.

Guess that makes it true.
Wow, that was incredibly relevant, thank you for that.

I think its pretty obvious that the Canadian population has a different view of Cannabis than the U.S. population does. Yet it still remains illegal there....

There is actual proof of this BTW, I'm looking for a websource...but I gotta run the dogs. Give me a bit here and I'll see if I can find some info to back up my conspiratorial claims.
__________________
1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird
Kaneman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:46 AM   #17
shmike
Follower
 
shmike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 5,549
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaneman View Post
Wow, that was incredibly relevant, thank you for that.

I think its pretty obvious that the Canadian population has a different view of Cannabis than the U.S. population does. Yet it still remains illegal there....

There is actual proof of this BTW, I'm looking for a websource...but I gotta run the dogs. Give me a bit here and I'll see if I can find some info to back up my conspiratorial claims.
The point was that beliefs mean nothing unless they can be proven.

Have fun with the dogs. Post the links when you find them.
__________________
Racing For Smiles
shmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 11:58 AM   #18
Homeslice
Elitist
 
Homeslice's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
Posts: 11,351
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by shmike View Post
The point was that beliefs mean nothing unless they can be proven.
They're a lot more believeable than Glenn Beck's claims
Homeslice is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 12:00 PM   #19
Papa_Complex
Nomadic Tribesman
 
Papa_Complex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brampton, Canada
Moto: '09 ER-6n
Posts: 11,150
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaneman View Post
Wow, that was incredibly relevant, thank you for that.

I think its pretty obvious that the Canadian population has a different view of Cannabis than the U.S. population does. Yet it still remains illegal there....

There is actual proof of this BTW, I'm looking for a websource...but I gotta run the dogs. Give me a bit here and I'll see if I can find some info to back up my conspiratorial claims.
One of the reasons that it remains illegal here is that our current government is led by hide-bound idiots, who seem to believe that the neo-con agenda was handed down, along with the stone tablets. While I tend to lean to the conservative side (pause for laughter from American 'conservatives'), I also believe in a certain amount of expediency.

We also had a rather different view on Prohibition, back in the early part, of the last century.
__________________
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising"

http://www.morallyambiguous.net/
Papa_Complex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-13-2011, 12:22 PM   #20
Trip
Hold mah beer!
 
Trip's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
Posts: 23,268
Default

Want to see how much pressure our government puts on other countries, go look at all the stories from when Portugal decriminalized possession amounts for personal use. We're assholes.
Trip is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:32 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.