Comments on: Potheads Make Us Look Bad? http://abovetheflat.com/potheads-make-us-look-bad/ Discussing Marijuana Legalization and Marijuana Prohibition Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:01:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh http://abovetheflat.com/potheads-make-us-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Josh Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:31:07 +0000 http://abovetheflat.com/?p=22#comment-34 @Joshua, Thank you very much for your kind words. When I do finally partake, I will puff one just for you. @Joshua,
Thank you very much for your kind words. When I do finally partake, I will puff one just for you.

]]> By: Joshua http://abovetheflat.com/potheads-make-us-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Joshua Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:36:55 +0000 http://abovetheflat.com/?p=22#comment-33 @Josh, Congratulations on your newborn daughter, I understand your situation and it makes perfect sense, Cannabis is priced like a drug itself in the US, 400+ an ounce, when in Jamaica, 400 dollars could get you mass amounts of it so I understand why you choose to support you family instead of Cannabis use which also makes perfect sense. Cannabis should be free to all, Because our brains actually have receptors for the plant, awaiting THC arrival proving this plant is for human intake. I wish you good luck with your family, and keep up the good writing. @Josh, Congratulations on your newborn daughter, I understand your situation and it makes perfect sense, Cannabis is priced like a drug itself in the US, 400+ an ounce, when in Jamaica, 400 dollars could get you mass amounts of it so I understand why you choose to support you family instead of Cannabis use which also makes perfect sense. Cannabis should be free to all, Because our brains actually have receptors for the plant, awaiting THC arrival proving this plant is for human intake. I wish you good luck with your family, and keep up the good writing.

]]> By: Josh http://abovetheflat.com/potheads-make-us-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Josh Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:00:51 +0000 http://abovetheflat.com/?p=22#comment-32 @anomalon and Joshua, Thank you both for your comments. They are always appreciated. @anomalon, I hope by "criticize" you mean the definition of the word and not necessarily the negative connotations associated with it; because then you are correct. In fact, the blog as a whole is meant to cater to the "potheads." This is because the potheads are the people I want to talk to. They are the same people that I live with and love. The people that I am surrounded by, and the people that I feel get the lesser end of most sticks due to misconceptions. So, yeah, I cater to them. @Joshua, I'm not sure what you are trying to say with your mini article. But the fact that it starts with my personal decision leads me to believe that you have perhaps misunderstood the reasons I don't smoke. Actually, they are very similar to the reasons that I don't drink. None of those reasons are due directly to the mind altering effects, as much as they are due to the point I am in my life right now. I recently started a business and still work full time. This takes up a large chunk of my time. What little time I have left I spend with my son and new born daughter. I don't have the time to smoke or drink and actually enjoy either of those things, so it would seem like a waste of money at this point. Let it be known that I absolutely love getting high. The end of my statement that you left out is "Hardly a reason it should be illegal." This is a stab at the people that don't smoke, and feel that their personal decision should dictate the freedom of others. I hope that I've cleared my stance a bit more. @anomalon and Joshua,
Thank you both for your comments. They are always appreciated.

@anomalon,
I hope by “criticize” you mean the definition of the word and not necessarily the negative connotations associated with it; because then you are correct. In fact, the blog as a whole is meant to cater to the “potheads.” This is because the potheads are the people I want to talk to. They are the same people that I live with and love. The people that I am surrounded by, and the people that I feel get the lesser end of most sticks due to misconceptions. So, yeah, I cater to them.

@Joshua,
I’m not sure what you are trying to say with your mini article. But the fact that it starts with my personal decision leads me to believe that you have perhaps misunderstood the reasons I don’t smoke. Actually, they are very similar to the reasons that I don’t drink. None of those reasons are due directly to the mind altering effects, as much as they are due to the point I am in my life right now.

I recently started a business and still work full time. This takes up a large chunk of my time. What little time I have left I spend with my son and new born daughter. I don’t have the time to smoke or drink and actually enjoy either of those things, so it would seem like a waste of money at this point.

Let it be known that I absolutely love getting high. The end of my statement that you left out is “Hardly a reason it should be illegal.” This is a stab at the people that don’t smoke, and feel that their personal decision should dictate the freedom of others.

I hope that I’ve cleared my stance a bit more.

]]> By: Joshua http://abovetheflat.com/potheads-make-us-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Joshua Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:00:24 +0000 http://abovetheflat.com/?p=22#comment-30 "It's a personal decision with many of the same reasons that I don't drink" Cannabis AKA Marijuana actually does the opposite of alcohol, When you are drunk you are unaware of your surroundings, And can be automatically ignorant, Under the influence of cannabis, You actually notice your surroundings more, You become very observant and able to enjoy all arts, Being psychoactive is very beneficial. I agree with you when you say you want it legalized, But that clearly isn't going to happen because the billionaires who run the companies that would Die quite instantly after the outbreak of Cannabis's benefits want to remain billionaires, With their billions they spread ed false information to cannabis which over all started the brainwash which is still going on today. It was even against the law to not grow hemp during the 17th and 18th century and from 1763 to 1769 in Virginia you would be arrested for refusing to grow hemp. Ever since our consumerism started we started brainwashing, Reefer madness a movie written in the 1930's was intended towards the most naive to believe such things as "A violent narcotic" "Incurable insanity" and "Under the influence of this drug he killed his entire family with an ax" This movie ended with the words "tell your children" instead of the standard "the end" And I'm sure that they did tell their children. Man, Who cares how you hold yourself, Cannabis users know the truth, Which is the positive of cannabis and not the negative we have been told. Liquor and Alcohol companies support a Drug-Free America and fund them more then $1,000,000 a day, This is where those horrid commercials come from. Sure it is our war, we will continue to fight it, and they will stay greedy and selfish, Cannabis is illegal for their personal benefits. “It’s a personal decision with many of the same reasons that I don’t drink” Cannabis AKA Marijuana actually does the opposite of alcohol, When you are drunk you are unaware of your surroundings, And can be automatically ignorant, Under the influence of cannabis, You actually notice your surroundings more, You become very observant and able to enjoy all arts, Being psychoactive is very beneficial. I agree with you when you say you want it legalized, But that clearly isn’t going to happen because the billionaires who run the companies that would Die quite instantly after the outbreak of Cannabis’s benefits want to remain billionaires, With their billions they spread ed false information to cannabis which over all started the brainwash which is still going on today. It was even against the law to not grow hemp during the 17th and 18th century and from 1763 to 1769 in Virginia you would be arrested for refusing to grow hemp. Ever since our consumerism started we started brainwashing, Reefer madness a movie written in the 1930’s was intended towards the most naive to believe such things as “A violent narcotic” “Incurable insanity” and “Under the influence of this drug he killed his entire family with an ax” This movie ended with the words “tell your children” instead of the standard “the end” And I’m sure that they did tell their children. Man, Who cares how you hold yourself, Cannabis users know the truth, Which is the positive of cannabis and not the negative we have been told. Liquor and Alcohol companies support a Drug-Free America and fund them more then $1,000,000 a day, This is where those horrid commercials come from. Sure it is our war, we will continue to fight it, and they will stay greedy and selfish, Cannabis is illegal for their personal benefits.

]]> By: anomalon http://abovetheflat.com/potheads-make-us-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-28 anomalon Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:05:02 +0000 http://abovetheflat.com/?p=22#comment-28 Your article makes some interesting points, however, the flashing pictures of the naked lady only covered by cannabis, supplied by your advertisers, belie your message, and seem to cater to the very "pothead" image you criticize. Your article makes some interesting points, however, the flashing pictures of the naked lady only covered by cannabis, supplied by your advertisers, belie your message, and seem to cater to the very “pothead” image you criticize.

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