refer to the previous post where my child hood was in question
"usual suspect" > wrote in message
. ..
> cricket wrote:
> > "usual suspect" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>Clueless Skanky wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>There's no addiction. Whenever
> >>>>>I don't smoke for a week or so,
> >>>>>there is no withdrawal, no longing,
> >>>>>etc. So drop the addiction bullshit
> >>>>>before I have to smack you or
> >>>>>something.
> >>>>
> >>>>Take "The Responsible Drug User's Oath" and then
> >>>>ignore him, if you agree with it want to, of course.
>
>>>>http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...-User%27s-Oath
> >>>
> >>>That's a very good oath and one
> >>>I agree with totally.
> >>
> >>Then why did you qualify #12 with what you BELIEVE (perception) rather
> >>than FACTS (reality)?
> >>
> >>
> >>>As for number 12 though, I can only take the info
> >>>secondhand that there's no violence involved in the growing.
> >>
> >>"We're definitely seeing more violence," explains Mr. Benson,
> >>who recently oversaw a year long, cross- border sting called
> >>Operation Hockey Bag, in which investigators charged 22 people
> >>and seized more than 400 lbs. of marijuana, along with $3.4
> >>million and a dozen firearms. "It's not just weapons - it's what
> >>we're seeing from the organization. They rule and intimidate
> >>from within."
> >>
> >>RCMP investigators are still sifting through the evidence,
> >>trying to find out what led to the killing of the four officers
> >>last week. The incident began as an attempt to repossess a
> >>pickup truck but ballooned into a larger investigation after the
> >>marijuana growing operation was discovered. The gunman, Jim
> >>Roszko, killed the officers and later turned a high-powered,
> >>semiautomatic weapon on himself.
> >>http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0311/p01s03-woam.html
> >>
> >>"This illegal activity feeds drug use, guns and violence in the
> >>province," said Algar.
> >>
> >>"Anyone who claims that grow-ops are benign simply has not seen
> >>what the police see in these grow homes, and has not experienced
> >>what we've experienced in dealing with these public menaces."
> >>
> >>Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter echoed Elgar's call for
> >>more assistance from private companies and individuals in
> >>dealing with grow houses, which often set up in residential
> >>neighbourhoods with stolen electricity that poses a serious fire
> >>risk.
> >>http://tinyurl.com/aj2vk
> >>
> >>And that doesn't even touch on the fact that a lot of the pot being sold
> >>in Canada is imported from Mexico, where violence along the Texas border
> >>continues to escalate.
> >>http://www.cbs13kvtv.com/news/headlines/1652956.html
> >>
> >>
> >>>As far as I know, all pot in Ontario
> >>>is grown locally
> >>
> >>Wrong.
> >>
> >>
> >>>and nonviolently,
> >>
> >>VERY wrong.
> >>
> >>
> >>>but I can't swear to it,
> >>
> >>No shit.
> >>
> >>
> >>>as I've never been inside a growhouse.
> >>
> >>Hardly surprising, given your clueless urbanite views about agriculture
> >>in general.
> >
> > where do you live?
>
> Austin, Texas.
>
> > i grew up on a farm in ohio.
>
> I am a simple farm girl from
> Quebec, we are esily confused.
> - "cricket" 8/7/2005
>
> Clearly so. Which is it?
>
> > it dosn't get a whole lot
> > more rual then that.
>
> Did your family grow marijuana, which is the issue at hand?
>
> > and even though i moved to the city i still have a
> > garden where i grow every thing i can for myself.
>
> You're a few steps ahead of the rank hypocrite Skanky.
>
> > and you would be suprised how many farmers who have hudreds of acres of
> > crops have very little know how about what they are doing and why,
>
> I would be surprised if you were right. I was born in a farming
> community and many of my family are still in agriculture.
>
> > and even
> > how to to it by hand if they had to just to support their family.
> > it's sad.
>
> Not as sad as your childhood memories. Did you grow up in Quebec or Ohio?