REEFER MADNESS!!!!!!

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I feel partially responsible for some of this thread, so I'm doin my part to get us to fifty... 

[AFK]

Well this week is hella packed with projects including one with the DEA so I probably won't contribute too much to it. 

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

Well this week is hella packed with projects including one with the DEA so I probably won't contribute too much to it. 

I'll take this opportunity to thank you for all your input so far.

I may thoroughly disagree with you, but I appreciate the time and energy you've put into representing the other side of the picture.

[AFK]

It's funny.  I also post on a political message board and marijuana legalization will come up fairly often as a topic.  And a somewhat similar pattern evolves where it is most of the board vs. me.  Well, there are a couple of Conservatives who are on "my side", though their arguments aren't really research or informed it's just the "Drugz are evil!" stuff. 

Though, what I do appreciate about here is that no one challenges my Discordian-ness despite my position on this matter.  Over at the political board everyone is like, "and you consider yourself a Discordian?  Fo realz?"

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's funny.  I also post on a political message board and marijuana legalization will come up fairly often as a topic.  And a somewhat similar pattern evolves where it is most of the board vs. me.  Well, there are a couple of Conservatives who are on "my side", though their arguments aren't really research or informed it's just the "Drugz are evil!" stuff. 

Though, what I do appreciate about here is that no one challenges my Discordian-ness despite my position on this matter.  Over at the political board everyone is like, "and you consider yourself a Discordian?  Fo realz?"

1.  You should post that political board's URL.  For SCIENCE.

2.  Many - most - people have a very odd view of Discordianism.  They expect us to wear a uniform...A zany uniform, but a uniform all the same.

[LMNO]

Uhh.....what happened here? 

Also, FTR, I didn't think the original question was a "gotcha" question given the questioner.   

LMNO underhandedly accused unnamed people in this thread of gotcha journalism.

I broke the story in a series of unflinching reports.

Nice attempt, but wrong, of course.

This is also not a "gotcha" question.

What do you mean by a "gotcha" question?

Typically, it's a question where I already know the answer, framed in a way to look unbiased, but in fact traps and skewers the person for whom the question is intended.

For example, let's pretend I knew what the MA numbers were since decriminalization, and it showed a substantial decrease in criminal activity and drug use by minors, with strong implications that decriminalization was the primary cause (NOTE: AS STATED ABOVE, THE ACTUAL STATISTICS HAVE NOT COME BACK YET. THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT IS A HYPOTHETICAL).

To then ask RWHN about them as if I was unaware of the results would force him to admit, in his own voice, the positive effects of decriminalization.  And then I say, "Gotcha!"

I'm honestly puzzled, here.  Net is claiming that ambush-style questions are never used on the internet?

Could you give me an example?

Let's see... how about from page 11?

Well, the original version did mention "possible direct antitumor effect".  So even in the original there was no definitive statement that medical marijuana has that impact. 

I would wager that without definitive science, they perhaps erred on the side of caution and removed the passage.  Which I think is perfectly reasonable.  Especially when you are talking about an addictive substance.  Otherwise you may have people seeking the medication solely for the anti-tumor effect.  But I would also wager that lawyers were involved in altering the language, to protect themselves from any action from patients who used medical marijuana and didn't experience any improvements in tumors. 

You mean like the kind of definitive science that occurred in 1974 which the DEA shut down because it didn't prove what they wanted it to prove?

Now, would you please shut the hell up and quit the lame troll attempt?

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

That is a gotcha question?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

That is a gotcha question?

Meh.  I give up.

You're just an asshole in the exact same vein as Requia.

[LMNO]

That is a gotcha question?

Nowhere did I say that you were anywhere near good at it.



I'd invite you to take your head out of your ass, but it appears your skull is ergonomically shaped to accomodate.

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

That is a gotcha question?

Nowhere did I say that you were anywhere near good at it.



I'd invite you to take your head out of your ass, but it appears your skull is ergonomically shaped to accomodate.

Sorry LMNO, trying to apply journalism standards to message boards is just retarded.

[LMNO]

Sorry Net, I never said I was trying to.

Now please stop.  You're embarrassing yourself.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

That is a gotcha question?

Nowhere did I say that you were anywhere near good at it.



I'd invite you to take your head out of your ass, but it appears your skull is ergonomically shaped to accomodate.

Sorry LMNO, trying to apply journalism standards to message boards is just retarded.

Christ, what an asshole you are.

Just saying.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's a good thing Requia isn't here.  A board can have only so much pedantry at a given time.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Though, what I do appreciate about here is that no one challenges my Discordian-ness despite my position on this matter. 

What's Chaos without a little Discord?  

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh my god.