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"you see our rights has half gone. i see them as half there"

I like the way you coined that. However, with all the official hoopla that the US throws at China's Tibetan movement, I'm shocked to find how lax many folks are about throwing hippies into jail. Can someone tell me the difference, please? Peace loving political prisoners is what both groups are. I just figure nations ought to clean up their own evil politics before pointing at others. I guess it's just a way of distracting the population. Despite having a population of about 1/4 that of China, the US imprisons more. Ironic.

I told some Mormons that putting folks in jail for marijuana is the same as putting someone in jail for reading the book of Mormon. He said, 'It's about religious freedom!' So what's this idea that we must protect the rights of those who induce mood altering philosophies and hallucinations via fasting as opposed to folks who like a little green haze?

Anyways, 11 states have softened laws, but it doesn't affect federal powers. Heck, the cops are likely furious and hotter than ever to bust the hippies.

Maybe we're half way there, in either direction. Nonetheless, I still haven't smoked anything for 18 months. However, whenever I walk to work I can smell a grow room - if only I could locate precisely where it was, surely I could talk them into selling a few grams to me.