Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
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Easy on the name-calling and insults, there, please, Ravenala. I'm completely sympathetic with your desire to issue them. But if we're ever going to get anywhere as cannabis advocates, it's important to try not to lower yourself to that level, no matter how effectively someone incites in you the desire to do otherwise.

Cannab!s, I get the feeling you somehow think you're doing a great public service here. But youâ??re like a broken record. A really long-playing one. And somehow you still haven't done anything but post and link your own version of propaganda rather than considering actual real life, first hand-experience or observations from others. It seems to be a whole lot easier to keep shouting angrily about zero tolerance and federal law enforcement than to actually read and consider what others might be saying.

You call yourself a pro-cannabis activist, Cannab!s. But I frankly think youâ??ve done far more here to harm that cause than to advance it. Youâ??re like a religious proselytizer who wants to win devotees to Christianity and ends up alienating far more souls than you win over because you become maniacal in your delivery. If your participation in this thread continues, I request that you work harder at brevity than you do at copied, pasted, angst-ridden verbosity sprinkled with capital letters and emphatic underlining. While you're at it, look up the Italiano for "understand?" It's "capisce," not â??kapish.â?ť

Your response here needs to be â??Capisco.â?ť

Hey Birdgirl thanks for the heads up and *polite* request to tone it down. Because I'm actually a pretty reasonable guy.

Your commentary hit the nail on the head. I see any advocate of driving while stoned DETRIMENTAL to the cause of legalization.

That is just more stuff to show on Cops for 'the masses' who will point to what an evil marijuana is, and how if we legalize it - there will be all these stoners causing accidents in addition to drunken driving. And every time someone screws up, gets caught, and goes down for possession that is one less socially validated voice saying, "pot smokers can be responsible folks too".

We all know it has to be transported. And despite what people may think I *have* transported small amounts - even through USA customs in the distant past. But I see a lot of people here just pushing foolish and arrogant behavior which will damage the validity of all advocates.

My run-in with both customs officials and DEA agents over something far less serious reassured me that the best thing to do is not risk it any more than you have to. And being high while transporting is like shooting up a flare.

Thanks and thanks for the understanding.