tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213640212013188609.post439021426707639642..comments2024-02-15T19:36:30.953-08:00Comments on Scumfuck Living in Babylon......: SB192 & You: What It Is, and Why It Barely MattersLiving in Babylonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06074015464611189363noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213640212013188609.post-2916348527452703302011-04-27T08:30:20.029-07:002011-04-27T08:30:20.029-07:00Sorry i meant "aren't" a completely ...Sorry i meant "aren't" a completely backwards....not areAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213640212013188609.post-21465345731795938442011-04-27T08:29:06.771-07:002011-04-27T08:29:06.771-07:00You have to understand that the fight in Indiana i...You have to understand that the fight in Indiana isn't the same as the fight in Cali. We can't just throw legislation on the books, that's not the way this system works. First you incite public opinion to change on a scale to where the politicians have to address the issue. If the majority isn't speaking out, neither will the lawmakers. What this study is going to do, if enough people become aware of it, is to show hoosiers that we are a completely "Backward" state as many people think. It will get people to realize that change actually CAN happen here and that there may be a huge change on the horizon. This study is very beneficial for many ancillary reasons that aren't stated in the wording of the document. You have to start somewhere, and this is our start. As someone else said, this gets us to the table, which is farther than weve gotten....ever. So is this a decrim bill? no, its an obscure study that is going to be performed by bias government bureaucrats. Is this the beginning of a movement in Indiana like we have seen in the other decrim/medi states? We will have to see, but my opinion is yes. This is the first of many, and this study is going to open up a can of worms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213640212013188609.post-85862191366039090492011-04-27T08:11:46.163-07:002011-04-27T08:11:46.163-07:00Granted, what SR70 accomplishes in the macro view ...Granted, what SR70 accomplishes in the macro view is as you put it, peanuts. It doesn't do anything more than put a discussion about marijuana under a printed cover with the state seal of Indiana on top of it. However, think about the significance of that.<br /><br />Having an official state document with our facts and figures gathered from all over and assembled for the study committee and paid for with taxpayer dollars to arm us with OFFICIAL facts for the debate next year is a huge step towards our goals. <br /><br />A) We could never get enough stoners to put the joint down and donate the money we need to do this study ourselves and B) it would never have the imprimatur of legitimacy that a study done by the state would have.<br /><br />Great post, nice blog you got here. I just added it to my Google Reader feeds.FiniFinitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989327726984546912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213640212013188609.post-43941558362128861592011-04-25T16:57:09.338-07:002011-04-25T16:57:09.338-07:00I love your posts Other Christopher. Let's sta...I love your posts Other Christopher. Let's stay positive though. I promise that while the enemy is blinking, I'm busy stabbing them in the eye. I've been trying to spread educational info to the conservative ( and heavily lied to, naive, propaganda filled ) community. One thing I have found is that you can go to www.saferchoice.org ,(these are the guys that made Colorado's marijuana reform happen), where they have printable pdf's of posters, flyers, pamphlets and tons of info to print up and hand out. Everyone that comes in the store interested in making a change, I direct them to safer choice. My idea is that if we can actually educate the enemy to the BS they've been fed, not only will they know the truth, but they might be pissed at the real enemy for lying to them in the first place. Keep spreading the word brother! Oh and let's go shooting sometime. I've got 700 rounds of non-corrosive rounds that I'm counting as plinkers! I'm keeping the good stuff for when I see Zombie Jesus out strutting his stuff. <br /> Jeah<br /><br /> The Couch ManAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213640212013188609.post-65471242812902598382011-04-25T06:03:24.910-07:002011-04-25T06:03:24.910-07:00SB192...now SR70...gives us a chance to make our c...SB192...now SR70...gives us a chance to make our case, gives us a seat at the table. On its own, it gives us nothing more. But in a state like Indiana getting to the table is the first step of many we'll have to take. It opens a dialogue, and without that dialogue, we'll go nowhere.<br /><br />Assuming we get there, we will present the best and brightest the Marijuana Movement has; people like Paul Armantano, Ethan Nadelman, Lester Grinspoon and others. We have the studies that back our position. There's not a point they can make we can't argue down.<br /><br />Politics being what it is, it's going to take all of us to marshal the process. If we convince the committee, and I think we can, we'll see bills in the next session, January, 2012. <br /><br />Neal Smith<br />Indiana NORML.neal smithnoreply@blogger.com