THE WEED WARS
RE: âClean Your Bong: Straining to Strain About Strainsâ [Cannabis, Sept 28].âI love weed, but I simply canât give much of a shit about strains,â wrote David Schmader. âIf you just want to get high, get yourself an indica or sativa or hybrid and get to it.â Schmaderâs piece ran over a month ago. We received the following email this week.
Yeah I just wanted to say to David that Cannabis is all about the strains man.
That is the beauty of the flower that so many different variations exist. That is what makes Ganja Great! That everyone can find that perfect strain that works for them in a wonderful way.
There is so very much more than indica or sativa. Most strains are hybrids of the two anyways. Really all the nomenclature stuff is more like what country the plant is from originally anyways. But there are endless varieties of bud structure, plant growth, colors, flavors and highs.
But yeah man, without people caring about strains and coupled with OLCCâs draconian oversight, in the future, after the Corporate Weed Wars, there very may well only be like three legal strains in Oregon. One of which Iâm sure will be Chalice Farms White Widow!
PEACE!!!!!
Ras Patience
âNOT GUILTYâ
RE: âThe Bundy Brothers Were Just Ruled Not Guiltyâ [Blogtown, Oct 27], âWhite Privilege Is the Reason the Bundys Are Freeâ [Blogtown, Oct 28], and âDonât Shoot Portland Protestors and Bundy Clan Fans Briefly Squared off Downtown This Afternoonâ [Blogtown, Oct 28]. âItâs official,â wrote Bri Brey. âAmmon Bundy and six others have been acquitted of charges linked to the nearly six week-long armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.â The next day, wrote Dirk VanderHart, âDonât Shoot Portland demonstrators protesting police abuses briefly squared off with Oregon Occupier supportersââa clash involving the burning of an American flag âthat belonged to a woman whoâd been barbecuing in Lownsdale Square, in celebration of the surprise exoneration.... Things got racist very, very quickly.â
Hey, Oregon federal court and jurorsâwhy donât you double down and award those rednecks damages for false imprisonment while youâre at it? You can probably pay them in chewing tobacco and Confederate flags. But please donât pay them in ammo and weaponry. Iâm pretty sure theyâre all set in that department.
Emilio Estevez
I find it so unreal that anyone can rationalize the disgusting level of leniency that the Bundys were given. Still, the fact that these two groups were in the same place at the same time and contesting the outcome of this particular case without an all-out bloodbath is a testament to the overall restraint of humanity.
Aurelius141
To be fair, cops did shoot and kill one of the Bundy occupiers. The unfortunate lesson to be learned here is that guns make the difference. Bring a gun to a protest, and youâre more likely be treated with patience. Of course, youâre also more likely to be shot and killed by cops.
bridger
They shot one of the Bundy occupiers because the hick pulled a gun. The Feds were just faster to draw. Donât walk into a government building armed and call yourselves âprotestors.â Youâre terrorists. The fact that all of them were acquitted is an absolutely disgusting show of bad judgment.
SOLution
A REAL HUMAN BEING, AND A REAL HERO
RE: âHeaddress-Rocking Good Samaritan Was Just Trying to Get Some Weed When He Disarmed Gunmanâ [Blogtown, Oct 26]. âA young man in a Native American headdressâ named Rambo Richardson âdisarmed a gunman at the MAX stop near East Burnside and 102nd,â wrote Dirk VanderHart. âRichardsonâwho says heâs a member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe and hails originally from North Carolinaâsays he was âjust trying to go get some weed from Oregonâs Best Meds and saw someone who could use help.â ...Richardson also downplays his role in the incident, writing: 'I didn't really do much though, the guy getting shot at had him in a pretty good headlock when I took the gun from the shooter.'â
A great act of heroism. Not the least of which was not accepting full credit, even though the police story was inaccurately painting him as the sole hero of the story. A true patriot.
Aurelius141
You, sir, are a welcomed transplant. Thanks for doing the right thing. That is the Oregon way!
pollo
AURELIUS141, for your multiple contributions to the Mercuryâs discourse, weâre awarding you two tickets to the Laurelhurst Theater. Enjoyâbut know that if we could have, we wouldâve given those tickets to Rambo.
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