map - Friday, June 27, 2003, 12:21 PM ------------------------------------- MELANGE> MELANGE> autologin: /nick BigBong 0 0 MELANGE> +OK [user] >> Melange Chat Server (V.2.02 B2,Drugsense Build), April 2002 Welcome ! (Type /HELP for a list of commands) [3, DrugSenseBot001]: Greetings BigBong in Australia ! ;-] [2, observer]: ready [3, DrugSenseBot001]: observer is ready, anyone else? [3, DrugSenseBot001]: BigBong, here is the latest drug news from Australia: [3, DrugSenseBot001]: Australia: Web: Health Minister Weighs Up Drug Trial [3, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n958/a01.html 2003-06-24 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: Australia: Party Drugs 'Make People Age Faster' [3, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n956/a01.html 2003-06-24 >> List of users in this channel (MAIN [0]) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [0] bruce, group: 0 >> [1] observer, group: 0 >> [2] observer, group: 0 >> [3] DrugSenseBot001, group: 0 >> [4] ben, group: 0 >> [5] Hobe, group: 0 >> [6] BigBong, group: 0 >> [7] Paul, group: 0 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [2, observer]: time [3, DrugSenseBot001]: the time is 6/26/2003 7:20:21 PM PT, observer [2, observer]: ready [3, DrugSenseBot001]: observer is ready, anyone else? [7, Paul]: hi BB [2, observer]: force420 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: It's now 4:20 in Harare, Oslo, Paris, Honolulu, Amsterdam, Prague, Johannesburg, Rome, Barcelona, Belgrade, Kiritimati, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Stockholm, Cairo, Cape Town, Madrid, Copenhagen, Vienna, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Geneva, Zagreb, Zurich [2, observer]: countdown [3, DrugSenseBot001]: 5 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: 4 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: 3 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: 2 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: 1 [3, DrugSenseBot001]: [[[ ignition! at T = :20:34. ]]] [6, BigBong]: draw potleaf [3, DrugSenseBot001]: | [3, DrugSenseBot001]: |.| [3, DrugSenseBot001]: |.| [3, DrugSenseBot001]: |\./| [3, DrugSenseBot001]: |\./| [3, DrugSenseBot001]: . |\./| . [3, DrugSenseBot001]: \^.\ |\\.//| /.^/ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: \--.|\ |\\.//| /|.--/ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: \--.| \ |\\.//| / |.--/ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: \---.|\ |\./| /|.---/ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: \--.|\ |\./| /|.--/ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: \ .\ |.| /. / [3, DrugSenseBot001]: _ -_^_^_^_- \ \\ // / -_^_^_^_- _ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: - -/_/_/- ^ ^ | ^ ^ -\_\_\- - [1, observer]: _ [6, BigBong]: webgreetings all [6, BigBong]: thanx for the wwwaft of pot smoke as i entered [6, BigBong]: am only on for a short time [7, Paul]: me as well [7, Paul]: time is short [6, BigBong]: thort i'd drop by and see what the latest in pot news is [6, BigBong]: canada seems to be making all the headlines [0, bruce]: -+- [6, BigBong]: cannabis cafes opening [2, observer]: ca-news [3, DrugSenseBot001]: ca-news is here: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/canada latest breaking pot, medical pot and drug news from Canada! [2, observer]: au-news [3, DrugSenseBot001]: au-news is here: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/australia latest breaking pot, medical pot and drug news from Australia! [6, BigBong]: how is it looking from your end paul? [7, Paul]: quasi-legal as always BB [6, BigBong]: happy with the way the gov't is "decriminalizing" [6, BigBong]: looks like a nightmare of varied state interpretations [6, BigBong]: state/province [7, Paul]: no...I think government is foolish...prohibition against cannabis is dead in Canada....government is about to reestablish it again [7, Paul]: sounds like it is just for the trafficking aspect of it [7, Paul]: that is the problem for the courts to admit [6, BigBong]: well said, imposition of a state of prohibition, as always, is true enemy. [1, observer]: _ [6, BigBong]: what is opinion of "average man" in street? [3, DrugSenseBot001]: Looking on the net ... [3, DrugSenseBot001]: OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan [3, DrugSenseBot001]: http://opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: TheAgitator.com: Professional Man on the Street: Comments [3, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.theagitator.com/archives/006284.php [3, DrugSenseBot001]: Allies' PR war targets Arab street | csmonitor.com [3, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0924/p01s01-uspo.html [3, DrugSenseBot001]: Today's Social Diary - 6/16/03 [6, BigBong]: belay [3, DrugSenseBot001]: http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/archive/socialdiary6.16.03.html [7, Paul]: you bet it is...sort of like having a one-sided civil war [7, Paul]: wonder if we will ever have to go to full scale war as in the case of alcohol prohibition [6, BigBong]: au government will be looking at canadian experience [2, observer]: _ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it. Groucho Marx [3, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 6/26/2003 7:27:11 PM ET ] [7, Paul]: I haven't even experienced it BB [6, BigBong]: and canada situation looks like a can of worms that will make au govt even less likely to want to open >> [5] Hobe left the chat. [6, BigBong]: swiss are the ones to follow i think [7, Paul]: if the government of canada would just leave well enough alone.... [6, BigBong]: p'raps pandoras box more apt than can of worms [7, Paul]: they seem like they are going to try to appeal the court decissions that ended prohibition [7, Paul]: hey I thought it was you guys that had the pandas [7, Paul]: stop putting them in boxes will you [6, BigBong]: lol [7, Paul]: cannabis is only a problem because government says it is [6, BigBong]: great words [7, Paul]: now that it is legal...govenment is trying to make it back to being a problem [6, BigBong]: in fact i might use that as a slogan [1, observer]: _ [7, Paul]: feel free...if you use it for good...don't worry about the royalties:)---" [6, BigBong]: cannabis is only a problem because the govt says it is [7, Paul]: put it on the side of the 40 foot joint at this years mardi grass [6, BigBong]: lol [6, BigBong]: every mardigrass there are heaps of banners to be painted and not much idea as to twhat to write on them [7, Paul]: heck I have never seen a 6 foot pot plant chase down and hurt any youths [6, BigBong]: cannabis use is only a problem because the governemnt says it is [7, Paul]: :) [3, DrugSenseBot001]: ;] [6, BigBong]: cuts straight to the point [6, BigBong]: and very hard to disprove using evidence based on fact [7, Paul]: paint it on the smoke stack of the first fully functional Big Bog Burger Bar [2, observer]: _ [3, DrugSenseBot001]: When I sell liquor, it’s called bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it’s called hospitality. -- Al Capone [3, DrugSenseBot001]: [ 6/26/2003 7:34:11 PM ET ] [7, Paul]: Bong [6, BigBong]: anyway my on line time has just expired and thus will see y'all next time [6, BigBong]: prolly be here for activist hours [7, Paul]: till the next time BB [6, BigBong]: dunno [6, BigBong]: ;O)--~ [6, BigBong]: till next [6, BigBong]: peace [3, DrugSenseBot001]: peace BigBong >> Goodbye, cu ! +++Quit