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boppers

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48. I was trying to explain how you possibly wound up making a common logic error.
Mon Dec 26, 2011, 04:58 AM
Dec 2011

"have long claimed that cannabis has no medicinal value whatsoever" Is demonstrably false, (as was demonstrated with your own arguments). I think you may have inadvertently taken bits of one argument (derived) and used them to make a new argument (synthesis).

Here would be a longer, but much more accurate, statement:
"have long claimed that using unregulated marijuana products has no known and accepted medicinal treatment protocols"

See how different that reads, with much more specific qualifiers? It's easy to get from one to the other, but it's also problematic to equate the two statements.

You can take a car apart and make a bicycle out of the parts, but that doesn't make every car a bicycle.

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Must make way for the New big pharma canaboid pills!! comipinko Dec 2011 #1
They have the mono-pot-ly on medicinal marajuana KansDem Dec 2011 #4
sad news, more backwards motion from this corporatist administration. Civilization2 Dec 2011 #2
Shredding any pretense of "states rights" ~nt 99th_Monkey Dec 2011 #27
Disgusting! Webster Green Dec 2011 #3
Depressing. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2011 #5
Once again the Obama administration has succeeded where the Bush Administration has failed Freddie Stubbs Dec 2011 #6
lol closeupready Dec 2011 #15
C'mon, don't you all feel safer knowing that fewer cancer partients are gonna be able to get high? abq e streeter Dec 2011 #7
I am not cheerleading the government on this. randome Dec 2011 #8
Obama "silent" on MMJ policy, my eye. Actions speak WAY louder than any words. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #9
Obama's Justice Department Should Be Going After Real Criminals....(like gang stalkers) red dog 1 Dec 2011 #10
k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2011 #11
Break enough laws, and you will get shut down. boppers Dec 2011 #12
What laws were broken? Webster Green Dec 2011 #14
Sorry, didn't link to all the articles (I had read about 15). boppers Dec 2011 #21
The state laws are at odds with the federal laws. Webster Green Dec 2011 #28
Thank You for setting this straight Webster and I am furious at Obama too. Mojeoux Dec 2011 #32
"They claim there are no medicinal benefits to cannabis" is FALSE. boppers Dec 2011 #33
The DEA claims just that, and they are part of the executive branch of the government. Webster Green Dec 2011 #34
Selling pot is not illegal, nor is dispensing it. boppers Dec 2011 #36
Wow! A blatent lie? Webster Green Dec 2011 #39
The derived synthesis you posit is simply not in their literature. boppers Dec 2011 #40
You are just wrong. Webster Green Dec 2011 #41
Wow, to say the Feds disrespect and deny the health benifits makes me a "blatant" liar? Mojeoux Dec 2011 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Webster Green Dec 2011 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Webster Green Dec 2011 #46
You are incorrect about how drugs are scheduled. boppers Dec 2011 #49
fail Webster Green Dec 2011 #54
"The derived synthesis you posit" Webster Green Dec 2011 #47
I was trying to explain how you possibly wound up making a common logic error. boppers Dec 2011 #48
You are indeed hopeless Webster Green Dec 2011 #52
Crock o'crap i_sometimes Dec 2011 #24
They claimed to be a non-profit. boppers Dec 2011 #26
I read the article... i_sometimes Dec 2011 #18
See #21. boppers Dec 2011 #22
Too easy... i_sometimes Dec 2011 #23
You can claim to be non-profit, but that doesn't make it true. boppers Dec 2011 #25
Lol, a park? i_sometimes Dec 2011 #31
$25 an ounce? Webster Green Dec 2011 #35
I grew up in Tucson. boppers Dec 2011 #37
It is not cheap or easy to produce the quality of product available in the dipensaries. Webster Green Dec 2011 #38
I have no idea what growing up in Tucson has to do with this dialog. Webster Green Dec 2011 #42
You can buy a $1,500 bottle of wine, or a $1 bottle. boppers Dec 2011 #50
Nobody that I know is that fucking stupid. Webster Green Dec 2011 #55
It's not about more or less taxes, it's about using our tax dollars effectively. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #13
What bullshit. Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #16
Maybe if Pot Clubs started buying lobbyists by the truckload? [nt] Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #17
all they are doing is decreasing sales tax revenues noiretextatique Dec 2011 #19
Along with the federal government, biig pharma has it's hands in all of these crackdowns. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #20
It's great to know.. sendero Dec 2011 #29
kick QC Dec 2011 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author sarcasmo Dec 2011 #44
Sick people tooeyeten Dec 2011 #51
All I can say is Praise the Lord AlwaysQuestion Dec 2011 #53
did you leave off the sarcasm thingie on that rant? hobbit709 Dec 2011 #56
Just a bunch of misguided Marin county hot-tubbers Brother Buzz Dec 2011 #57
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