Ugh, the mayor of Minneapolis is blaming gang-related violence on POT SMOKERS!

[Odin2005]

I was just listening to DINO Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak on MPR and he was bashing pot smokers for "participating in an underground economy that fuels gang violence". Well GEE, maybe we wouldn't have that problem if pot were legal, Mr. Rybak. :eyes:

[meow mix]

1. and he is particpating in the opression of pot smoking american people

much higher crime

[Scuba]

2. They want you to be guilty (see link)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8428272&mesg_id=8428272



The only thing they like better than cheap labor is slave labor.

[madrchsod]

3. let pot smokers grow their own....

that would cut down on the "gang related violence"..who in the hell want`s to smoke mexican shit weed.

[ShortnFiery]

4. This dumb ass must have bought into the Reefer Madness propaganda ...

long since debunked but never abandoned.

But oh oh oh .... It's a gateway drug! :eyes:

[formercia]

5. And bad Airline food is responsible for the Air France disaster.

Where do they get these Village Idiots and how do they manage to get elected?

[mrcheerful]

6. Right if it wasn't illegal the gangs wouldn't be able to make the high profits that they

make. Remember Prohibition in the 1920's brought gangs into boot legging booze, here in Michigan it was the purple gang that brought Canadian whiskey into the major cities. After the end of prohibition the purple gang disappeared, I had family that was involved with the purple gang and heard stories about them. The most famous boot legger was Al Capone out of Chicago and we all know some of the history of what his gang did during the 20's and 30's.

[rurallib]

7. just like prohibition made most Americans become outlaws

so does this prohibition.

[Odin2005]

9. Yep.

[ejpoeta]

8. i can't say as i have ever seen an aggressive pot smoker

much less one that would hurt anyone. usually pretty laid back.

[pipi_k]

12. Me neither, and I've seen quite a few.

Mr Pip, a retired cop, has said he would rather have run into twenty pot smokers than ONE drunk while on the job.

He and his colleagues absolutely hated Domestic Violence cases where alcohol was involved, for their own safety, as well as the asshole factor of the participants.

[unhappycamper]

10. Uhhh. Pass the Cheesetoes, man.

[tinymontgomery]

23. Man thats a nice pile of weed

[guitar man]

11. Well, they are dangerous

I was a victim of pot gang violence. I was in the grocery store when they came in....there was only one bag of Doritos left and I was standing between them and that bag....it was horrible :cry: :scared:




:rofl:

[ShortnFiery]

14. Mmmm .... the munchies!

:smoke:

[guitar man]

15. LOL

I'm stealing that!! :spray:

[Odin2005]

19. DUzy!

[guitar man]

24. :)

:hi: :fistbump:

[socialist_n_TN]

13. How did this dumass get elected

in the Peoples Republic of Minneapolis?

[Odin2005]

20. The DLC machine.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

16. Legalize It And Put The Gangs Out Of Business

The only way you'll ever convince me that this won't work is by pointing out all the various gangs getting rich selling alcohol these days. Gee, during Prohibition, we had Al Capone and a host of others getting rich supplying speakeasies with alcohol and organized crime was rampant. Then Prohibition was repealed. What happened to all the "gangland" violence in Chicago and other places? That's right, it disappeared.............until the gangs discovered drugs.

[HopeHoops]

17. It is REALLY hard to be violent when you are crashed on the couch with a bag of Fritos.

:hippie:

[Blue Owl]

18. Get with the times, R.T.

If he is still buyin' into the 30's-40's-50's reefer madness craze, does he also still believe that 4 out of 5 doctors recommend smoking Chesterfield cigarettes?

C'mon, R.T. -- get a clue. Cannabis is the answer, not the problem.

Go to Amsterdam where it is legal and let us know how their gang violence problem is.

[H2O Man]

21. Cheap shot.

He's a clown.

[Echo In Light]

22. DINO echoes Ashcroft. Surprise-surprise ...

"Meanwhile, Ashcroft has found time to escalate the attack on medicinal marijuana and other substances individual Americans may choose to use other than tobacco and alcohol. Not surprisingly, while reams of new research confirm marijuana's much-needed healing powers, particularly in chemotherapy and AIDS treatments, pot smokers are now being equated with terrorists. While state after state confirms marijuana's 5,000-year history as a medicinal herb, the Administration insists on enforcing penalties for its use that often exceed those for rape and murder. The drug war remains a blanket warrant to put tens of millions of Americans at risk of random, gratuitous arrest."