Posts by andin
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Hard News: Always asking the wrong…, in reply to simon g,
I dont know or want to know Duncan Garner’s age, tho I’m sure wisdom has never, nor will ever come knocking on his doorstep, judging by the drivel that pours forth from his mind.
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Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to Craig Young,
selectively focus on cannabis but not alcohol.
In every comparative study I've seen alcohol always comes in a poor second in all respects. Why do commentators selectively ignore that, I can only guess there are historical and cultural reasons to the blind acceptance that alcohol is just part of our societal landscape and beyond question. And my guess is the same goes for cannabis in the negative, all going back to the 'reefer madness' clips maybe.
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Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to st ephen,
MoH has a particularly virulent infection of... ACT/BRT circles.
I hope someone is working on a cure. Or is surgery the only answer?
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Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to Joe Boden,
policy analysts
A question Joe what are policy analysts and what do they do? I mean I guess I can figure it out from the name, which seems very self important and that they exist somewhere in the political food chain. But from the tale of your encounter with them, well, bullshit job comes to mind.
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Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to Craig Young,
Me neither, just musing out loud.
The only anti-pot activist who’s agreed with me
Not for the same reasons I wager
Joe
A lot of policy analysts were taken along for the ride by business,
Were there free drinks involved? ;-|
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Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to Joe Boden,
The Law Commission recommended increasing the minimum age of purchase for alcohol to 20 years in 2010. This was roundly ignored during the discussions around “Alcohol Law Reform” in 2011, primarily due to industry pressure (I believe).
So experts in many fields, I would think, made a recommendation which they thought would benefit our society as a whole was just ignored because some business men didnt like it. As it would affect their industries "bottom line"?
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Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to Craig Young,
I’d support a minimum age of twenty, but only if the minimum age of liquor ingestion is raised to the same age.
An entirely reasonable idea, I just wonder how the liquor industry would like it. Not much I imagine with their work hat on, maybe a bit more with their caring parent hat on. A fragmented society breeds fragmented people hmmm.
I was just looking at the figures in the post. The Stuff article reads 10000 plants while the police info request reads 9000 plants taken. But hey whats a 1000 plants between police report and blazing headline.
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Hard News: Cannabis reform is a serious…, in reply to BenWilson,
it’s also got it’s own quite signature effect on your consciousness, which some people for whatever reason just really like.
And there are many, many reasons
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Hard News: Cannabis reform is a serious…, in reply to Rob Stowell,
the health system, the education system,
Off the top of my head those were basically set up by a Labour govt in the 1930's, last century. And a claw back of those reforms basically got underway from the 1970-80's. Under different policy settings oddly enough started by a Labour govt and continued by succeeding Nat/Lab govts. So maybe its the policy settings we should put under constant scrutiny not the people. Sometimes it hard to separate them tho' and at times some are so wedded to their beliefs they wont give them up. Funny that.
I can only guess, but perhaps searching their conscience is something some are not very good at. Or shift the fields of reference and justification is right there to be used to condone actions that were previously unthinkable. We can be such fickle creatures. It does take deep serious thought to run large groupings of people such as nations and we need time off to just relax. I like the Spanish word for that Tranquillo -
Hard News: We have to rethink the annual…, in reply to Sacha,
Only if they are unreasonable or incorrect assumptions. If they are I stand chastised.