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It is a great day in Canada

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  • Z ZurdoDev

    Pain is in the mind. There is no spoon. :-D

    Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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    Lost User
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    Of course it is in the mind; it is an electrical impulse which causes a biological reaction. The same biological reaction as when eating spicy food.

    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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    • L Le centriste

      ‭011111100010‬ wrote:

      All you are doing is making false assertions. Can you back it up at all?

      Tell me, what kind of indoctrination do public schools practice? How do they prevent free thinking?

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      Very Large Brain wrote:

      How do they prevent free thinking?

      Try giving your own explanation for an open ended question on a test. If it does not match what they want, too bad.

      Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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      • Z ZurdoDev

        Very Large Brain wrote:

        How do they prevent free thinking?

        Try giving your own explanation for an open ended question on a test. If it does not match what they want, too bad.

        Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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        ‭011111100010‬ wrote:

        Try giving your own explanation for an open ended question on a test. If it does not match what they want, too bad.

        You experienced that yourself?

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          Of course it is in the mind; it is an electrical impulse which causes a biological reaction. The same biological reaction as when eating spicy food.

          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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          Eddy Vluggen wrote:

          The same biological reaction as when eating spicy food.

          Except the pain comes later. :-\

          Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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          • L Le centriste

            ‭011111100010‬ wrote:

            Try giving your own explanation for an open ended question on a test. If it does not match what they want, too bad.

            You experienced that yourself?

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            Very Large Brain wrote:

            You experienced that yourself?

            Of course. I went to 13 years public school and 6 years college. If you don't give the answer they want you get it wrong. But now you answer some. How does religion prevent free thinking? There are millions upon millions of religious people. Do you really believe that they are all brain-dead? Surely you can't be that arrogant.

            Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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            • Z ZurdoDev

              Very Large Brain wrote:

              You experienced that yourself?

              Of course. I went to 13 years public school and 6 years college. If you don't give the answer they want you get it wrong. But now you answer some. How does religion prevent free thinking? There are millions upon millions of religious people. Do you really believe that they are all brain-dead? Surely you can't be that arrogant.

              Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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              ‭011111100010‬ wrote:

              There are millions upon millions of religious people. Do you really believe that they are all brain-dead?

              No, but many of them don't even practice their religion. I am myself, like all my friends, a registered Christian. None of us ever go to church or even talk about religion.

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              • L Le centriste

                ‭011111100010‬ wrote:

                There are millions upon millions of religious people. Do you really believe that they are all brain-dead?

                No, but many of them don't even practice their religion. I am myself, like all my friends, a registered Christian. None of us ever go to church or even talk about religion.

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                Very Large Brain wrote:

                but many of them don't even practice their religion.

                OK. But you are still dodging the actual question. How does religion prevent you from being a free thinker?

                Very Large Brain wrote:

                a registered Christian.

                Not sure what that means. Do you mean a member of a Christian church or do you actually have to register with the government?

                Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

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                • L Le centriste

                  Pot is finally legal.

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                  I saw on TV one reporter going around and interviewing various stoned individuals 7 am in the morning. That's progress I guess.

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                  • L Lost User

                    I saw on TV one reporter going around and interviewing various stoned individuals 7 am in the morning. That's progress I guess.

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                    Le centriste
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                    They were stoned? I think it is more that they wanted to be there first, sort of "making history". I doubt there will be "stoners" every morning at 7am.

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                    • L Le centriste

                      They were stoned? I think it is more that they wanted to be there first, sort of "making history". I doubt there will be "stoners" every morning at 7am.

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                      They were so mellow and relaxed, Canadian stereotype on steroids :) [let me find a link to it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QmRZ4j0uW4)

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                      • L Lost User

                        They were so mellow and relaxed, Canadian stereotype on steroids :) [let me find a link to it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QmRZ4j0uW4)

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                        Sitalkes wrote:

                        Canadian stereotype on steroids

                        :laugh:

                        Sitalkes wrote:

                        let me find a link to it

                        No need, I saw the same thing as you did.

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                        • L Le centriste

                          Pot is finally legal.

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                          It is a boring and introspective drug that leaves your brain like mush.

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                          • L Le centriste

                            Pot is finally legal.

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                            Enjoy the massive wave of societal problems that just around the corner :thumbsup:

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                              Enjoy the massive wave of societal problems that just around the corner :thumbsup:

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                              Le centriste
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                              What kind of problems? It is not like Cannabis did not exist before. And now people will stop ending with a criminal record just for having pot with them. Thinking about it, the societal problems will be less.

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                                What kind of problems? It is not like Cannabis did not exist before. And now people will stop ending with a criminal record just for having pot with them. Thinking about it, the societal problems will be less.

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                                Bookmark this thread with a reminder to revisit in five years and tell us how legalising cannabis has turned out for you :thumbsup:

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                                  Bookmark this thread with a reminder to revisit in five years and tell us how legalising cannabis has turned out for you :thumbsup:

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                                  Le centriste
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                                  You do it too.

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                                  • L Le centriste

                                    Pot is finally legal.

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                                    [This](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45806255) BBC article discusses this at a high level (see what I did there?). Here's one quote from it making an argument I've been hearing for months:

                                    Concerns remain, including about the readiness for police forces to tackle drug impaired driving.

                                    How does this argument even make sense? Impaired driving has never been legal, and that is not changing today. So how has this been handled until now? Are they suggesting that police forces, all this time, have never been able to "tackle drug impaired driving"? In what manner are they "not ready" for something that's remaining the same?

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                                    • L Le centriste

                                      You do it too.

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                                      How will I know what the problems are in Canada? You think they're actually going to report them? And admit their great experiment has been nothing but a massive failure?

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                                      • L Le centriste

                                        Pot is finally legal.

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                                        Now tax it! Why not? They tax alcohol & tobacco, so why not tax (and regulate / control the purity of) drugs as well. In fact, make teh whole lot legal, and tax 'em. The TV adverts would be interesting ... :laugh: In all seriousness, making it legal improves the quality for users and massively reduces costs for police forces who spend far, far too much time dealing with minor possession charges. And no, I don't use drugs - and haven't for twenty or more years.

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                                        • D dandy72

                                          [This](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45806255) BBC article discusses this at a high level (see what I did there?). Here's one quote from it making an argument I've been hearing for months:

                                          Concerns remain, including about the readiness for police forces to tackle drug impaired driving.

                                          How does this argument even make sense? Impaired driving has never been legal, and that is not changing today. So how has this been handled until now? Are they suggesting that police forces, all this time, have never been able to "tackle drug impaired driving"? In what manner are they "not ready" for something that's remaining the same?

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                                          Le centriste
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                                          They made the same argument here. I think they are afraid that people will think "since cannabis is legal, driving stoned is also legal".

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