(Since Calif Bill's post has not hit my server, I'm responding here)

On 14 Mar 2004 06:56:49 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:

[snip]

would be a pretty safe assumption he smoked it, or he is farming for
profit.

A couple of little flaws there, neighbor:

First, you'd have to show that basskisser made such an admission (he
hasn't, so
far as I can determine). Second, IF the first statement were true (and
that's
open to question), you could not logically or reasonably infer both that
he used
the crop AND that he grows it to sell.

Since cannabis is not exactly renowned as a decorative houseplant, it is
reasonable to assume that EITHER of the two conclusions is true--but not
both.

Come to think of it, though, there ARE many people right her in Northern
California who do NOT use marijuana, but who grow it nevertheless--as a
medicine
that has proven benefits.

But I find an argument like this one to be very much a red herring: who
the hell
cares whether someone has used cannabis? It's quite a benign substance,
as
drugs go. I've just never seen a lot of attraction in anything that
basically
makes you stupid.

Give me a nice Balvenie any day.

Joe Parsons


I put the "OR" in the statement Joe. So he could be doing either OR both.

My bad...sorta. The "or" is binary--it does not allow for both. But I did make
an error, treating your "or" as though it were an "and."

I know some who did do both and some who just smoked the stuff. Never knew
nyone who grew, and did not partake.

I've known a number who did--right here in Northern California.

But my original statement stands: that the issue if whether an individual has
smoked pot is a red herring--who the hell cares, unless they're on some sort of
anti-drug campaign? Then, their use of that drug is simple hypocrisy.

But setting that aside, you are making an assumption that has yet to be
proven--that basskisser does, in fact, regularly smoke the killer weed. Until
and unless you do that, any assertions following are built on quicksand.

Joe Parsons


Bill

So, you NEVER knew anyone who tried to grow pot, but didn't smoke it,
huh? I realize you think you know it all, although you prove yourself
quite inept, usually, and again you are wrong. I grow radishes, too,
and wouldn't put one of those nasty things even close to my mouth.