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  Marijuana Show Aims for New High in Amsterdam
Posted by CN Staff on January 22, 2006 at 07:25:21 PT
By Reuters 
Source: Reuters 

cannabis Amsterdam -- Marijuana growers gathered in Europe's pot-smoking capital on Sunday for a trade show that is taking on the trappings of a major industry fair, complete with scantily clad models, glossy brochures and, of course, samples.

But instead of posing next to muscle cars, the models explained the intricacies of hydroponics culture such as the "iGrow-box Intensive Irrigation System" and exhibitors showed off their bongs, grinders, rolling paper, reflective film, hemp-fabric apparel and how-to marijuana growing videos.

"This gives you an uplifting high, up in the mind, not in your body," marijuana cultivator Arjan Roskam said of his latest Cannabis Cup-winning strain, "Arjan's Haze #1".

Roskam, who says he has hosted celebrities such as 50 Cent and Eminem in his Amsterdam coffee shops, was selling his prize-winning plant seeds for 100 euros (69 pounds) alongside other strains such as the "Great White Shark" and "Hawaiian Snow".

Andre Beckers, the organiser of the International Highlife Hemp Fair, said he was expecting 15,000 to 20,000 visitors at the fair, held for the first time in Amsterdam instead of Utrecht, a smaller Dutch city to the southeast of the capital.

"This is part of the normalisation process," Beckers said. "People see this as a normal fair."

While Dutch "coffee shops" are allowed to sell small quantities of marijuana, growing and distribution of cannabis remain illegal in the Netherlands.

Police were at the fair but did not appear to be taking action against the growers.

Source: Reuters (Wire)
Published: January 22, 2006
Copyright: 2006 Reuters

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Comment #17 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 17:53:02 PT
potpal
Brainstorming is the best way to do most things on line. You did a good poll or questionaire. Follow that same line of thinking and decide what you want to know and how will it help you and others. There is no rush. The more information we have the bettew it is.

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Comment #16 posted by potpal on January 22, 2006 at 17:38:19 PT
FoM re: polls
If you're serious, I'll look into what it take to incorporate a poll into a web site. I have had a reason to a while back but dropped it when the interest died. The little research I've done found some leads to free stuff on the net. Let me know. Anyone else have any ideas or would like to go offline/email to work on developing an edutainment vehicle something like the proquiz. One idea I had was a 'you decide' module. Start out stating that the fedgovt states cannabis has no medicinal use, the refute it with facts...whatever. Needs some brainstorming...I'll begin, and from time to time may ask for some help with the content...anyone interested?

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Comment #15 posted by global_warming on January 22, 2006 at 14:46:35 PT
re:comment 14
"As long as we have the Internet we won't have anything like what happend to the Jewish people under Hitler happen in the states. We are global watchdogs and I bet they sure wish we weren't as well informed as we are but it's too late. We know!"

Even with all this communication, I still see that most us, those 'we those people, are slowly being sold into slavery, by our elect-ted representatives, besides this immoral war on people which is measured in the billions of american tax dollars, there is the 2 to 3 Trillion 'american tax dollars that are placed on our backs for this war on terrorism.

I think this electronic wire sings to us more of a lullaby, than real information, information that could wake every living soul on this planet.

There is only one God, of this planetary universe, who has given the gift of breath to all creatures, who can look up, twinkle, twinkle, have you caught a glimpse of your reflection, your face, looked into your eyes?



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Comment #14 posted by whig on January 22, 2006 at 13:57:58 PT
Museman/FoM
Museman:

"**NO OFFENSE TO MY HEBREW BRETHREN***"

None taken.

"Marijuanna smokers are like the German Jews in Hitler Germany before the atrocities got fully underway."

Including concentration camps (prisons), though as you say, "before the atrocities got fully underway."

"They justified the treatment of human beings that way because THEY ALL BOUGHT INTO THE STATUS QUO, just like all those American 'christians' who think GW is some kind of prophet."

He is a prophet. God speaks to him. He says so. I believe him. But the ASPECT of God which speaks to GWB is the DECEIVER. I know that this may seem heretical, but there are not TWO Gods, there is not a separate DEVIL. This is metaphysics. God presents himself to each of us in many aspects, in order that WE MUST CHOOSE (free will) the good, and not simply do what we are told (obedience).

FoM:

"As long as we have the Internet we won't have anything like what happend to the Jewish people under Hitler happen in the states. We are global watchdogs and I bet they sure wish we weren't as well informed as we are but it's too late. We know!"

Were it not for the Internet, the MSM would faithfully hew the administration line, promulgating every doctrine of FEAR and surrender to authority for our "safety" against "terrorism". The Internet is our lifeblood, but do not be CASUAL about it. We must use it, we must read, and speak, and continue to educate one another.

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Comment #13 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 13:33:26 PT
My Thoughts
As long as we have the Internet we won't have anything like what happend to the Jewish people under Hitler happen in the states. We are global watchdogs and I bet they sure wish we weren't as well informed as we are but it's too late. We know!

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Comment #12 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 13:28:08 PT
Dankhank
I liked the poll. It does seem complicated to do. I'm glad potpal has this talent. Like he isn't reading this or something! Hello potpal! LOL!

One poll I would really like to see is one on how people place important issues in their own personal order of preference. Like are politics or social conscience more important? Or how do you feel that change will come? Questions that perplex me personally.

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Comment #11 posted by museman on January 22, 2006 at 13:24:38 PT:

American Nazis, marijuanna 'jews'
**NO OFFENSE TO MY HEBREW BRETHREN***

Marijuanna smokers are like the German Jews in Hitler Germany before the atrocities got fully underway.

A lot of American citizens are like the German citizens who turned a blind eye to Hitler and his cronies inhuman treatment of their fellow citizens until it was too late.

They justified the treatment of human beings that way because THEY ALL BOUGHT INTO THE STATUS QUO, just like all those American 'christians' who think GW is some kind of prophet.

We got serious problems with fascists taking over, obliterating every positive reform laboriously accomplished in the last 30 years.

WAKE UP AMERICA!

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Comment #10 posted by Dankhank on January 22, 2006 at 13:08:32 PT
Me too .....
the power of suggestion is a terrible thing ...

I voted for Jose, also ...

also am a concerned citizen .;..

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Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 11:44:54 PT
One More Thing
I liked Number 9.

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Comment #8 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 11:40:06 PT
potpal
I wanted to say that was really good. Maybe you could make up polls and if we answer the polls here or anywhere we could get an idea of how people feel. It looks very hard to do so it is only a suggestion. If you want we could have a poll of the week or month or something. Just an idea.

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Comment #7 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 11:19:27 PT
potpal
That was good. I am only a concerned citizen. I voted for Jose! LOL!

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Comment #6 posted by potpal on January 22, 2006 at 11:05:15 PT
lil fun on sunday
http://www.atbeach.com/burgerlink/proquiz.html

Aloha.

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Comment #5 posted by FoM on January 22, 2006 at 10:41:28 PT
Too Late
Yes it is too late.

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Comment #4 posted by mayan on January 22, 2006 at 10:38:38 PT
The Real Reason
For those who are wondering why the U.S. has it's sites on Iran, it's basically the same reason we invaded Iraq...

Walker's World: Iran's Really Big Weapon: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Walkers_World_Irans_Really_Big_Weapon.html

Thanks for the search engine, cloud7! Imho, the government's been spying on us for years but now that they are threatened by the truth they want us to know for sure that we are being watched. They are simply trying to stifle dissent but it's too late. We won't be silenced.



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Comment #3 posted by Had Enough on January 22, 2006 at 08:54:27 PT
Comment 2
I'm sure terrorists are going to flock to that site.



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Comment #2 posted by cloud7 on January 22, 2006 at 08:27:05 PT
A new search engine
http://blog.outer-court.com/patriot/

"Why not just use Google, Yahoo, or other search engines?

Other search engines often do not share your data immediately upon government request, thereby endangering the safety of your country and the well-being of you and your family. In a specific recent case, only 4 out of 5 search engines allowed the government to see "private" user data!

Only at Patriot Search can you be certain that you're helping the government the way you are supposed to – as a patriotic, obedient, and honest citizen."

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Comment #1 posted by sam adams on January 22, 2006 at 08:14:29 PT
1984 musings
I wonder if Orwell was aware of the cannabis issue when he invented "doublethink". Surely a better example of doublethink mind control cannot exist in today's world.

Just look at this snide editorial, I mean article, by Reuters. It's dripping with resentment/scorn for the dirty little bohemian drug dealers getting together for their little fest. Arjam Roskam..."marijuana cultivator" - it's obvious from the awkward placement of that phrase that Reuteurs is using a euphemism for what the guy REALLY is.....drug dealer! Drug dealer! Otherwise they would've just said "grower".

Of course there is absolutely no difference between this convention and the dozens of brewer and vineyard conventions held around the world every year. Except perhaps that cannabis is safer than alcohol, and a lot easier to produce in quality.

But Reuters and the corporate elite won't be happy until EVERYONE can be turned in and arrested for something. Well, I still believe in the human capability for free thought and initiative. It still takes a hell of a lot of constant manipulation in the media and government propaganda to suppress the truth about cannabis, and they're doing a fairly poor job of it nowadays.

Maybe the government & rich elite don't care about the truth. That's what this is about - they can choose their own truth. The more cops and bureaucrats they hire, the more MJ arrests that happen every year, the more people in jail, it all makes truth increasingly irrelevant. Maybe that's what doublethink means - the truth is right out there in the open for everyone to see. But the government and corporate elite now have so much control over us that truth is irrelevant. Try telling the prison guard who locks you away that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol, see how far it gets you. Try telling the people in charge of you for the first 18 years of your life - public school teachers and administrators - that cannabis is safe and see how far you get. Maybe you can get one to agree with you - in private of course. They don't want to be turned in either.

Try telling your corporation's drug tester that cannabis is safe, as you put your d*** away under his watchful gaze. How far is truth going to get you now?

I just googled-up a great site on Orwell, have a look:

http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-dict.html

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