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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Death at Tranquility Bay (Teen Help), Jamaica
« on: August 01, 2001, 03:10:59 PM »
Re: Death at Tranquility Bay (Teen Help), Jamaica
That article was disturbing for a number of reasons.  I can't believe the staff would be so cold to this tragic incident and still accuse the dead 17-year old girl as being "manipulative" and doing it "for attention"  Valeriedied died pursuing one of the most worthy endeavors I know of: freedom.

Teen Help and Tranquillity Bay are criminal.  I wish these stories would stir more public outrage. What was Valerie's crime?  


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Anybody like drinking beer and listening to Pink Floyd?
« on: July 01, 2001, 05:39:32 AM »
I don't believe in moderation
An old girlfriend of mine once said "Balance but never moderation".  I agree fully.  There is a time to work, a time to play, I time to sow, a time to reap, etc. I choose to do whatever I'm doing 100%!  When its time to relax and party, do it!


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / I almost peed my pants!!!!!!
« on: June 01, 2001, 06:51:47 AM »
Jetandra



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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Need a place to stay...
« on: June 02, 2001, 12:57:25 AM »
John


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Need a place to stay...
« on: June 01, 2001, 06:50:54 AM »

[ This Message was edited by: jetandra30 on 2004-03-23 15:26 ]


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / All of you bare your souls, but leave MY kids alone!!!!
« on: June 01, 2001, 06:17:59 AM »
Re: All of you bare your souls, but leave MY kids alone!!!!
President Bush has a legitimate argument that this is a private affair and that they should be left alone.  I agree.  But why can't he keep us alone also?  His own law would put his children in jail for 6 months if they get busted again.  Who in their right minds would support such an outrageous idea?  President Bush. Not for his children of course, just everybody else.  Just say blow! www.justsayblow.com


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Psych Crime
« on: August 01, 2001, 06:38:12 AM »
Re: Psych Crime-Ginger
I agree.  By the way, Thomas S. Szasz has a section for Jeffrey Schaler on his web page: www.enabling.org/ia/szasz/schaler/

He was the speaker and author of "addiction is a choice" at the conference. I really liked the things he had to say.

I was diagnosed with ADD when I was about 12 or 13 years old.  My parents told my pediatrician that my grades were slipping (from solid A's to A's and B's) and it didn't take him more than 30 seconds to diagnose me with ADD and prescribe me with Ritalin.  Now I write computer code all day without the help of any  SSRI?s (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) like Ritalin, meth, Adderol or Cocaine. Fortunately, I was only on Ritalin for a few months.  Also, how does one differentiate between clinical depression and well, depression?  

Straight also had the knack to diagnose me in about 30 seconds.  True genius!! I believe there?s such thing as actual professionals in the psych industry, but there are also plenty of charlatans like Miller out there as well. There?s also mass over-diagnosis of supposed "diseases" and over-prescription of very powerful drugs and dangerous drugs.


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / I'm here!
« on: June 01, 2001, 07:07:25 AM »
I'm here!
This is my first time at th is new board, I'm just getting used to it.  I've been very busy working and I'm gettting involved!  I'm going to an Amnesty International meeting this week and will be attending the Portland NORML meeting also. I'd like to get involved with a teen advocacy group.  I just got finished reading "An American Gulag" and it seems to me that NOBODY should be incarerated against their will unless they are actually guilty of some sort of actual crime.  I saw some of the most harmless people in the world sent to Straight, myself included.  


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / **Warning*** Here we go again!!!!!
« on: June 01, 2001, 06:32:59 AM »
Re: **Warning*** Here we go again!!!!!
Great, they had some useful links to some legalization efforts that I wasn't aware of.  I wonder how many more hits these pages get than their own.


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Am I in the right place?
« on: August 01, 2001, 05:48:07 AM »
John


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / A very quiet board....
« on: October 01, 2001, 04:43:00 AM »
A very quiet board....
This board has been very quiet since 9-11 and it?s very understandable.  Suddenly a new issue is on our plates; indeed on the entire worlds plate that overshadows our grievances and makes them look small and indeed they are in comparison to what has happened in NYC and elsewhere.

Virtually every group has compared our current crisis to their personal politics and struggles and ours is no exception. Al Qaida is a cult and we?ve seen the effects of this cult.  To be fair, we also supported the Egyptians in a ruthless attack of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. My point is that the issue goes way beyond who is right and who is wrong but what is fair and what is unfair in expressing your beliefs and playing the game of politics and religion. The terrorists obviously grossly crossed that line and inflamed the entire world, both west and east, with their ruthlessness.  I just think that its important that we play fairly and respect the rules of politics, the rules of warfare and the rules of religion, et al.

The important difference between the Straights and us is not merely our beliefs, but how we address our beliefs. We are fighting for our beliefs under fair rules, they never did. They fought for their beliefs under the rules of a cult, which supercedes all rules and is completely above and beyond the law. Al Qaida and Bin Laden also function this way.

I?m reading ?Jihad vs. McWorld? written in 1996 which I highly recommend.  Perhaps even more interesting, is a special that PBS did on Frontline called ?Looking for Answers? which will be replayed many times and is incredible and attempts to give a history to our current crisis

I could talk about this forever but I just want everybody to know that my focus has readjusted to America?s crisis which has affected all of us greatly.  I know that some of you may have lost somebody dear to you and I wish I had some answers but I think all of us have learned to look beneath the surface and that is a gift.  I pray for us all in the uncertain times ahead.


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Can Anyone Help?
« on: October 01, 2001, 03:24:47 PM »
We all have a story
We all have a sincere heartfelt tale, tales that border on unbelievable.  It should be obvious to everybody right now the dangers of extreme radical fundamentalism, cults, and forcing one's beliefs on others.


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / www.stopsembler.org
« on: September 02, 2001, 12:40:25 AM »
John


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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Decriminalization
« on: August 01, 2001, 05:32:38 AM »
ALL Drugs, including heroin and crack, are decriminalized in Spain and just recently in Portugal.  They are still illegal and its no walk in the park getting "busted" but you will absolutely not be incarcerated (in jail or prison) for such minor offenses such as possession.  It?s the equivalent of getting a speeding ticket and nobody enjoys getting a speeding ticket. One study in Spain showed that users who are incarcerated use more drugs while incarcerated than while on the street! Did drug use go up in Spain with the liberalization of drug laws?  Nope. They also use far less illegal drugs than Americans.  Who benefits by putting users in prison?  Tax payers?  The community?  The user?  People are a benefit to society and their community when they are healthy and gainfully employed, whether drug user or not.  Ginger, I loved the drug free America picture, that's hilarious!

Decriminalization is a step in the right direction freeing up vast public resources but still fails to put the criminal cartels and drug dealers out of business and still encourages street crime, drug trafficking and money laundering among other social ills.  There?s also an issue of enforcement.  Some sexual positions are still illegal in some states but they are not enforced.  Marijuana is illegal in Vancouver B.C. but is officially a low enforcement priority as it should be.  B.C. cops estimated that every minor pot arrest gets a cop of the street for about 3 hours and they can?t afford to do that.  Enforcement of the law actually makes the streets MORE dangerous as cops must spend all their time processing these ?criminal? as opposed to keeping the streets safe.  At least that?s the way the cops say things and I agree with them.

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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Seattle Hempfest
« on: August 02, 2001, 02:57:33 AM »
Seattle Hempfest
While the Seattle Hempfest may not be everybody's cup of tea, I thought I'd give a brief report about my weekend trip up to Seattle.  The Seattle Hempfest is the largest gathering/protest/celebration for hemp/marijuana in the world and it was cool to be there for that reason alone. There was a wide variety of people there for different reasons. Last year they had approximately 100,000 people and I suspect it was similar this year.  There were 6 stages,  and tons of booths.  I spent most of my time going to booths and simply talking to people like the ACLU, Cop watch, November Coalition, High Times, NORML, Jack Herer, PETA (I'm a vegetarian), Dancesafe, and countless others.  People were smoking pot everywhere and right in front of the police, absolute civil disobedience. Last year nobody was cited for smoking pot, I suspect the same thing happened this year.  Woody Harrelson got the crowd wild with the count down to 4:20 and I've surely never seen so much pot smoke in my entire life. On top of everything, I didn't even smoke any pot!  I'm in training for a race so I'm being a good boy for the time being.  It was great fun and I was in wonderful company, I can't wait to back next year.

www.seattlehempfest.com


Things are changing.  I believe there?s unstoppable momentum behind this movement and will joyously watch it as it progresses.  Some of the cops themselves donated money to the Hemp Coalition.  


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