(message forwarded from jamie, via listproc and Tim Howe) (BTW, it wasnt the content that caused the bounce... )
> Just to be slightly on-topic, I think there is an important message > for all of us un Jake's mail here: Just as the Gov, big business, > the media, and all the powers that be managed to twist our culture > to view a plant (for chrissake!) as an evil enemy, they can also > manage to put Open Source in the same catagory as far as society > is concerned. I see MANY efforts that seem to be trying to do > just that! GPL is "unamerican", hackers are "terrorists", free > software is "piracy". > The people I work for get VERY suspicious when I tell them > the software I'm using for this and that is free. I'm sure I don't > have to provide more examples. These claims don't even have to be > legitimate. The first law in America that made cannabis illegal > was passed in Texas for no other reason but to give law enforcement > something to harrass the mexicans with. Regan was turned against > the plant because his science advisors told him it caused > homosexuality. > > Anyway, I just woke up and felt the need to rant. I hope this > doesn't get the FBI knocking on my door... =/ > > > TimH > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 01:50:08AM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:31:28PM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: > > > >> How much is the T1 $? > > > > > > > >~180/mo; 786k data/6 voice lines (needed the voice lines for a while) > > > > > > That's not bad. I thought it cost a lot more. > > > > Yeah, I was pretty stoked on the price. > > > > > It looks like the business is pretty much centered around marijuana. > > > Why is it called Granite Sky? Is that your store over on 13th street? > > > > Actually, it's centered on local artisans. All the products are made > > here in Eugene. Granite Sky ... winter in Eugene. The place on 13th > > used to be Shivadas Glass Gallery; last I heard it was being taken over > > by Jerome Baker Designs (who by the way import some of their products > > from under-developed countries, the punks! Yes, it is a surprisingly > > large industry, complete with Las Vegas trade shows :) > > > > <WOT> > > Just curious, have you ever heard of Jack Herer's book "The Emperor Wears > > No Clothes"? I have a signed copy :) Did you know cannabis (marijuana is > > a Mexican slang term from the song "La Cucaracha", if you read the book, > > that song will have a lot more meaning) was the #1 prescribed drug in the > > US prior to the "invention" of aspirin and penicillin. Did you know that > > George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis (indeed, it was law > > in several states that landowners were REQUIRED to grow cannabis), and > > Ben Franklin was a hemp seed smuggler? They don't teach that in school!! > > Had Congress listened to the AMA instead of the Treasury Department (they > > needed something for all those agents who were hired during Prohibition > > to do), the Middle East would mean *nothing* to us today, as we would > > have an abundant supply of clean, hot burning oil and cellulose for all > > our plastic needs. "Popular Mechanics" prepared an article called "The > > Billion Dollar Crop", which was about the industrial uses of cannabis. > > The Marijuana Tax Act passed shortly before press time. The article is > > reprinted in "The Emperor Wears No Clothes". Interestingly, I > > discovered that book in college, and yes, it did make me a bit cynical > > about "The American Way". > > </WOT> > > > > > The educational system is mainly just an intelligence/endurance test to > > > see where you end up in the socio-economic pecking order. You just have > > > to fight your way through it while trying to sustain a minimum of brain > > > damage. Sometimes I think the people who come out on top are so scarred > > > by the process that they've lost most of their creativity and humanity. > > > I guess it insures that the people running the world are goal oriented > > > and ambitious even if it means they end up narrow minded and heartless. > > > > Heh, my sister and her boyfriend graduated law school near the top of > > their class. Neither of them could comprehend OpenSource, or how it > > could be good in any way. "But why do work for free?", they kept asking > > :/ > > > > -- > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --fATFMmC02797.1007054666/clavin.efn.org--
