Thousands enjoy a puff of pot to celebrate 4/20

Misc CDN | 409 hits | Apr 20 9:51 pm | Posted by: Hyack

Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts came together in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery Monday to celebrate April 20th -- better known by weed smokers as 4/20.

Comments

by Mr_Canada
Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:38 am
Fun day.

May 2 should also be fun. (Worldwide Marijuana March)
by coaster_dot
Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:45 pm
Yeah, 4-20 was a pretty good day. I also got a lot of stuff done for school.
by Choban
Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:51 pm
Just a regular day,
by Yogi
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:05 pm
What a bunch of morons. Gathering in a public place to collectively break the law sure shows their level of maturity!
by DerbyX
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:16 pm
No. Unjust laws deserve to be protested and fought even sometimes by breaking them. Farmers out west went to jail in order to protest the Wheat Board. I think their "crime" was selling grain directly to the states. Others got themselves arrested protesting the gun registry utilizing a symbolic tool, in this case it was the bare minimum of the guts of a firearm.

This is a good thing.
by Yogi
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:37 pm
Personally, I don't use but don't see anything wrong with weed as compared to alcohol. However, legalization is a political hot potatoe which no one is going to go near any time soon. Such antics are actually counter-productive because as a rule the law doesn't bother with 'personal possession', but when it is thrown in the cops faces they are left with little alternative. Continued lobbying and as more people who believe in legalization actually get involved and become 'politicians' is the sensible approach. In the meantime folks can continue to 'fly under the radar' with little or no repercussions.
by romanP
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:38 pm
"Yogi" said
What a bunch of morons. Gathering in a public place to collectively break the law sure shows their level of maturity!

If it were farmers bearing their rifles in protest of the gun registry, would you say the same thing?
by commanderkai
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:38 pm
Something happened yesterday? Must of missed it.
by DerbyX
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:40 pm
"Yogi" said
Personally, I don't use but don't see anything wrong with weed as compared to alcohol. However, legalization is a political hot potatoe which no one is going to go near any time soon. Such antics are actually counter-productive because as a rule the law doesn't bother with 'personal possession', but when it is thrown in the cops faces they are left with little alternative. Continued lobbying and as more people who believe in legalization actually get involved and become 'politicians' is the sensible approach. In the meantime folks can continue to 'fly under the radar' with little or no repercussions.

Except that these people want it to be legalized and are working towards that goal. Its fine for the police to adopt an unofficial policy of not charging folks only caught with a small amount like a few grams but in the end people don't want to take the chance.
by romanP
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:42 pm
"Yogi" said
Personally, I don't use but don't see anything wrong with weed as compared to alcohol. However, legalization is a political hot potatoe which no one is going to go near any time soon.

Government will waffle and waste even more time not paying attention to the issue if nobody talks or does anything about it.

Such antics are actually counter-productive because as a rule the law doesn't bother with 'personal possession'

Yes they do, it happens all the time. Two years ago, when it rained on 4/20 and few people showed up at Major's Hill Park or Parliament Hill, five people got arrested for possession.

Continued lobbying and as more people who believe in legalization actually get involved and become 'politicians' is the sensible approach.

It is one approach. But we can't all be politicians.
by Yogi
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:43 pm
"romanP" said
What a bunch of morons. Gathering in a public place to collectively break the law sure shows their level of maturity!

If it were farmers bearing their rifles in protest of the gun registry, would you say the same thing?
by romanP
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:45 pm
"Yogi" said
What a bunch of morons. Gathering in a public place to collectively break the law sure shows their level of maturity!

If it were farmers bearing their rifles in protest of the gun registry, would you say the same thing?

Why? How should people protest, if not by demonstration?
by Yogi
Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:54 pm
"Yogi" said
Continued lobbying and as more people who believe in legalization actually get involved and become 'politicians' is the sensible approach. In the meantime folks can continue to 'fly under the radar' with little or no repercussions.
by romanP
Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:33 pm
"romanP" said
It is one approach. But we can't all be politicians.