Posts by mark taslov
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Speaker: Cannabis: make it legal but…, in reply to bob daktari,
I grow tobacco – for exactly that reason. It’s daylight robbery stimulating night time robbery.
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Speaker: Cannabis: make it legal but…, in reply to SimonD,
Even the most socially anxious can manage a pot plant surely?
As Russell said:
people who can’t or don’t want to grow their own. Which is a lot of people.
As Joe said:
some of us are blessed with “black thumbs”, the magical ability to kill any kind of plant we might try to grow.
As Nic said:
Joe I am also a notorious plant murderer.
And as Russell also said:
Am I going to go to the bother of growing one strain for going to gigs or doing housework and another to relax and deal with my back pain? Probably not.
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Speaker: Cannabis: make it legal but…, in reply to SimonD,
there will be a ton
I’m not sure if you checked the link but there already are a ton of seeds coming in.
19,000 – 2018
43,000 – 2017It covers most of the country, Adams said.
the issue is that importation is grounds for a search warrant.
My feeling is if you can’t be bothered to grow it or find someone to give it to you then go without
Kind of forces those with social anxiety into a difficult spot.
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Speaker: Cannabis: make it legal but…, in reply to Rob S,
What say I want to grow some good shit but can’t source seeds/plants?
Happy to be corrected, that’s something I’ve not seen much discussion of specifically wrt decriminalisation of cultivation, whether for personal use or clubs, namely the loosening of restrictions on seed importation from reputable sources.
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and because it's coming from all quarters lately:
transmisogyny
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incel
centrist
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Up Front: R.O.A.R., in reply to Moz,
Totally, I was impressed with the evenhandedness in that Sports Medicine article both in covering the background and in highlighting that there’s considerably more complexity to this than the journalist (above) and DPF would care to acknowledge in perpetuating the myth that oversight of these issues is the purview of our Government with its proposed amendments to the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act.
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Up Front: R.O.A.R., in reply to mark taslov,
Additional background from the British Journal of Sports Medicine – for anyone interested in nurturing an informed discussion on this topic.
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Continuing this intermittent and tiresome fact-check of the Herald article, in the context of "Under the proposed new law”, the journalist stated:
How about Laurel Hubbard competing straight-faced as a female in weightlifting? And all those other athletes around the world winning hands down against biological women? Is it fair to females, who’ve often trained their whole lives, only to come second to a biologically stronger athlete – no matter how they identify?
Which has absolutely nothing to do with ’the proposed new law’. Independent bodies responsible for administering competitive sport will continue to exercise oversight of regulations governing the participation of all competitors, trans, intersex or otherwise.
Self-declaration will not change this provision.
further reading:
Laurel Hubbard: five myths about transgender athletes debunked
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Access: Lest we forget: the influenza…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
On that note thank you for sharing all this Hilary – so much forgotten/erased history. I found this documentary pertaining to how Samoa was directly impacted by this contamination incredibly moving and educational, as you mentioned:
Grief and anger towards New Zealand and its neglectful governance fostered the growth of the Mau independence movement and led to the 1929 Black Saturday deaths.
Such avoidable loss of life:
In November 1918, the Spanish flu strongly hit the territory. 90% of the 38,302 native inhabitants were infected and 20% died. The American Samoa population was largely spared this devastation, due to vigorous efforts of its Governor. This led to some Samoan citizens petitioning in January 1919 for transfer to U.S administration, or at least general British administration. The petition was recalled a few days later.