Re: want to see Bass trying to get out of an argument that he cant win?

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JoeRaisin wrote:
> Robert L Bass wrote:
>> "JoeRaisin" wrote:
>>>
>>> I know, but I like to correct such 'jokes' as they perpetuate the
>>> myth that those supporting industrial hemp do so simply because they
>>> wish to use it recreationally.
>>
>> It's not entirely a myth.  Sir Edmund Hillary used the stuff
>> recreationally for years.
>>
>
> There is a difference between the cannabis used recreationally and
> industrial hemp.  One could smoke dried industrial hemp but I wouldn't
> call it "recreationally" any more than one would use cigarettes
> recreationally.  You won't achieve any level of intoxication.
>
> One big reason given these days as to why industrial hemp is illegal is
> that the DEA is worried legitimate Hemp fields will be used to
> camouflage their smaller illicit cousins.
>
> Of course that would be easily resolved by writing in an implied consent
> clause in the law subjecting industrial hemp growers to unannounced spot
> inspections of fields and outbuildings.
>
>
>
>
>>> I didn't say they would be the best brownies you ever had (I have a
>>> feeling hempseed flour would need a lot of help taste-wise) but
>>> hey... a brownie is a brownie... Mmmm.... chocolate.... ice cold
>>> milk....
>>
>> That's the spirit.  :^)
>>

When the world finishes destroying the remaining rain forests, pollute
the last of our fresh water lakes, and use up all its other natural
resources, that's when they will consider the hemp option.

Jim Rojas