Happy 4/20!

[lbpesq]

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy 420!  I'm off to the annual NORML conference in San Francisco for the next 3 days.  Tommy Chong is the speaker at the luncheon on Friday.  Big fun!
 
Bill, tgo

[crgaston]

I wish all my high school students weren't celebrating it while we're preparing for the state's End of Course Tests!
 
Have fun at the conference!

[David Houck]

Bill; I see you're on the panel discussing Challenges Facing Doctors and Patients.  Hope you have a productive and fun conference!

[george_wright]

I feel a certain bond with Charles over this (I'm a college prof).
 
Today I started each class by asking what the date was.  When the the class obliged with 420, I logged on to facebook.com and did a group-search for 420.  We then had a chance to see all the students who had joined the pro-weed groups.
 
I tried to make the point that while smoking weed is neither immoral nor unethical, it is definitely illegal (at least until Bill stops spending so much time playing guitar and changes the world :-)!).  Students don't need the baggage of explaining away their facebook antics to school administrators or potential employers.
 
BTW, those of you with college-age kids ought to ask 'em about their facebook (or myspace) pages.  Their reactions may be interesting :-).
 
This past Easter, we hosted the usual extended family gathering.  My kids and the local nieces and nephews had fun facebooking the non-local nieces and nephews.

[hydrargyrum]

Seems like every day there is a new facebook scandal.  It is surprising what some people deem acceptable for public display.

[David Houck]

What I find interesting about myspace.com is who owns it.

[olieoliver]

I am not saying it's either right or wrong. I personally think its the individuals decision.
I don't indulge but I also don't judge others if they do, it's their bussiness. I do however have a problem with those that light up (anything, cigerettes, weed...)at concerts, this affects MY HEALTH. With that being said, IMHO if it's illegal it's immoral. Websters defines moral as  ;conforming to a standard of right behavior. If you are breaking the law you are NOT conforming to a standard of right behavior.

[pas]

On the one hand you say I also don't judge others if they do.  On the other hand you say if it's illegal, it's immoral.
 
Which is it?

[David Houck]

Olie;
 
I'm not sure I understand what you just said.
 
Apparently you believe that all laws, no matter what town, city, county, state or country they are established in, are moral.
 
So that would mean that stoning someone to death for having an affair is moral just so long as it happens to be the law in that particular area.
 
Is this what you were saying?

[David Houck]

Reflecting further:
 
Because Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus, she was an immoral person?

[tom_z]

Hehe - Fun coincidence - I happened to open this thread and playing in the background was Yonder Mountain String Band playing Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown.
And  this one's a classic too. Make sure you check out the last half of this one - really nice breakdown.
 
Just a little something for the bluegrass and othergrass lovers out there. =)
 
Tom

[tom_z]

Oops - this thread took on a bit of a different tone while I was in what turned out to be the rather long process of posting.
 
Oh well - I hope singing about something illegal isn't immoral.

[crgaston]

I imagine that if all marijuana users spent half the time, money, and effort on changing the laws that they do on obtaining and using it, it WOULD be legal.  Bill, that's gotta be something you think about...

[David Houck]

LOL!  Tom, that happens to me a lot; sit around forever composing a post, and in the meantime the thread has picked up several more posts.
 
Nice mandolin playing on those tunes by the way!  Thanks!

[lidon2001]

I think that depends who's listening Tom.  And since I've now got a Skylark too, sing away!  I might join in some off key harmony...
 
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