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Not to drag out another piece of politics into this arena but it does
seem to make a good case study<br>
relative to some of the recent discussion.<br>
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The USA has declared Marc Emery an Enemy of the State much as it would
a foreign terrorist.<br>
Marc Emery has asked the world to be his judge.<br>
<br>
Here we have a real example of actions meant for terrorists and
murderers being applied to<br>
the act of "conspiring" to promote the production of cannabis in the
USA being applied<br>
to a 10 year period retroacatively.<br>
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The response the USA Goverment will get is being done tit for tat.<br>
The question is, will all nations publicly state that they will
subjugate their citizens rights<br>
to laws that are under dispute even in the nation state taking
extra-national action<br>
in an executive fashion to enforce them. <br>
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The question has been called.<br>
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Pot activist Marc Emery rallies supporters in front of U.S. consulate<br>
<br>
by AMY CARMICHAEL<br>
Saturday, September 10, 2005<br>
<a href="http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/050910/n091039A.html">http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/050910/n091039A.html</a><br>
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Marc Emery took a hit from a joint as his fans smoked
and<br>
screamed for his freedom in front of the U.S. consulate.<br>
<br>
The King of Pot, as he is described by American prosecutors, faces<br>
extradition for seed sales - a crime that isn't prosecuted in Canada -
and<br>
up to life in prison if convicted by a U.S. court.<br>
<br>
In the same breath, supporters gathered around him demanded sovereignty
for<br>
Canada and the worldwide legalization of pot.<br>
<br>
People everywhere are outraged and scared it could happened to them,<br>
declared 47-year-old Emery.<br>
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"I want to tell you," he shouted above the yells, "You are part of a
great<br>
awareness. Today, 40 cities around the world, from Warsaw, Moscow,
Russia,<br>
London, Paris, Madrid, Italy, they are rallying at Canadian consulates<br>
around the world. In Melbourne, Australia, and Sydney, Canadian
embassies<br>
are being picketed!"<br>
<br>
Emery said there are about 50 pot seed companies in Canada selling seeds<br>
every day. The businesses, people who buy from them, people who smoke
pot,<br>
believe in Canadian sovereignty, are all appalled he said.<br>
<br>
Emery also referred to a poll by a daily newspaper that showed the
majority<br>
of Canadians are opposed to his extradition.<br>
<br>
"People understand if it happens to me, it can happened to a New
Zealander,<br>
a Mexican person. It can happen to an Australian or a person in England
or<br>
Paris.<br>
<br>
Police officers looked on as Emery spoke and clouds of pot smoke
billowed<br>
above the crowd. One officer commented that it was a nice day and that
he<br>
was glad it didn't rain.<br>
<br>
A number of parents stood in the crowd with babies in strollers. Greg
Popler<br>
had his two-year-old son with him as he joined in to support Emery.<br>
<br>
"For me this is more about Canadian sovereignty. I support the
legalization<br>
of all street drugs, but I'm most against the idea of the U.S. being
able to<br>
take Canadians down to face their brand of justice, which is different
from<br>
ours."<br>
<br>
Emery's extradition hearing starts Sept. 16 in B.C. Supreme Court.<br>
<br>
The longtime pot activist is accused of selling marijuana seeds to
Americans<br>
through the Internet and the mail, conspiracy to manufacture marijuana
and<br>
conspiracy to engage in money laundering.<br>
<br>
His co-accused are Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek and Gregory Keith Smith.<br>
<br>
The trio was arrested in July after Vancouver police raided Emery's pot<br>
paraphernalia store following an 18-month investigation by the U.S. Drug<br>
Enforcement Administration.<br>
<br>
Emery was picked up in Lawrencetown, N.S., while speaking at a music<br>
festival to raise funds for a medical marijuana organization.<br>
<br>
He was detained in a Halifax-area jail cell for several days before
being<br>
transferred to Vancouver.<br>
<br>
During his brief tour and incarceration on the East coast, Emery made
quite<br>
an impression. Supporters rallied for him in Halifax in front of city
hall<br>
Saturday.<br>
<br>
"Halifax is important for this demonstration because this is where Marc<br>
Emery was arrested originally . . . and this whole procedure started,"
said<br>
Marc-Boris St-Maurice.<br>
<br>
St-Maurice, who founded the Marijuana Party before jumping to the
federal<br>
Liberals, said if Emery broke the law he should be prosecuted in Canada.<br>
<br>
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© The Canadian Press, 2005<br>
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