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The term conspiracy has a broad stroke and use of that term reverts
many things back to the<br>
cold war days of the 1950-65 era when spying involving technology used
in business<br>
could land you in jail for 20-40 years for "benchmarking" another
country's technology.<br>
<br>
The global village does include afganis, arabs, indians , chinese, who
do have<br>
some pretty different ingrained world views.<br>
<br>
Where does integration cause conflict, struggle and worse.<br>
How can diversity and individual rights to worldviews become the<br>
source of international conflict and what mechanisms can manage<br>
to keep a global village from becoming a global blood bath or<br>
in the below example a cross border "situation"?<br>
<br>
One day it is cannabis, another it might be interspecies transfer of
organ self-regenerative capacity from mice to<br>
willing human subjects as a fee based commercial service. <br>
<br>
Managing the products change is a mighty challenging task.<br>
<br>
Just imaging as the singularity ramps up how different nation states
with differing economic , social, religeous<br>
and political views will<br>
react to it as a prospect or to the actual thing.<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 100%;">AB: PUB LTE: <span
style="color: green;">Pot</span> Heads More Dangerous Than Osama Bin
Laden</span><br>
<br>
URL: <a href="http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1455/a07.html"
target="_blank">http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1455/a07.html</a><br>
Newshawk: Herb<br>
Votes: 0<br>
Pubdate: Fri, 09 Sep 2005<br>
Source: Leduc Representative (CN AB)<br>
Copyright: 2005 Leduc Representative<br>
Contact: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:leducrep@ccinet.ab.ca">leducrep@ccinet.ab.ca</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.leducrepresentative.com/" target="_blank">http://www.leducrepresentative.com/</a><br>
Details: <a href="http://www.mapinc.org/media/2265" target="_blank">http://www.mapinc.org/media/2265</a><br>
Author: Russell Barth <br>
<br>
<br>
POT HEADS MORE DANGEROUS THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN <br>
<br>
Dear Editor: <br>
<br>
U.S. officials had Canadian officers arrest internet marijuana seed
dealer Marc Emery. <br>
<br>
It seems clear the U.S. thinks Emery and his seeds are a much bigger
threat to the status quo than, say, Osama Bin Laden. <br>
<br>
While
police in the U.K. are rounding up Pakistani-born bombing suspects, the
U.S. is rounding up Canadian-born marijuana-law-reform activists. <br>
<br>
When
they searched the home and business of Mr. Emery, by the way, they
failed to find any weapons of mass destruction, or Osama. <br>
<br>
Does
this mean the U.S. can also extradite Canadians for speaking out
against the Bush Administration? Bush made it clear that 'You are
either with us, or with the terrorists.' <br>
<br>
Since most Canadians are against both, exactly what qualifies as being
'criminal' in the eyes of the White House? <br>
<br>
Can publicly disagreeing with certain U.S. laws and policies get
Canadians sent to Gitmo? <br>
<br>
Just
how far does their Patriot Act reach, and why do their laws reach into
our country? Should Canadians be more careful what we say on the phone,
over the Internet, or too our friends in public? <br>
<br>
Could we be
extradited for things we have written or said publicly? Could having
anti-U.S. thoughts be considered an 'act of terrorism?' How soon before
the U.S. extradites Carolyn Parrish for her comments? <br>
<br>
Will we see U.S. police or military personnel walking around Vancouver
like they do in Iraq, searching for suspects ? <br>
<br>
I
have been an outspoken drug-law-reform activist who has publicly
criticized the Bush administration, their illegal war, and their insane
foreign polices. <br>
<br>
Could I be extradited for that? <br>
<br>
It
looks like the time has finally come where we should just take down all
the Canadian flags from courthouses and Parliament Hill and all
government buildings, and put Old Glory up in its place. <br>
<br>
If
U.S. officials can just come to Canada and arrest people for something
that may or may not even be a crime here, our sovereignty is now
officially gone. <br>
<br>
Russell Barth Federal Medical Marijuana License Holder <br>
<br>
Educators For Sensible Drug Policy <a href="http://www.efsdp.org"
target="_blank">http://www.efsdp.org</a> <br>
<br>
Ottawa, Ont. </b><br>
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