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Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday. May 13, 2009 - Page 7
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I Parent shocked todiscover syringe onbeach
you can bring a ponntment comes your
special understanding way; To the Editor: bit scared, that someone could be so Sincerely,
To all those en- if you take prude in This past Thursday, May 7, my careless as •to put children into harms A concerned mons.
trusted toyour care giving your profession two -and -a -half -year-old son, and his way by not properly disposing of Crystal Brennan -Yeo
And meet their The finest talents great-uncle were walking along St. their "garbage".
needs, no matter how and skills you possess Christopher's Beach, having just I love this town, and our beach.
demanding Then all your spent time playing on the nearby Please, let's keep it a safe place for
With patience and dreams and goals will playground equipment. My boy loves all to enjoy.
energy to spare; fund expression to throw stones into the lake 'just like
If you can lend each And, as a nurse, his daddy does', in an effort to try
task your full devotion you'll bb a great suc- and make them skip. Therefore, it office promises
And always try to cess. was no surprise to his great-uncle,
listen and to cheer, -author unknown when he bent down to pick up yet
If you can learn to another rock.
understand emotion,
Unfortunately, when my son stood bridgepaint by year.
And comfort others up, he was not holding a simple
just by being near; Happy Nurses stone. Instead, he was grasping a To the citizens of Goderich who Please doii't hold your breath be-
Ifyou look forward used syringe that someone had so signed the petition requesting the cause I got the same answer five
withanticipaetionDonna Phillips- dangerously left lying in the sand. bridge be painted: years ago when the river bridge was
To meeting special Grande I can only thank God and •our near- It is myunderstanding from the reworked on.
challenges each day, B.U.P. ONA Local by guardian angel that he did not get local MPP's
s office that this project
If you keep your 21 pricked by the needle. The police will be undertaken when major work Colin MacMillan
faith and dedication • AM&GH were called to take care of it, but I is done on Highway 21 in the years Meneset Park
Wheneverdisap- can't help but be disappointed, and a 2010-2012.
Thedebate to legalize marijuana, uh, was I?
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of this up and I swear I have not
California has reopened the debate on had a really good toke on a
the legalization of marijuana faster very old sock for almost 72
than you can say: "Like dude, whatever hours.
you just said is awesome!" Having The case involved a
given up all hope of become president 28 -year-old man in London,
of the United States, Arnold now wants Ontario who was charged
to become Obama's Maharaji. with illegally selling hemp
There's so much illegal marijuana seedlings from his retail
being grown in California that legaliz- clothing store. Federal Justice
ing and then taxing it would make the Department lawyers contend -
state instantly wealthy. There is so ed that hemp, which is a
much illegal marijuana being grown derivative of cannabis could
here in Wainfleet that legalizing and be smoked to produce the
then taxing it might allow us all to same effect as marijuana. From . my
drink water from the tap and fearlessly best recollection of the `60s, the scien-
flush a toilet now and again. tific term for the effect of marijuana
Since the abolition of vices has never smoking is pervasive giddiness inter -
worked, not for alcohol or prostitution, rupted by the odd snorgle.
the day will inevitably come when all The feds claim there should be no
democratic countries will legalize, con- distinction between a marijuana ciga-
trol and profit from the sale of drugs by rette and hemp clothing since both
the state thereby ending drug wars, could be consumed as a drug. The store
overcrowded prisons and most of owner disagreed and took his case to
today's gang violence. Portugal has the Ontario Court of Appeal claiming
already done this quite successfully the federal government did not prove
with a drop in crime and drug use. Like that his hemp clothing was of the
alcoholics, they treat heavy drug use intoxicating kind.
like the disease it is. When this argument was presented in
After governments try every other court, the defendant became stressed
unworkable idea, common sense usu- and subsequently chewed the sleeve off
ally replaces hysteria. his hemp sweat shirt and played air
However Governor Schwarzenegger guitar for the remainder of the trial.
would be wise to review a test case Lawyers for both sides were called to
here in Ontario a few years back which the bench where they sniffed the judge's
revealed the horrible criminal conse- hemp robes and began chanting: "All
quences that can result from smoking we are saying ... is give peace a
your shirt. First let me say, I do not chance."
smoke. Secondly, if I did smoke, I Okay those two events did not actu-
don't see myself propped up in bed, ally happen but let's not forget, that
reading a newspaper, sipping coffee most people in the Canadian legal sys-
and smoking my pajama top.. Thirdly, I tem today are baby boomers which
don't own a pajama top, makes lawyers denouncing marijuana a
In Canada where it is legal to burn lot like hookers speaking out against
the national flag, it is illegal to smoke sex.
your shirt. Honest. I am not making I imagine the appeals trial went
something like this: pipe to court. In conclusion, all law -
Judge: "I will remind the yers urged everyone in the courtroom
defendant that he is under to just say 'no' to smoking marijuana
oath. Now, have you ever which in the long run they reasoned,
had the occasion to snioke would help bring the price down.
your shirt?" Legal distinction between marijua-
Defendant: "Ah, yeah I did na and hemp clothing could have far -
but I like quit?" reaching ramifications in the drug
Judge: "You quit smok- world. For instance, a drug dealer
ing?" busted for trafficking in marijuana
Defendant: "I quit smok- could still legally sell his overcoat to
All the worlds ing my shirt." an undercover officer. And let's say,
A Judge: "And when was for the sake of legal argument that the
Circus...that?" undercover officer was also wearing
Defendant: "When I got to the arm- hemp undergarments. That, legal or
pit." not, would be very itchy.
Judge: "Man, that's gross." I know what you're thinking. You're
Defendant: "That's nothin'. Like thinking Bill, where in hell's half
once 1 had to change a baby that had acres of homegrown hydroponic grass
like a hemp diaper and ...." will this end? My point, and yes I did
Judge: "Yuckkkk-O! Clear the have one before my hat caught fire, is
courtroom. Case dismissed." that the .governor of California must
The defendant did plead guilty to a first define what is and what is not
lesser charge of indecent exposure. It marijuana, otherwise LA's shirtless
seems he became confused that morn- could outnumber its homeless, if you
ing, hiding his hemp clothes in a know what I mean.
crawl space and wearing his water
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