<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I like it!<br><br><br></div><div><br>On May 25, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Joe,<br><br>You asked, 'But what if it were a different drug? What if your friend were shooting up?'<br><br>My position is the same; I would decriminalize them all. I think the War of Drugs is a complete failure, and I don't support laws like frequenting. It lets the state criminalize everyone who's there, not just those in possession or using.<br><br>'What if your friend was a fireman taking oxycodon? Would it matter then?'<br><br>If someone is under the influence of oxycodone in a job like that, then yes, I think it's a problem. But I'm not joining the parade demanding random tests for firefighters or police officers. You should have a reason to test someone, not just impose tests on all.<br><br>Sunil<br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 06:55:52 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [corrected] Hmmm . . .<br>> From: <a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a><br>> CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> <br>> I agree with you, Sunil.<br>> <br>> But what if it were a different drug? What if your friend were<br>> shooting up? What if your friend was a fireman taking oxycodon? Would<br>> it matter then? Joe<br>> <br>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Sunil Ramalingam<br>> <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > So let's say you are at a friend's place, you're drinking a beer. Your<br>> > friend lights up a joint. You don't leave, you just stay there and keep<br>> > watching the football game. You never touch the joint, you decline politely<br>> > when your friend offers it to you.<br>> ><br>> > Now somehow the police show up. They charge your friend with possession of<br>> > weed, and they charge you with frequenting.<br>> ><br>> > You support that? Seriously? Do you also support our War on Drugs?<br>> ><br>> > Sunil<br>> ><br>> > ________________________________<br>> > CC: <a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [corrected] Hmmm . . .<br>> > Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 00:48:44 -0700<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a><br>> ><br>> > It is really quite simple.<br>> ><br>> > I support the criminal charge of "frequenting a place where [illegal] drugs<br>> > are used."<br>> ><br>> > I simply do not believe that marijuana should be considered an illegal drug.<br>> ><br>> > I believe that the term "illegal" is implicit in the charge, otherwise<br>> > police would be staking out such facilities as Gritman Medical Center,<br>> > Moscow Family Medicine, and other "place[s] where drugs are used."<br>> ><br>> > Oops. I almost added the Moscow Fire Department to that list.<br>> ><br>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> ><br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> > "If not us, who?<br>> > If not now, when?"<br>> ><br>> > - Unknown<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On May 23, 2012, at 0:06, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>><br>> > wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Sunil,<br>> ><br>> > Yes, it does sound like his position is, "It is ok to smoke MJ, just not to<br>> > be hanging around while someone else is smoking it." Doesn't sound logical<br>> > or sound reasoning to me, I am sure he didn't think about it.<br>> ><br>> > I just think they need to end prohibition on MJ, it isn't working and just<br>> > funds violent crime. All that violence and mass murders in Mexico is the<br>> > result of making MJ illegal. If it was rich white people instead of poor<br>> > Mexicans getting their heads chopped off they wouldn't be ignoring the<br>> > situation like they are now. It is racism in its purist form.<br>> ><br>> > Donovan J. Arnold<br>> ><br>> > From: Sunil Ramalingam <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>><br>> > To: vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:51 PM<br>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [corrected] Hmmm . . .<br>> ><br>> > Tom,<br>> ><br>> > While I understand and agree with your sentiments here, I cannot square them<br>> > with your support last week of the nature of the frequenting charge. I hope<br>> > you mis-spoke when you took that position, or perhaps had not thought it<br>> > through.<br>> ><br>> > After all, if you don't think the individuals below should be charged, why<br>> > would you want someone present in the same place as the marijuana to be<br>> > charged?<br>> ><br>> > Sunil<br>> ><br>> > From: <a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a><br>> > Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:20:56 -0700<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > Subject: [Vision2020] [corrected] Hmmm . . .<br>> ><br>> > Courtesy of the "Public Records" section of today's (May 21, 2012)<br>> > Mocow-Pullman Daily News.<br>> ><br>> > -----------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > WSU POLICE<br>> > Thursday<br>> > 7:30 a.m. - An 18-year-old man was arrested via prosecutor's summons for<br>> > alleged possession of marijuana less than 40 grams.<br>> > 8:27 a.m. - An 18-year-old man was arrested via prosecutor's summons for<br>> > alleged possession of marijuana less than 40 grams.<br>> > 10:07 a.m. - An 18-year-old woman was arrested via prosecutor's summons for<br>> > alleged possession of marijuana less than 40 grams.<br>> > -----------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > Two questions, V-Peeps . . .<br>> ><br>> > - How much ya figger it's costin' the Whitman County tax payers to arrest,<br>> > prosecute, and incarcerate these three misdemeanants?<br>> ><br>> > - How much tax revenue ya figger that the state of Washington would have<br>> > realized had those (approximately) 120 grams of marijuana been legalized,<br>> > regulated, and taxed?<br>> ><br>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> ><br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> > "If not us, who?<br>> > If not now, when?"<br>> ><br>> > - Unknown<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ======================================================= List services made<br>> > available by First Step Internet, serving the communities of the Palouse<br>> > since 1994. <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > =======================================================<br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>> > <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > =======================================================<br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>> > <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > =======================================================<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>> > <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > =======================================================<br></div> </div>
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