What
was I thinking?
Damn
good question!
It made
me do a whole lot more!
The day
after I posted I HATE TWO-FACED POLITICIANS (which follows this one), I
received a question from a Reader that threw me. A friend Eric requested I answer
a question from Jodie. She had asked him a question about my post about M.P. Jean
Crowder and the odor crisis in Shawinigan Falls. I agreed to answer before I saw
it.
This
reader, whoever she is, is one smart girl because she thinks like me! She read
my post and it didn’t gel with her perspective of the situation and she was
questioning MY
logic and reasoning! In short her question boiled down to:
“Are you nuts?”
I wasn’t
sure, so I read my post as if I had not written it
Following
find her question and my attempt to defend myself:
Jodie:
I’m not
sure I understand the writer's problem with the MPs
statement. Nowhere does she state that she doesn't support medical marijuana.
The NDP were the first party to support, and have consistently for years. What she does say is that if somebody is given a
license to grow for the government, they still have to obey local bylaws. That
is just common sense. As for a more commercial model of grow-ops, she says
that is coming.... she doesn't say that she supports that model.
Personally, I don't like either model. People should be allowed to have a couple of plants for personal use, medical or recreational.
Personally, I don't like either model. People should be allowed to have a couple of plants for personal use, medical or recreational.
To answer
your question Jodie: I was prompted to write the post because it’s a one-sided half
picture of the problem being reported. It’s a collaboration of the two main sources
of misinformation that have helped create the negative impression that the
public has regarding Medical Marijuana. The “Press” who ignore critical little
details in their attempt to report exaggeration as the “Truth” and Politicians
who ignore obvious truths in their propagandizing of whatever position they
hold this week. Both these sources speak with perceived authority from a
position of respect and readers deserve a more balanced presentation of fact.
In this
instance the reporter did a lousy job of reporting with information probably
received via e-mail or phone and no first hand information at all. Readers
might have been interested in who this Skunkman is and what he had to say in
his own defense? How many plants? He’s a dedicated grower: How many patients is
he supplying? Just how sick are they? What terrible diseases? What are they
allowed as a dose. How bad was the smell?
She has no first hand knowledge to
judge whether the complaint is justified, or a fiction concocted by ignorant
neighbors to eliminate the criminal element and all the safety hazards that
just moved in next door?
I don’t
think the reporter has any intention of following up on this outrage to let her
public know the result when it happens, do you? I didn’t like chewing out
another reporter but if she gets another shot at anything to do with Medical
Marijuana she will report it with a lot more attention to detail and accuracy
than she did here. That lack of detail may well apply to her reporting of Ms.
Crowder’s remarks that made up the second half of her composition so I allow
more leeway regarding her statements.
I didn’t
want to mention Ms. Crowder, but what she was reported as saying was totally
misleading. She should not have commented about the personal growth issue
because she obviously has no idea how complex this subject is.
To begin
the article she is reported as almost recommending that Municipalities enact
bylaws to control the problem of personal growth. She is totally unaware that
by doing so she is encouraging them to follow the example of Surrey who has
enacted a bylaw so prohibitive to personal growth it is virtually impossible to
meet compliance requirements much less the $5000 initial fee application.
The
basis for the ridiculous operating requirements of the MMRP is found in the Surrey bylaw. Both
are designed with a Complexity requiring the expenditure of a fortune for a
ridiculously Ultra High Tech Security System: a multiplicity of unnecessary
Quality Control tests and Production methods.
She should have kept her mouth
shut but her performance was very illustrative of the stereotypical performance
of nearly every politician confronted with a question about something they know
very little about. Bafflegab!
Unfortunately
for Ms. Crowder these are her constituents and she musr reassure them and let
them know she has their best interests at heart. She announces there will be an
end to the problem as soon as the commercializing of supply planned by the
Harperites will bring an end to this terrible offensive odor activity.
I got
the impression she is pleased the Cons are going to end her problem and
completely ignorant of the consequences on Medical Marijuana. If everyone just
holds their nose till next spring, all you’ll smell is flowers. There is no
sign of awareness that this will be disastrous on the lives of the Patients
dependant on their grower for their medication. She’s condemning them to pain
and puke and is completely unaware of reality.
We now
are near the conclusion of the article and Ms. Crowder made me laugh with her
presentation of false power and influence on the Con Government Ministry of
Health! LOLOLOL!!!
Jodie, in
conclusion there is no way the Ms. Crowder will be able to gain attention for a
constituent complaint unless it is a life or death matter. HC ignores the
Supreme Court for crying out loud: do you think for a moment they will pay
attention to a minor backbencher in an Opposition party for a complaint as
serious as a smell? LOL again!
Jodie: I don’t know if I answered your question to your
satisfaction but that is my attempt and I’m out of steam. If you would like to
reply for any further questions please reply to my E-mail. That’s private and
my embarrassment is not meant to be visible! thesmeegoanguy@gmail.ca
Once
again thanks for the question. I need a good kick once in a while and you’re
the first reader who paid enough attention to notice and come through with the
necessary attitude adjustment. Ouch!
With deep
regards
Blaine
