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[JaguarX]

Actually, I think the argument wasn't so much about trees and such as it is about the limitations of "privacy" and if it's ever necessary to stick one's nose into the business of others. The 'chopping down of trees' just being an example because it was brought up already.

If we applied this to the City of Heroes situation, I think the problem is that NCSoft made a decision that affected a tremendous number of people very negatively, and as we stand here asking up and down "Why the hell would you do that?" their attitude is "None of your business." And if we keep trying to figure it out, they'll probably shoot us.

Are they free to keep it a secret? Yes, I believe so. Is it -right- to keep it a secret? I don't think so. And is it within our rights to keep making noise on the matter? Hell yes it is. I have no intention to stop asking until a real answer comes up. Whether it's my business or not, it still affected me quite a bit. And I think I at least deserve to know what the hell.

Yup.


It was nice getting a view from the other side. Thanks for the chat, MakoMako. *handshake*

[Noyjitat]

Any updates to this? post them in your original post!

[Taceus Jiwede]

I am actually from Colorado.  Joshex the fake news you made isn't that far off from the truth.  The first part we have a law called the "Make my day law" allowing people to shoot and kill trespassers they find threatening.  This doesn't happen much in the Front Range (The place mostly responsible for the legality of marijuana,yes its technically legal)  However the make my day law has had some serious drawbacks, people have been shot just walking in the wrong house cause they drank too much (Big party/College State)

As for the weed prices, you won't get much lower in the states.  The prices dropped when Medical Marijuana came in and flooded the already green friendly state into the hub of high quality "Medicine."  Now that is is legal the prices remain unaffected because they are still controlled by black market dealers.  No shops can be set up yet, you can grow 6 plants.  3 in veg and 3 in flower just like the caregiver law.
You can technically "gift" someone weed though.  If I gave my neighbor pot that would be legal, as long as they are over 21.  You can carry up to an ounce but you can't smoke/use it in public.  You can't drive while being high.  And jobs can still deny/terminate employment if you fail a drug test.  In my opinion the DEA needs to hurry up and remove marijuana from the federal drug list so we can set up shops and get some funding for our schools and our extremely over packed towns in places like Boulder,Denver, and Fort Collins(The best one)

Ever sense December this year, I am now law abiding citizen. 

Also there is a joke around here.  We have some terrible drivers in Fort Collins and Boulder because more people live in the town then the town was meant for.  Is it a wonder why Colorado has some of the best weed and worst drivers.

[JaguarX]

Also there is a joke around here.  We have some terrible drivers in Fort Collins and Boulder because more people live in the town then the town was meant for.  Is it a wonder why Colorado has some of the best weed and worst drivers.

Guess you never been to El Paso. Many of these people have no business behind the wheel of any vehicle.

But they say at any given time 50% of the drivers are drunk and or have no insurance or license. And 35% are under the influence of some type of illegal substance ranging from the usual weed to heavy stuff like crack and meth. Drugs are cheap out here and El Paso is a major gateway to America's drug supply. The reason the cartel was killing 8-12 people a day to control that gateway. You know a city is bad when they get their own "Call of.." game. Call of Juarez it is. That is where majority of the US drugs on the streets cross into the states into El Paso (literally 5 minute and a stoen throw away) and then onto the rest of the US. Many just literally throw the drugs over and someone picks it up, for small duffle bag stuff. But the big dogs use the 18 wheelers who go back and forth without much inspection. It's random, but they rarely bother to check those trucks. 99% of the time they are locked and the driver dont have a key (or rather say they dont have a key) so they dont bother much. Or they tail a commuter, place the drugs in the car panels, follow the person over, wait till they stop, grab drugs and bounce. Many people got caught up like that and of course they say "Honest, that cocaine isnt mine." Cops dont listen to that so some poor chap end up in jail and if they end up in Mexican jail, it's goign to be a long day or rather months.

Hell, even the ELP county commisioner couldnt resist the action. He got arrested last year for federal drug trafficking charges by the DEA.

[Taceus Jiwede]

Guess you never been to El Paso. Many of these people have no business behind the wheel of any vehicle.

But they say at any given time 50% of the drivers are drunk and or have no insurance or license. And 35% are under the influence of some type of illegal substance ranging from the usual weed to heavy stuff like crack and meth. Drugs are cheap out here and El Paso is a major gateway to America's drug supply. The reason the cartel was killing 8-12 people a day to control that gateway. You know a city is bad when they get their own "Call of.." game. Call of Juarez it is. That is where majority of the US drugs on the streets cross into the states into El Paso (literally 5 minute and a stoen throw away) and then onto the rest of the US. Many just literally throw the drugs over and someone picks it up, for small duffle bag stuff. But the big dogs use the 18 wheelers who go back and forth without much inspection. It's random, but they rarely bother to check those trucks. 99% of the time they are locked and the driver dont have a key (or rather say they dont have a key) so they dont bother much. Or they tail a commuter, place the drugs in the car panels, follow the person over, wait till they stop, grab drugs and bounce. Many people got caught up like that and of course they say "Honest, that cocaine isnt mine." Cops dont listen to that so some poor chap end up in jail and if they end up in Mexican jail, it's goign to be a long day or rather months.

Hell, even the ELP county commisioner couldnt resist the action. He got arrested last year for federal drug trafficking charges by the DEA.

Ya its all about the front range.  A lot of Colorado is....not so desirable.  Which is funny because then you get the Front Range and Mountain areas and it is a completely different sight.  Practically utopias compared to other parts of the state/country/world. 

[Nebularian]

However the make my day law has had some serious drawbacks, people have been shot just walking in the wrong house cause they drank too much (Big party/College State)

LOL  This is a drawback?  LOL  Sorry, some one walks into my house like that, drunk/high or not, and I don't recognize them, they should expect to get their ass shot off :)

[JaguarX]

LOL  This is a drawback?  LOL  Sorry, some one walks into my house like that, drunk/high or not, and I don't recognize them, they should expect to get their ass shot off :)

alot of people that live around here thinks the same.

[MakoMako]

If everyone had that mindset, we'd have lost Robert Downey Jr. a long time ago.

[pogoman]

The only proposal that matters here is the pitch for Google to buy CoH.

I was JUST making sure..Good to hear and can't wait for the official 'send letters to Google'. I will mention this on 'Save CoH' Radio tonight that Google is the next target BUT also HOLD OFF ON ANY LETTERS UNTIL WE GET THE OFFICIAL 'GO' SIGN FROM YOU GUYS!

[Illusionss]

LOL  This is a drawback?  LOL  Sorry, some one walks into my house like that, drunk/high or not, and I don't recognize them, they should expect to get their ass shot off :)

Yep. Nowadays you can take zero chances, not with synthetic marijuana lying around. The solution is for everyone to not get that high, to not take drugs ESPECIALLY synthetic analogs of drugs, and to just behave in a civilized fashion in general - because the alternative just might involve high-velocity projectiles. I have no intention of becoming a statistic in order to not harm someone who has barged into my bedroom on an unnatural high.

[JaguarX]

Yep. Nowadays you can take zero chances, not with synthetic marijuana lying around. The solution is for everyone to not get that high, to not take drugs ESPECIALLY synthetic analogs of drugs, and to just behave in a civilized fashion in general - because the alternative just might involve high-velocity projectiles. I have no intention of becoming a statistic in order to not harm someone who has barged into my bedroom on an unnatural high.

+1 this.

[Tanklet]

..... Uhm .... so about Google ... o.o

Cuz I just thought I'd pop in quick to see if there were updates, and somewhere between trees, Mr T, guns, and drugs ... I think I may have made a wrong turn somewhere...

This still the thread about Google ...?

[JaguarX]

..... Uhm .... so about Google ... o.o

Cuz I just thought I'd pop in quick to see if there were updates, and somewhere between trees, Mr T, guns, and drugs ... I think I may have made a wrong turn somewhere...

This still the thread about Google ...?

All that stuff related to Google because it can all be found on google.

[Joshex]

VV must be busy writing the new proposal and signing autographs for her book at local stores lol.

I know the question was asked a short while ago; whats up with the progress with google?

And no Mr T doesnt have cancer he has something else which he's being treated for.

[Taceus Jiwede]

Yep. Nowadays you can take zero chances, not with synthetic marijuana lying around. The solution is for everyone to not get that high, to not take drugs ESPECIALLY synthetic analogs of drugs, and to just behave in a civilized fashion in general - because the alternative just might involve high-velocity projectiles. I have no intention of becoming a statistic in order to not harm someone who has barged into my bedroom on an unnatural high.

Synthetic drugs are extremely dangerous both for their side effects on the body as well as the rare cases of psychotic behavior, and I don't promote the use of drugs to anyone.
However, people don't just walk into random houses from smoking Marijuana.  Even though it is a drug I don't think it should be lumped in with any other drugs.  It is a drug in the sense caffeine is a drug.  It doesn't make people go out and commit violent crimes, black out, and lose their sense of reality.  Of course their are exceptions to this but if anything the town I live in is proof that the vast majority of a population can be stoned and still function in a civilized manner.  After all our town has extremely low crime rate, the streets are always safe to walk, and we have on several occasions been referred to as "one of the best cities to live in" in magazines such as Newsweek.  We have great schools, a good justice system, and an all around friendly town, friendly enough people often don't even lock their houses or cars(which is dumb cause then drunk people can walk in on accident).  People make their own decisions, just because they choose to smoke pot that doesn't mean they start doing other drugs and diverting their money towards marijuana instead of other things they need buy.  It's self control that comes into the question, people can get hooked on anything and because a few bad eggs make bad decisions that doesn't mean the people who use it responsibly should be lumped in with them.  If that was the case then over the counter medicine, fast food, fast cars, guns, and other things that people use recklessly shouldn't be used by anyone either.  I am not saying people should use marijuana.  I am just saying its not so black and white.  Not all people who use recreational marijuana are crazed drug addicts that will break into your house at night, in fact that will most likely never happen.  Sorry to rant but I don't tell people they should use marijuana and if they don't then they are making the wrong decision.  I don't like it when people say the same about people who are adults and decide to use something at the end of a hard day to relax and kickback(wine anyone?)Its about time our state legalized it, its one step closer to people not demonizing it anymore.  Drugs aren't bad, they are lifeless substances that know no bias or bad intentions.  People are bad.  Its the people who become dependent, the gangs who capitalize on it because the legality of it pushes them into the black market instead of where it can be regulated and watched, or the people who have no sense of self control and take too much or have a prior history of mental instability.   Which lead to the famous fear mongering stories.  The guy who thought he was orange juice on LSD and then died when it "spilled", or the guy who jumped out a window, or the guy who thought he had spiders on him so he scratched all his skin off.  Those are myths slightly based off a handful true stories with a big dose of exaggeration about people who had mental illnesses and other problems who shouldn't of even been using anything in the first place.  Only to gain credibility when some batshit crazy person who probably would of hurt/killed someone anyway eats the face off someone after smoking spice.  Yet its not guns fault that there are school shootings, or the churches fault that parents drown their kids in the name of god, or the doctors fault when someone becomes hopelessly addicted to perscription drugs(Which is one of the leading causes of both crime and overdosing because they are the easiest and most encouraged drugs to do and because they are legal and that makes them okay)



Also, I am not sure if someone who walks into a house on accident deserves to die.  I agree you can't be to safe, if someone comes into your house you don't want to find out their intentions.  However people don't only walk into houses because of intoxication.  People who may just not be in the right state of mind.  Diabetic episode, mental handicaps, confusion from a fever.  Sure these things are unlikely but they are possible and they have happened before.  I have walked in the wrong house because the I got wrong directions to the house I was going to.  I went to school with someone that went to the army after graduation.  Finished his 4 years, had a lovely lady, was starting to get this life together.  He gets drunk, walks in the wrong house walking home and blamo, a simple mistake that became his last one.  It's not until after you blast a 24 year old that you realize that "you walk in my house and ill shoot you" isn't so easy to forgot or undo.    Not saying you did something wrong or are a bad person for trying to protect your self, you gotta do what you gotta do.  But you do have to live with it as does the family of the person who got shot (who may or may not be innocent, dead folks can't talk)And as easy as it is to say you wouldn't do this(walk in the wrong house that is), it could very well happen to you one day, a simple mistake about where you are.

But no more derailment I promise!

All that stuff related to Google because it can all be found on google.

+10!

I know the question was asked a short while ago; whats up with the progress with google?

We will hear anything if there is anything to hear I imagine.  They probably haven't even sent it out yet, I imagine they would post it when they did.  Then it will take several several weeks possibly even months or longer before we hear back from them.  Patience my friends the wheels may be turning slowly but the gears inside are hard at work.

[Vasarto]

So its been a few weeks since I checked up on this. Last time I heard VV had a week to get her proposal done.

So whats up? Heard anything back from that yet?

[Rae]

When it's done, and sent off, we'll let people know :) Until we say it's been completed and sent off, presume it's still a work in progress.

[johnrobey]

When it's done, and sent off, we'll let people know :) Until we say it's been completed and sent off, presume it's still a work in progress.

8)  /em holdtorch   Just say when, Rae, and THANK YOU, TEAM WILDCARD.  Until then, I for one am having the legal limit of fun on the Forums Games pages.   Anyone feeling bored or sad, come JOIN the SILLY and CAREFREE side of the FORCE!  Bwahaha!   :D

[Triplash]

Until then, I for one am having the legal limit of fun on the Forums Games pages.   Anyone feeling bored or sad, come JOIN the SILLY and CAREFREE side of the FORCE!  Bwahaha!   :D

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