google me

i just googled myself and i came up with a thread on a cannabis website. my full name and all. my first thought was, "WTF?"

it turns out, some pothead took offense to my letter to the editor of 24hrs newspaper this summer and cut and posted it onto this discussion thread. they took it slightly out of context, however. they seem to think that just because i'm defending the police for trying to keep the public safe that i'm also anti-legalization. dumb fucks. i'm only offended because some guy called me delusional. them's fightin' words!

basically, i responded to a letter from a woman who said that the police are wasting the public's money by raiding grow ops because pot smokers are peaceful and would never hurt anyone. i responded with a, "yes, you're right. pot smokers probably couldn't stay upright long enough to hurt anyone. but the ultimate suppliers i.e. the grow operators and not the dealers) employ many methods of protection to keep their investments safe - vicious dogs, guards who assault people and people that use guns." (i was much more eloquent in my actual letter but you get my point)

i will return the guy's favor by posting his letter that he sent but obviously didn't get printed (maybe because he was high when he wrote it or maybe because he can't spell):

dear editors, your email writer, makes the case herself. We should legalize and end all the harm and costs. unfortunately your writer is delusional as her world doesn't really exist out side of her mind. you have a better chance of being harmed by the machinery of prohibition (police, jail, stigma, lost assets, lost job, etc) than you do from some anti-prohibitionists protection scheme , that harms only robbers of their products. there are no drive-by shootings at liquor stores because they are protected by the police force we all pay for. its too bad we are not all afforded the same rights in this country. NO DRUGS ARE SOLD AT GUN POINT THEY ARE VOLUNTEERINGLY RECEIVED some of your readers were spoiled, self centered, tattal-tailing children as they grew up and it seems they are the same as adults.

i'm not sure which world he is speaking of when he says my world doesn't really exist. does he mean the world of grow ops and the means operators take to protect them? i worked with freaking Crown for four years and i can tell you that my world does exist and there are color pictures to prove it. i concede that his world also exists but, quite obviously, in a cloud of second-hand smoke.