No I’m not a madman, there are perfectly good reasons to legalize the growing of weed in the Netherlands.”[/quote]

There are perfectly good reasons for legallizing it in the U.S. too. You can use Hemp for so much stuff. We could completely stop cutting down trees and just using cannabis for paper, ropes, the list goes on. The plants grow far faster than any tree and as far as I know there aren’t any animals living in the plants so it’s not like we’re taking away a habitat for any living creatures (besides maybe bugs). I could be wrong but I think that the lumber companies just don’t want to legalize it for fear of losing money and going out of business.
Not to mention selling it to smoke. I used to smoke my fair share back in the day and as far as I’m concerned weed is far less dangerous to smoke than alcohol is to drink. Sure it delays your reaction time and you suck at remembering things but it’s not like you become overly violent and then the next day you don’t remember what happened and why your significant other left you. A big down side would be the munchies and being as obesity is already such a big problem in the US we don’t really need a drug that increases our want for food.

I was thinking this exact thing while I read this article!! People were selling those meaningless toys for sooo much money when they first came out. I never really understood it, sure they were cute but not that cute.

Yep, most guys will probably agree that tulips on an organ are much nicer than roses on a piano. ;)

“The Ottoman Turks called the city Stamboul or İstanbul, adopting a usage in Greek “eis tin Poli” (to or at the City). But they still used “Konstantiniyye” (“Constantine’s City”, or Constantinople) as the official name. When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara. Constantinople was officially renamed İstanbul by the Republic of Turkey on March 28, 1930.”

I bet the Dutch and everybody else in the 17th century told friends they were going to Constantinople, if they were going.”

There’s a song about this you know?

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve a date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can’t say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can’t say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

That sentence is so funny for a reason I can’t put my finger on.

I can beat your two word fad with a one word fad, Gaia. People post day and night on that thing for, what is basically, pixels.