Pubdate: Fri, 6 Apr 2001
Source: Langley Advance (CN BC)
Copyright: 2001 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.
Contact:  http://www.langleyadvance.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1248
Author: Troy Landreville

POLITICIANS GONE TO POT

To my recollection, a stranger thing hasn't happened, but if the B.C. 
Marijuana Party wins the coming provincial election, I can imagine that 
they will have one wild victory celebration.

I can see the invitation now.

Come one, come all, to help celebrate the Marijuana Party's election victory!

Time - Uh. . . the night of the election, I guess. . . or, uh. . . . 
whenever you can  make it.

Location - a "mushroom barn" in rural Langley. Just drop by around the back.

While most election parties would serve cold vegetables and dip and roast 
beef,  you could look forward to feasting on "organic" brownies and 
cookies, and  specially made tea at the Marijuana Party bash.

The day after the election, the B.C. Liberals could claim victory, because 
the powers-that-be from the Marijuana Party will forget how the vote count 
worked out  the night before.

I like the idea of one-issue platforms like the one the Marijuana Party 
swears by.  Why confuse voters with muddled issues like health, education, 
and finances?

Keep it simple. Why can't more one-issue parties become available to B.C. 
voters? We could have, for example, the Cheap Beer Party (CBP). Or, the 
Cheap Cigarettes Party (CCP). Or the Push Ousted NDP Politicians Under a 
Roller the Day

After They Lose the Election Party (PONDPPURDATLEP), which I feel would 
gain unprecedented momentum as the election drew near.

The B.C. Marijuana Party candidate in Langley is a grandmother, Mavis 
Becker. Mavis feels strongly about her cause, as she stated on the Party 
webpage (www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca).

"I strongly believe in freedom, and mine is being infringed upon to such 
an  intolerable degree that my only option is to become efficiently and 
actively vocal.

This seemed the next natural step for me as I am certainly highly 
motivated,"   she said.

Added B.C. Marijuana Party leader Brian Taylor, a past mayor of Grand 
Forks, "We  believe that people should be free to make their own decisions 
about their bodies   and how they wish to live their lives, without the 
undue intrusion by the  government or police. As members of an oppressed 
and outlawed culture, many  of us have experienced first hand the indignity 
of police harassment, arrest and  government persecution because of our 
personal beliefs and lifestyle choices."

You go, Marijuana Party dudes.

If they do assume power, B.C. wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

After all, the politicians who ruled this province in the 90's also had 
their heads in  the clouds.
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MAP posted-by: Jo-D