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smokin weed at "family" events
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| laprider User Info... | OK first off I got nothing against the bud and have been known to have inhaled a "few" times. Whats up with people chuffin around kids..Ie Luminara, walking around with my daughter and young people were smokin everywhere, not caring if there is a family right next to them. It doesn't make you look cool or G it makes you look like you have no sense and have yet to grow up! Go smoke away from the kids please....like I do! input? - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:11am | ||
| BloodFart User Info... | Smoking herb to look G isn't cool. Victoria Gs are pathetic. Those kids should be doing acid at the latern fest not ganja. - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:41am | ||
| Jl User Info... | yeah i agree that people shouldn't subject kids to anything of the sort. And that people should use a little more common sense/tact in these sorts of situations. I love smokin' weed but I'll be the first one to put it out if I feel Im intruding on someone with my smoke. And I'll be more than the first one to NOT smoke infront of kids. btw, when the fuck did it become "cool" to smoke a dub and look at lanterns??? id be so dam lazy with all the walking... kids these days :@ lol - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:53am | ||
| Zedius User Info... | I agree. Same goes for smoking cigarettes, swearing, spitting, or anything else that might infringe on someone else's peace. Am I getting old, or are people getting ruder? - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:38pm | ||
| Jl User Info... | na, we're not getting old... just our principals and what we were taught when we were young.... RESPECT. - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 1:18pm | ||
| Zedius User Info... | Yeah. The most basic respect. I know when I was young I never cared if I used the right fork for my salad, or if I took my hat off indoors, but I think this is different? - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 1:21pm Edited: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 1:22pm | ||
| JDL User Info... | totally different. In my youth; I never talked back to my parents because I know what would be comin' if I did. Sure its not right to beat your children; but its also not right to let them slide with no consequence to their actions. In my opinion, kids these days lack that very aspect of their home lives(dont get me wrong, im not saying all parents are bad; but they are accountable for their child's actions until that child is of age to make his/her own decisions). School only goes so far to teach our kids; I know,(provided I went to a private school all my life) while i hated being there, I learned alot of respecting people and the boundries we set; and am thankful for the lessons I learned. But alas, theres always going to be the hard headed idiots out for themselvs - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 1:29pm | ||
| LilyV User Info... | I have just noticed a substantial increase in people just being plain rude and disrespectful. Time and time again I see teens, young adults, and adults doing things that are just ignorant and self centred. I can't stand people who smoke at family things like that. It isn't a concert. It's a family event. If you wanna smoke pot go for it, but not in front of old ladies and kids. It's nothing but disrespectful. I'm an x smoker and a once in a blue moon pot smoker, but I never nor would I ever inflict my 'bad' habit onto someone else. Smoking is not good for you. If you're an adult and choose to do it, that is your choice, but to puff around kids is wrong. - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 4:11pm | ||
| Zedius User Info... | Actually, how do you all feel about smoking pot in crowds at concerts? I feel like this is disrespectful too, but for some reason it's accepted. I think it's just as bad though, because I'm sure there are people around who don't like it and you're basically saying fuck you to them. I personally don't care, but I can see how it would make things annoying for some people. - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 4:57pm | ||
| Mike User Info... | What I hate are all you cigarette smokers who think its ok to flick your butts all over the interection, street, sidewalk.. why is it not ok to litter garbage, but its ok to litter butts.. - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 5:44pm Edited: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 5:55pm | ||
| Jeevs User Info... | Are you seriously bitching about people smoking weed at concerts....Around kids, fine a little poor taste. But at a concert...I recommend you go home and burn every album you own, that was recorded after 1960. You can keep the 80's and christian rock ones. - Wed, 30 Jul 2008 9:43pm | ||
| Zedius User Info... | Well, what if people smoke cigarettes at concerts? I think people would be more willing to see a problem with that. You used to be able to smoke cigarettes in bars, so you were able to smoke cigarettes at concerts. You've never been able to smoke pot at concerts, but people still do it AND feel entitled to it. What if people just fart a lot? Would that be rude? I'm not bitching, I'm just trying to determine why one thing is accepted and another isn't. I think that in all the cases I've mentioned it shows disregard for the people around you. - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:59am Edited: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:01am | ||
| Mike User Info... | Most arena venues where pot smoking is common have massive air exchange systems.. Have you ever noticed.. when people smoke in arenas the smoke all disappears quickly. I dont even notice cig smokers in Save On even if Im standing next to them. - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:16am | ||
| Jl User Info... | "Whats up with people chuffin around kids..Ie Luminara, walking around with my daughter and young people were smokin everywhere, not caring if there is a family right next to them." lets get back to what the post was really about; not smoking cig's but smoking weed in front of kids, seniors, families trying to enjoy an event without having to worry about polluting their kids lungs and having to explain why and what it is those shidiots are doing. - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 2:27pm | ||
| Jeevs User Info... | Gotta ask, did these people concerned with the polluting of lungs, drive a gas powered car to the luminara festival? - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 5:34pm | ||
| The Notorious HIV User Info... | laprider brings up a good point worthy of discussion. but thats where the "friendlys" end. if your gonna raise your kids in this neck of the woods you better be prepared for some explanations regarding the herb. and maybe consider your self lucky your not living somewhere in the world where you have to explain away a dead body on the street corner to your child or a mob raping and slicing with Machetes. I know that's a touch dramatic, but seriously, if the best you gotta worry about is some weed smoke drifting towards your kids nostrils then maybe you should ask the mods for a geriatric section on the message board. as for the other limp wristed nancies whining about smokin weed at concerts, get a fuckin grip. - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 6:08pm | ||
| Tambo User Info... | - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 7:39pm Edited: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 7:39pm | ||
| Chopper User Info... | - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 8:41pm | ||
| laprider User Info... | cool, mostly good points. Trust me when the time is right, my daughter will be very well informed about drugs...I guess thats my point. She is nearly 7, has asked me once if I do drugs and I am really just trying to buy some time until the whole thing can be discussed in a way she can grasp. Trust me, I work for Snoop its gonna come up wit her friends at some point, I want her to have a little time before I become a hypocrite. - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:04pm | ||
| BBJones User Info... | Here's a novel idea... stop doing drugs. Then you don't have to lie to your kids or teach them at an early age that doing drugs is ok. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 8:27am Edited: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 8:27am | ||
| JDL User Info... | "Gotta ask, did these people concerned with the polluting of lungs, drive a gas powered car to the luminara festival?" now your just being a dick. Theres a point to this discussion; and granted you made a valid point, but theres a difference between driving a car and explaining to your kid why these fuck holes feel obliged to puff a fatty. And getting to the point about raising your kids "in these neck of the woods", why should I be subject to your habits and have to explain to my kids that what your doing is wrong? When you could just as easily wait 15 or 20 minutes while you walk through a lantern festival(and it still astounds me what the fun is about smokin' a joint and looking at lanterns)? All im trying to say is that by using a little tact in situations like this; you wont offend other people with your habits. Id like to also point out that I do smoke ganja, and quite regularly; but I dont feel it right to impose on others with my smoking. Its just not right. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 9:44am | ||
| conga User Info... |  The herb is not , I repeat not "drugs". H, coke , gib, glue, ghb, k, e, are drugs. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:14am Edited: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:14am | ||
| Zedius User Info... | ^ I agree with that, for sure. Marijuana should be no harder to explain to your kids than beer. However, beer doesn't waft into your kids face, so I think that's the difference. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:34am | ||
| conga User Info... | Very true, discretion should be used when smoking. It was the "drugs" comment I did not like. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:40am | ||
| kyle User Info... | sorry dude, weed is a drug, just like alcohol is a drug. if you have to try and justify it by telling yourself it's not in order for you to have a clear conscience, then maybe you shouldn't be smoking weed. that being said, i'm a regular pot smoker, i just think we should call things for what they are. it may not be very high on the relative harm scale, especially when compared to say heroin or crack, but come on. inhaling ANY kind of smoke is not good for your lungs, no exceptions. as for hiding it from kids, all i have to say is if you really don't see weed as a bad thing and you're not ashamed of smoking, why would you hide it from anybody? i'm sure we all saw adults drinking and smoking cigarettes when we were kids, and it didn't mean you ran out and became an alcoholic chain smoker at age six. the way i see it is, if you treat kids like they're idiots, chances are they're going to grow up to be idiots. if you explain things calmly and naturally, i think a lot of people would be way more open minded, and we wouldn't have to deal with suckers who think reefer madness is a serious medical condition. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 3:59pm | ||
| kyle User Info... | PS- i should have included this in my first post, but in regards to "and it still astounds me what the fun is about smokin' a joint and looking at lanterns?" well, what the fuck is so fun about being stone sober and looking at lanterns? also, why would you tell your kids smoking weed is wrong if you do it yourself? why does everyone forget that they were young once, and to get to the point of having some actual wisdom and a position of moral responsibility they more often than not went through a lot of years of being total fucking idiots first? it's the natural evolution of experience and it only happens one way. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 4:55pm | ||
| Jl User Info... | never said i was against smoking weed... just dont impose it on others when you know full well that it does bother people. Smoking cig's, weed, crack whatever... in a public place at a family event; drinking and smoking aren't usually tolerated. Suck it up if its not the "right situation" to smoke. As for telling kids about it; sure its good to inform them, but to say that its "ok" to smoke drugs(as it was mentioned) isn't "ok"; and it should never be. - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 6:50pm | ||
| LilyV User Info... | I don't think any one was putting down weed or saying it's the devil. They were just stating that they are against people smoking it in front of their kids and in public places. Look at cigarettes, they are becoming more and more unacceptable to smoke in public places by society. I'm an ex smoker, and I really could care less if people still smoke or not. It is their choice. What I do care about, though, is having to breathe it in myself or having it around my child. I have friends and family who smoke, but they respect me and my child and smoke outside and away from us. EVERYONE (unless they have their head up their ass) knows that smoking is unhealthy. Why would you want to inflict it on someone else? You can't even smoke on patios or in front of stores. Why does that mean smoking in a park around hundreds of people is a good idea? Smoke where it only effects yourself. Same thing goes for weed. Weed is no healthier for your lungs or your body than cigarettes. Why would you want to puff it around kids? - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 9:10pm | ||
| Aidan Logins User Info... | Just stay in your gated community if that sort of thing bothers you. The rest of us want to be happy and have fun. I don't like smoke, but I'd like other people to be able to enjoy their smokes if they want to. Live and let live. - Sat, 2 Aug 2008 6:59am | ||
| Jl User Info... | aiden, when you have kids and get older; you'll understand the meaning of tact. Never has anyone here said they opposed smoking of cig's or weed(though i dont like cig smoke all that much). "I don't like smoke, but I'd like other people to be able to enjoy their smokes if they want to" that's a totally fine outlook on life; just dont impose your bullshit on me. ie, dont blow your smoke in my face. I shouldnt have to "put up" with someone elses habit that they are imposing on me without asking. I have no problems with smoking what so ever; but there are times and places that just simply dont justify smoking a joint... and one of those places, IN MY OPINION, is a family event. - Sat, 2 Aug 2008 4:27pm | ||
| stephen franke User Info... | Wow. I don't normally post on stuff like this, but the topic dragged me in and I was surprised at what I read.I'll first mention that I have a 3 year old daughter and routinely hang out with other kids ages 0-15, etc. I agree with Aidan and I am older (39) and have a kid. I also don't smoke the herb, but I certainly don't care who does. Are people here going to actually insinuate that smoking weed outside is going to get them or their family high via second hand smoke? We're not talking about indoors in a living room here...And RESPECT? Respect is leaving others alone when they are not harming or affecting you in anyway, which includes smoking a little herbstock. Seriously, are you justifying your comments because it's illegal? We all know there's no good reason for obeying a dumb law. For example, do you realize it's actually illegal for my 3 year old daughter to run around naked at the beach? I ignore that law as well. I'm not worried about having to explain why kids are smoking, laughing and kidding around. I'm more worried about explaining the $sshole roadraging commuter going back home after work. Or how about having to explain TO MY DAUGHTER why crappy sexist Snoop calls women b!tches and ho's, when the car next to me 'imposes' on me by blaring it on the stereo. And it's legal to mock women in public in this fashion. Beacon Hill Park is PUBLIC. Just because you decide to attend Luminara with your family doesn't mean everyone else should thereby alter their behaviour patterns Normally I don't care, but now you've shown me the light . And what defines a family event? All ages? So basically every single thing except bars. Hockey games are a family event. Thought I am an avid hockey fan, can you explain to me why it's appropriate to show fighting in sports on public tv? Was having the military sponsor Tall Ships festival and display violent images to my child appropriate at a family event? Or have every frickin imaginable item tagged by Coast Capital advertising? Who killed the Electric car? Oh yeah, btw, smoking a little weed is no worse for your body than living with constant stress. Seriously. And I don't even smoke it. When is it time to realize you've become the things you didn't want to become? - Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:56pm | ||
| Jl User Info... | just so we're all on the same page; Im totally in favor for smokin' weed. But like i've said before; theres a time and place for smoking a fatty; just like everything else. But what I dont agree with is subjecting people/families to my habits knowing full well that people are uncomfortable with me smoking around them... that's being an old fashioned DICK. "Beacon Hill Park is PUBLIC. Just because you decide to attend Luminara with your family doesn't mean everyone else should thereby alter their behaviour patterns" then why should the majority of families who went there expecting not to be drowned in chronic smoke around their kids have to change their plans because they dont wanna be around it? "Thought I am an avid hockey fan, can you explain to me why it's appropriate to show fighting in sports on public tv?" You can always change the channel... try going up to someone and ask them to stop puffin' a joint... see what happens. "Oh yeah, btw, smoking a little weed is no worse for your body than living with constant stress. Seriously. And I don't even smoke it. When is it time to realize you've become the things you didn't want to become?" never said i was somthing im not. I SMOKE WEED, and i love it; but what i've been saying and most have COMPLETELY missed my point, is that theres a time and a place where smoking a joint a fine and dandy. But when you know full well that walking around chuffin' a fatty thinkin' your mark emery in front of hundreds of families trying to enjoy a quiet evening and not even blinking an eye about people that dont want to be subjected to your smoke(*which btw, im absolutely sure that there was an alarming amount of people at luminara that DIDN'T appreciate it). So all im trying to say is, use a little tact when your smoking a joint in front of hunderds of people that dont want to be subjected to your habit. - Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:18am | ||
| The Notorious HIV User Info... | Here's a novel idea... stop doing drugs. Then you don't have to lie to your kids or teach them at an early age that doing drugs is ok. - BBjones here's a novel idea....stop being such a fuktard. I know the air must be thin so high up in your ivory tower, but even that is no excuse for your pathetic moralizing. - Sun, 3 Aug 2008 2:44pm | ||
| Andrew User Info... | people will be exposed to drugs no matter what you do and if their parents don't do them that's an even better reason to do it. - Sun, 3 Aug 2008 5:42pm | ||
| DontReallyCare User Info... | Just curious what location buddy with kids would pick that is not in public and not in front of his own kids. Got a sketchy toke shed or something? - Tue, 5 Aug 2008 9:09am Edited: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 9:10am | ||
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| BBJones User Info... | Strike a nerve there Notorius? Yes my ivory tower is very high. Have fun in the gutter. - Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:14am | ||
| JDL User Info... | "Just curious what location buddy with kids would pick that is not in public and not in front of his own kids. Got a sketchy toke shed or something?" how about anywhere were kids aren't and I dont have to worry about me blowing smoke into a crowd of people that dont appreciate it? You fucking potheads are so wrapped up in the justification that weed isn't a drug that you seem to lose sight that SOME people still consider it a bad substance to use. I, personally, am not one to say weed is a bad thing; but I am the first to think of the people around me, and if those people around me dont appreciate it... THEN I DONT SMOKE IT. jesus you guys are so thick headed. - Tue, 5 Aug 2008 1:05pm | ||
| Tambo User Info... | I don't blame them, it's just all the weed talking. - Tue, 5 Aug 2008 3:37pm | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | I smoke in private now. I remember my Dad trying to explain the "aroma" at an outdoor country jamboree we where at when I was just seven. Kind of just part of growing up. My point? I grew up smelling weed at shows, and I turned out okay..........oh wait...... - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:42pm | ||
| Dirk Diggler User Info... | Hey, weed is a drug and children who are out at an event shouldn't have to inhale it! Drug addicts are a waste of skin. And should be ousted like lepers from society. And just try to come back and say weed isn't a drug or addicting and that you can quit anytime you want, half of you fucking morons couldn't go one day without smoking one! - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 3:43pm | ||
| Bryan User Info... | ^ Spoken like somebody who would do well to smoke a joint. - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 3:48pm | ||
| Jl User Info... | " And just try to come back and say weed isn't a drug or addicting and that you can quit anytime you want, half of you fucking morons couldn't go one day without smoking one!" and you see potheads breaking into peoples homes stealing tv's for their next fix right? I guess im not sure who to be frustrated with in this post. An ignorant idiot like the above statement or a pothead? I smoke weed, im not gunna lie, but I smoke it with moderation... If I dont want to; I wont. I've never "NEEDED" to smoke a joint; therefore I cant consider myself "addicted", but on the flip side of the coin I enjoy smoking the stuff. Does this make me "a waste of skin. And should be ousted like lepers from society"? I pay my taxes and have a career, have never committed a crime or federal offence(that i can think of at least; besides smokin' a joint); but I, like many others, like to smoke a joint here and there. What Im getting at in smoking the stuff; is that I DO NOT intrude my habits on other people, unless they're smokin' the joint with me. That's all. (i still believe that kids dont need to be exposed to weed because you feel like smoking a joint; but theres never anything wrong with being properly informed.) - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 5:16pm Edited: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 5:17pm | ||
| Jeevs User Info... | Everyone has there addictions. Whether it be, weed, booze, coffee, donuts, religion. Or like Mr. Diggler, being a beligerent narrow minded asshole. - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 6:01pm | ||
| Aidan Logins User Info... | Well, JL, I guess I've just never thought that a place like Luminara would be full of people who are pissed off about others smoking weed. I've never heard any complaint any time I see people smoking weed in public ever. Except from cops. Even then it's usually "hey, put that out." Or once I even saw "hurry up and finish that joint, and move along." I guess it's because I grew up in Sooke, where Ive been exposed to that kind of smoke at every family event ever. Where if a parent smokes weed, they won't lie to their kids about it. And if a kid says "mommy, what's that?" they'll say "It's called Marijuana; it's kind of like Tobacco." and that's never really been a problem for anyone... I know many potheads who would gladly put out their joint or move to a different location if someone said it was bothering them. Actually I can't think of any who wouldn't. You shouldn't have to lie to your kids man, that's really sad... Check this out: http://www.justaplant.com/ a children's book that explains the plant to kids. - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 9:25am | ||
| BBJones User Info... | Aidan, the point is people shouldn't have to ask. Be polite without being asked to be polite. How many offended people are going to walk over and ask you to move? None, because it isn't offensive enough to warrant a confrontation over. But it sure is rude. Pot or not don't hang out smoking where hordes of families are walking by. It is just plain common sense and plain old courtsey. Do you also stand in front the doors at a mall puffing doobies? If you choose to smoke, fine. But do it somewhere else where others don't have to unwillingy partake in your choices. That's the point you (and many others) seem oblivious to... I expect that attitude from rebellious 16 year olds, but I sure don't expect it from functioning adults. - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:01am Edited: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:05am | ||
| Jl User Info... | "You shouldn't have to lie to your kids man, that's really sad... " never said I wouldn't explain and inform my child of what marijuana is; why would you lie to your kids about that? Aiden, you seem to think im being a hypocrite by my statments; but when I say "kids shouldnt have to be EXPOSED to weed/smoking" is exactly that. Why should a child HAVE to put up with your choices unwillingly? Just because you've seen it at "every family event ever", in sooke, doesn't mean its widely accepted everywhere. I see what your saying Aiden; but you have to also agree that imposing on others is rude. Use a little tact; and it goes a long way. - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:51am Edited: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:53am | ||
| Dirk Diggler User Info... | HAHA! I knew that would piss ya off! But I know many "potheads" career or no career couldn't go a day without smoking one! And yet they sit there and say they are not addicts and can quit anytime, and when you say to them, lets see you quit for a month, they come back with I don’t need to it’s not a problem! Or they actually put in a valiant effort and last about a day maybe two, it’s a drug, it’s addictive, and it’s not for family events or public events - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 1:23pm Edited: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 1:24pm | ||
| Jl User Info... | i hate to hurt your feelings but I wasn't "pissed off" about what you said. People think the way you do all the time. Its not your fault :) - Thu, 7 Aug 2008 4:26pm | ||
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