Declaration of Rights of Cannabis Users

[DanRicheson]

http://www.change.org/petitions/all-elec...abis-users

Mission Statement: To bring an end to cannabis prohibition in 2013 by gathering signatory members through promotion and declaring our rights through the document, "Declaration of Rights of Cannabis Users". Giving prohibitionists reasonable opportunity to affect appropriate, timely and agreed upon change and, if necessary enforcing our rights in a peaceful way. After April 20 2013 adopting a zero tolerance for acts of brutality and injustice by prohibitionists.

The laws regarding cannabis were born on the wings of lies and pampered by propaganda such that now the tightly held belief systems are going to have to reckon with the desire of all humanity to live with dignity, free from the oppressive tyranny that ignorance and bigotry have spawned.

[FastTadpole]

Asserting a right is positive law which feeds the framework of law itself, and as we know rights can be taken away. I'd advocate a more wholesale approach of negative law aka natural law where everything is OK as long as we demonstrate a non-infringing, non-contemptible, obvious common sense level of respect towards our fellows and ecology.

.. lest ye be shunned.

But that would be too simple eh?

On with the document petition pledge in its glorious fulltext..

Code:

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF CANNABIS USERS

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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
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Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
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Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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Whereas for too long now it has been observed that disregard and contempt for human rights has been allowed to exist in the body of politically motivated law that outlaws the possession, cultivation and use of cannabis by adults. The signatories of this Declaration wish to live in peace in this society, have been engaged in constant communication with their elected representatives individually or as part of groups. The actions of the government in this regards demonstrates continued contempt and disregard that we the undersigned feel that we have NO RECOURSE but to regard our government and some of our fellow citizens as hostile towards our declared rights and indifferent to the tyranny, oppression and terrorism that we have too long had to deal with.
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Whereas by this declaration we provide the opportunity and impudence for representatives to engage in good faith negotiations which will lead to peaceful coexistence
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Whereas we the undersigned do hereby declare that IT IS OUR RIGHT to cultivate, possess and use cannabis AND that any law that says otherwise will be treated by us as the tool of tyranny.
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Whereas we the undersigned in declaring our desire to realize our liberties and our desire to live in peace also recognize that the point is near where our rights and liberties will have to be defended.
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Whereas we the undersigned are willing to do all we can to avoid conflict we hope that this WARNING also provides our fellow citizens and our representatives the impudence to also seek peace and understanding within our society.
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Sincerely,

[Your name]

http://www.change.org/petitions/all-elec...abis-users

Think outside of the BOX.. or better yet think and act as if There is No BOX.

Also see this closely related thread:

The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal
http://concen.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=46459

Beware of the Legalization > Corporatism game that is play. See Soros and the almost passed Prop 19 law in California, the THC pill patents (+mushroom pill and several other 'natural' spinoffs) to transition their proximal black market enterprises into a cashless society.