This is my personal call for unity among the entire cannabis community.
I am posting this at all the sites I visit- it should in no way be construed by this being posted here, that this is, in any way, a "restrictive site".
I visit, on a regular basis, more than a dozen other sites ranging from a just a few members to sites well into the thousands. Each one is a good site in its own way. But I see a lot going on between sites that looks more like junior high school cliques than forums full of adults! The disunity of out cannabis sites is troubling to me. The very mention of other sites, or mods of other sites, is sometimes forbidden. Posts inviting others to look at other sites are deleted. Character assassination, name calling and site-bashing are common. It looks very much like the kind of shenanagins I see in middle school!
Time to grow up!
I want to ask the mods of those more restrictive sites-WHAT ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF??? Are you so insecure of the quality of your site that you are afraid all your members will desert you? Don't be! Every site has its own "flavor". And just because I like "chicken soup" that doesn't stop me from enjoying "Tacos" or "bubble gum" or "International cuisine"!
By becoming more open, by inviting cross-site contact, you will gain members. Belonging to one site does not preclude belonging to another! I think most of the members of this site belong to at least a few others. Encourage the ideas and information, and even members, to flow freely between the sites. This exchange is absolutely vital if we wish to get cannabis legalized in any form! Our cannabis sites can no longer afford to be "tight little islands".
Sometimes, I wonder, if we had all united as a group, presented a united front, would OG still be here? How much knowledge was lost there? Remember the lesson behind the Roman fasces? (that weird Roman ax with a handle made of sticks) A single stick can easily be broken and can't support the heavy ax blade, a ribbon can be snapped, but a bundle of sticks, bound together with that ribbon, is unbreakable- add the blade and you've got a weapon!
Our cannabis sites are like scattered sticks! Even the largest was easily broken.
Our "ax blade" is the truth about cannabis- its safety and many medical uses.
The Internet is our electronic "ribbon" that can bind us into something far more than the sum of our parts!
Well, why not start doing it? Yeah, you guys! Share what you know! Build the weapon against prohibition! And not just between individuals, but the sites need to talk and share! Stop the petty bickering! Stop being a bunch of "little sticks"! We can be a force!
Look, I try to be helpful. I turn folks on to sites or posts that I think they should see. I supply the studies that give them the medical info they need, and I connect folks on different sites, but with similar interests. I work hard for you guys! And, admit it, all of you love me for what I do. But what I do, is something all of you could and should be doing- members, mods and admins!
So why aren't we joining together? Why aren't we being what we could be? Our immature* behavior is getting in the way! Grudges are held as though they were made of gold! I've see some internet "tantrums" worthy of a spoiled 2 year old! Well, I'm going to give you the same line I use with arguing 2nd graders! "I don't care who started it! It stops right now! Rule #1 is -We treat each other with respect."
We need to treat each other with respect. Remember that what we have in common is greater than our differences! I may not agree with the basic format of a "Busty babes with buds" site, or I might think that a certain mod is a pompous ass, but if see where I can help, I will. I do what I can. I am hoping every mod and administrator can be adult enough to put aside any past differences and join together for the common good.
It's time for us to put aside our squabbles and work together. Whether your site is focused on recreational, medical or religious use or even just growing this wonderful plant, we need to reach out and speak with one voice. If a hand is offered to you in peace and unity, take it!
Starting tomorrow, we have a new administration that says "Anything is possible!" Can we all join hands and work together to get cannabis legalized? Is that possible? I believe it is!
Granny
* I was going to use the word "childish", but I remembered something from my past.
One of my first assignments was as an aide for lower grade "oral-deaf" children. I noted something beautiful and amazing about those kids. Remember how awful it was, being the "new kid in school"? With them, it didn't matter if the "new deaf kid in school" was black or white, whether they were "all dolled up" or in a brother's tattered hand-me-downs, pretty or "less than perfect"... nothing mattered except that they had one of those clunky, ugly, gray hearing aids strapped on their chest. Every "new deaf kid" was greeted with smiles and hugs from the moment he or she stepped off the bus!
I learned a lot about unconditional love and acceptance that year.
Cannabis is my "hearing aid". Is it yours?
I am posting this at all the sites I visit- it should in no way be construed by this being posted here, that this is, in any way, a "restrictive site".
I visit, on a regular basis, more than a dozen other sites ranging from a just a few members to sites well into the thousands. Each one is a good site in its own way. But I see a lot going on between sites that looks more like junior high school cliques than forums full of adults! The disunity of out cannabis sites is troubling to me. The very mention of other sites, or mods of other sites, is sometimes forbidden. Posts inviting others to look at other sites are deleted. Character assassination, name calling and site-bashing are common. It looks very much like the kind of shenanagins I see in middle school!
Time to grow up!
I want to ask the mods of those more restrictive sites-WHAT ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF??? Are you so insecure of the quality of your site that you are afraid all your members will desert you? Don't be! Every site has its own "flavor". And just because I like "chicken soup" that doesn't stop me from enjoying "Tacos" or "bubble gum" or "International cuisine"!
By becoming more open, by inviting cross-site contact, you will gain members. Belonging to one site does not preclude belonging to another! I think most of the members of this site belong to at least a few others. Encourage the ideas and information, and even members, to flow freely between the sites. This exchange is absolutely vital if we wish to get cannabis legalized in any form! Our cannabis sites can no longer afford to be "tight little islands".
Sometimes, I wonder, if we had all united as a group, presented a united front, would OG still be here? How much knowledge was lost there? Remember the lesson behind the Roman fasces? (that weird Roman ax with a handle made of sticks) A single stick can easily be broken and can't support the heavy ax blade, a ribbon can be snapped, but a bundle of sticks, bound together with that ribbon, is unbreakable- add the blade and you've got a weapon!
Our cannabis sites are like scattered sticks! Even the largest was easily broken.
Our "ax blade" is the truth about cannabis- its safety and many medical uses.
The Internet is our electronic "ribbon" that can bind us into something far more than the sum of our parts!
Well, why not start doing it? Yeah, you guys! Share what you know! Build the weapon against prohibition! And not just between individuals, but the sites need to talk and share! Stop the petty bickering! Stop being a bunch of "little sticks"! We can be a force!
Look, I try to be helpful. I turn folks on to sites or posts that I think they should see. I supply the studies that give them the medical info they need, and I connect folks on different sites, but with similar interests. I work hard for you guys! And, admit it, all of you love me for what I do. But what I do, is something all of you could and should be doing- members, mods and admins!
So why aren't we joining together? Why aren't we being what we could be? Our immature* behavior is getting in the way! Grudges are held as though they were made of gold! I've see some internet "tantrums" worthy of a spoiled 2 year old! Well, I'm going to give you the same line I use with arguing 2nd graders! "I don't care who started it! It stops right now! Rule #1 is -We treat each other with respect."
We need to treat each other with respect. Remember that what we have in common is greater than our differences! I may not agree with the basic format of a "Busty babes with buds" site, or I might think that a certain mod is a pompous ass, but if see where I can help, I will. I do what I can. I am hoping every mod and administrator can be adult enough to put aside any past differences and join together for the common good.
It's time for us to put aside our squabbles and work together. Whether your site is focused on recreational, medical or religious use or even just growing this wonderful plant, we need to reach out and speak with one voice. If a hand is offered to you in peace and unity, take it!
Starting tomorrow, we have a new administration that says "Anything is possible!" Can we all join hands and work together to get cannabis legalized? Is that possible? I believe it is!
Granny
* I was going to use the word "childish", but I remembered something from my past.
One of my first assignments was as an aide for lower grade "oral-deaf" children. I noted something beautiful and amazing about those kids. Remember how awful it was, being the "new kid in school"? With them, it didn't matter if the "new deaf kid in school" was black or white, whether they were "all dolled up" or in a brother's tattered hand-me-downs, pretty or "less than perfect"... nothing mattered except that they had one of those clunky, ugly, gray hearing aids strapped on their chest. Every "new deaf kid" was greeted with smiles and hugs from the moment he or she stepped off the bus!
I learned a lot about unconditional love and acceptance that year.
Cannabis is my "hearing aid". Is it yours?
