Segment one of Part 2 of Paul McKeever’s two part documentary titled “The Principle of Pot”, concerning individual freedom and the political strategies and campaigns of Marc Emery (dubbed the “Prince of Pot” by American media), who currently faces the possibility of extradition to the USA, and years of imprisoment there. In this segment: “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”; marijuana book censorship; The 2 Live Crew (cont’d); why marijuana was made illegal; a failed strategy; Sunday shopping success; good bye London, hello India; from civil disobedience to civil rights movement; millions of law-breakers: the oppression of the marijuana people; morality and heroism: Roark versus Jesus; the Howard Roark of Cannabis?; facts versus warmth and sensitivity; “seething hatred for the state”; Jesus of Nazareth.
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@TheMusicFiend What you call hemp is really cannabis sativa that has had the THC (one of the most important compounds) bred out of it. Earlier cultivators (up until the last few decades actually) did not attempt to breed this vital compound out of the plant. Ergo, this is why Washington bred some of his hemp sans seed. The present divide is merely more of the divide and conquer tactics that have always worked. And you are falling for them.
@jamesuslovesu good luck
On to the Libertarian Atlantis!
@zentonil I think one can apply collectivist rhetoric any time one is dealing not with the individual, but with a group defined one way or another. I find it very interesting that generally, collectivists deny the very existence of collectives defined by the choices people make, rather than by unchosen characteristics (see segment 6, starting at about 4:15)
Very well presented Paul, you’ve done a tremendous job at rationally deconstructing the real motivations behind Emery’s campaign. I wish this could be presented for public viewing here in Vancouver to disillusion some of his naive sympathizers.
9:00 Where does the line between cultural correlations end and collectivist rhetoric begin?
@namitsu1
Hemp is cannabis, but is more taller and fibrous and has ~2% THC.
marc you are definitely a hero, i wish i could do what you do. i myself have an upcoming trial for a possession charge and am going to do everything i can to fight it, i’m poor and i dont care that they are going to put me in jail and give me rediculous fines that i’ll never pay. those idiots tell people not to hire me for a job and then they try to get me to give them money haha how stupid
I love marc emery
Isn’t hemp a kind of mar. which lacks THC?
lol clock at 7:20
I call this the “footloose Theorie”
Thank you for properly telling the story of the Fountainhead and correcting Mr. Emery on his bad comparison. And thank you for posting these videos. While I may not agree with self-sacrifice being the ultimate virtue and Emery’s appeal to peoples emotions, I do agree that to appeal to the majority of the misguided masses this is a good strategy. Cannabis prohibition is a huge tragedy and I hope to see it legalized by whatever means. Objectivism will have to wait until people are ready.