G_j (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-07-09 11:20 AM
Response to Reply #22
29. the bigger picture
are you aware of how many lives have been ruined by imprisoning people for pot, and how many years this has gone on?
It's not this celebrity, but the larger issue being addressed, at least for me.
I sure hope Obama puts an end to Kelloggs imprisoning people.

rvablue (1000+ posts) Fri Feb-06-09 05:50 PM
Response to Original message
15. HEY!: I HATE pot and I LOVE cereal !!!!
and even I'm all for this.
I don't like pot. Never have. But it is so stupid for it to be illegal and all of the reason given for it being so are bunk! It is illegal, because you can literally grow it in a flower pot on your window sill. So, the drug companies can't figure out how to profit from it. If they could, it would be legal tomorrow.
Michael Phelps did something extroidinary for this country this summer. He swam his heart out not just for himself or his team, but for his country. And lord only knows, after the last 8 years, the country and the world needed a feel good moment courtesy of the USA.
Our last three Presidents have admitted to smoking marijuana. So, what's the big deal?
I think Michael was stupid, only in that he did this in front of virtual strangers and shouldn't have trusted them.
But the picture is out there. And frankly, if we do boycott Kellogg's and they lose sales over firing Michael Phelps, it could end up being the first, real, concrete step to legalizing it.
So, despite the fact that I like my cereal and cookies....AND I DETEST POT....I will sign up for the boycott and make my calls!
Bloop bloop bloop goes the goldfish brain.

wow. Nearly half say they don't buy Kelloggs suff anyway or they don't agree with the boycott and many still think they will be a blip on the sales radar, lol.