Why am I illegal again?
Sorry, I’m Illegal….
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July 25, 2011 at 12:46 am
because cotton farmers paid off politicians a long, long time ago.
July 25, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Well….something like that.
July 25, 2011 at 6:19 am
Because Christians hate anything fun.
July 25, 2011 at 11:10 am
Seriously, jumping that shark straight from Christianity to pot being illegal? I do find the cotton connection interesting though. Is there any history on that I can check out?
July 25, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Hemp pretty much kicks cotton’s ass as a crop grown for fiber. Cotton requires tons of pesticides, and has relatively short, weak fibers. Hemp, grows like a weed (sorry, couldn’t miss the pun), and the fiber harvested is of much better quality.
I don’t think cotton farmers had quite as much to do with it getting banned as much as the puritanical movement in America did at the time, but there is an interesting old US Govt made film promoting hemp as an important crop for US farmers to grow:
Hemp for Victory
July 25, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Well done, Borked, that’s a good start. Look into William Randolph Hearst and the money he had into trees for paper, too. Now it’s just used for control. It was used as a way to demonize Mexicans and Blacks, too. It’s a multi-faceted kick in the liberty-balls.
July 25, 2011 at 11:40 pm
I just have to point out that that is a complete misuse of the term jumping the shark.
July 25, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Why is it illegal? It’s under age, obviously!
July 26, 2011 at 9:24 am
And thus, actually fun.