Llama
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Re: Weed Wars TV Show Explores the Fascinating World of Medical Cannabis This Decembe
Other than the fact that they've historically fought fang and claw against every single health warning, that they learned LONG before such were required that they had a dangerous product and kept the information private, that they have been caught making efforts to make their products even more addictive than they naturally were, that they have marketed their product with cutesy cartoon icons and the like that were designed to catch the eye and garner the business of kids and other groups who might be hard-wired to not believe any warnings about a product that are given to them by people who use those products themselves (or who just tend to do whatever their elders tell them not to), the fact that - again, historically - whenever they've been sued and found themselves unable to quash the suits, they've used delaying tactics until the plaintiffs died, and that if you write them and explain that you started smoking at an early age when you honestly didn't know any better and have found yourself unable to permanently quit regardless of the means you tried and that you'd like some help... that you receive a form-letter that politely tells you to go fuck yourself?
I agree that the tobacco companies did everything they could to maximize their profits much of it was lowdown, underhanded, illegal, and just plain wrong. All a historical fact. Now the tobacco compinies are so heavily regulated and monitored that they have very little wiggle room to pull the stunts the did in the past. Now the dangers of tobacco use are so well publicized and so well known that if a person continues to smoke or decides to start smoking it is not the tobacco companies fault.
But let's stay on topic.
They could not get Al Capone any other way except by income tax evasion. He was never 'allowed' to operate openly, and he never filed his taxes in the first place.
With Harborside, they are a criminal enterprise according to the feds, yet they allow them to operate in the open as long as they pay the incredible tax burden. By allowing them to operate at all the feds are actually sanctioning their business.
And one more thing. The guy with the glasses stated on Bill O'Reilly earlier this week that they(Harborside) did not want marijuana legalized for recreational use.
That statement seems rather self serving for an MMJ business.
Other than the fact that they've historically fought fang and claw against every single health warning, that they learned LONG before such were required that they had a dangerous product and kept the information private, that they have been caught making efforts to make their products even more addictive than they naturally were, that they have marketed their product with cutesy cartoon icons and the like that were designed to catch the eye and garner the business of kids and other groups who might be hard-wired to not believe any warnings about a product that are given to them by people who use those products themselves (or who just tend to do whatever their elders tell them not to), the fact that - again, historically - whenever they've been sued and found themselves unable to quash the suits, they've used delaying tactics until the plaintiffs died, and that if you write them and explain that you started smoking at an early age when you honestly didn't know any better and have found yourself unable to permanently quit regardless of the means you tried and that you'd like some help... that you receive a form-letter that politely tells you to go fuck yourself?
I agree that the tobacco companies did everything they could to maximize their profits much of it was lowdown, underhanded, illegal, and just plain wrong. All a historical fact. Now the tobacco compinies are so heavily regulated and monitored that they have very little wiggle room to pull the stunts the did in the past. Now the dangers of tobacco use are so well publicized and so well known that if a person continues to smoke or decides to start smoking it is not the tobacco companies fault.
But let's stay on topic.
They could not get Al Capone any other way except by income tax evasion. He was never 'allowed' to operate openly, and he never filed his taxes in the first place.
With Harborside, they are a criminal enterprise according to the feds, yet they allow them to operate in the open as long as they pay the incredible tax burden. By allowing them to operate at all the feds are actually sanctioning their business.
And one more thing. The guy with the glasses stated on Bill O'Reilly earlier this week that they(Harborside) did not want marijuana legalized for recreational use.
That statement seems rather self serving for an MMJ business.
