After 5 years of total abstinence from interacting with the online cannabis community, this one thread (which I spent the whole morning reading & the early afternoon thinking about) has 'moved me' sufficiently to want to say my piece.
But first, please permit me a few words on 'where I was then' & 'where I am now'
Back then I was a pawn of someone who, by the strength of their personality and the force of their enthusiasm convinced me (for a while) that they were working 'for the cause'.
When I came to doubt & question some of their attitudes/morals/'business' decisions, I was cut off, abandoned, literally thrown into the streets of a foreign town, and bad-mouthed/black-listed on many boards.
Since then, I have been arrested, extradited, sentenced, freed & have returned to the Netherlands to a life I could never have dreamed of in my home town. To be blunt, I feel like a completely different person than I was then.
In co-operation with my (Dutch) house-mates, I have been growing (in soil, indoor & outdoor) for the last 2 years or so. Sometimes it feels like it is a little too easy over here, but as we all learn, Mother Nature has a way of putting you in your place from time to time.
Back On-Topic, firstly I'd like to offer a huge 'virtual hug' to all those members who came out of their comfort zones to contribute to ensuring that the truth is told. I appreciate it could not have been easy to be so open about such deeply personal matters. Nobody enjoys admitting to being conned. Maximum Respect.
As I read, I noticed that most of the 'action' was from a couple of years ago and hoped as I approached the final few pages that this Grimm tale would have a Hollywood ending (
a laBruce Willis?)
To discover that this ripper is still doing the same thing really oxidized my trichomes, especially when I checked out the 'Cannbis Lies' site and found this 'announcement' from just a few months ago:-
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Written by Hothouse Flowers
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Today marks a milestone in the development of the Breeders Choice Organisation.
Today we are proud to release the first of a series of work by one of the BCO members, a breeder of the future who through learning with us and working within the BCO genetics pool has produced a stunning, legendary Colombian based 'Haze' that equals or exceeds the very best work of the self entitled ''masters'' of the plant.
To me, the final stanza of this quote is just plain taking the piss. Out of people we have all learned to love & respect.
BUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?
If anyone has/develops a plan to do something concrete (like wellies?) to bring this bad boy down, and I can do anything to help, I'm in.
PM me.