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AbstraKt_I_Am


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Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest.
#18709745 - 08/15/13 03:33 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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http://rt.com/usa/police-washington-state-hempfest-539/
Rather than arresting marijuana users, police officers will be giving them Doritos at this year’s “Hempfest,” an annual celebration that takes place in Washington state, where pot is now legalized for use by adults over the age of 21.
Police will distribute information about the state’s new legalization attached to a bag of chips, thereby satisfying pot smokers’ “munchies” while also explaining the law. The labels, which are attached to about 1,000 bags of Doritos, encourage pot users to check out a guide on the police department’s website, titled “Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use in Seattle.”
“Distributing salty snacks at a festival celebrating hemp, I think, is deliberately ironic enough that people will accept them in good humor,” police spokesman Sergeant Sean Whitcomb told The Stranger. “We want to make sure people learn the rules and that they respect the vote.”
Tens of thousands of people are expected to show up at this summer’s “protestival” in Seattle, which has advocated for the decriminalization of marijuana for 22 years. The first Hempfest, held in 1991, was a one-day gathering of approximately 500 stoners. In recent years, the event has turned into a weekend gathering featuring concerts, rallies and a fair with more than 250,000 attendees, some of which are high-profile celebrities and politicians. Seattle’s Hempfest is currently the largest protest of cannabis laws in the world.
Having won legalization at the state level, this year’s speakers will focus on the reform of federal marijuana laws instead. Celebrating with police instead of running from them, attendance at this year’s Hempfest, which kicks off Aug. 16, could reach an all-time high. Organizers expect as many as 85,000 people to show up each day at the three-day event.
”I think it’s going to be a lot of fun,” Sgt. Whitcomb told the Associated Press. “It’s meant to be ironic. The idea of police passing out Doritos at a festival that celebrates pot, we’re sure, is going to generate some buzz.”
Hempfest executive director Vivian McPeak told AP that this year’s Hempfest will partially be a victory celebration. There will be more than 100 speakers, 117 musical acts and 400 vendors offering information, multi-colored glassware, artwork and food. Sgt Whitcomb is one of the scheduled speakers at the three-day event.
The police sergeant wants smokers to be aware that adults can possess up to an ounce of marijuana, but can’t sell or give it away. Driving under the influence of marijuana and public use of the drug is still illegal. Although police can issue citations for public use of marijuana, officers have instead been warning people about the rules and asked violators to extinguish their pot.
“We’re there to let people know what the rules are,” Whitcomb told NBC. “Not everybody will get a bag [of chips], but hopefully people will talk about what’s allowed and what’s not.”
Admission to Hempfest is free, but organizers are asking for $10 donations to offset the $800,000 cost of running the festival.
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Uzziel
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: AbstraKt_I_Am]
#18710292 - 08/15/13 05:19 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fucking love it 
Satisfy their munchies and inform them about the laws.
Something is going right here?? No way!
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: Uzziel]
#18710403 - 08/15/13 05:42 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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This news article (and the one that was posted here before this one) is really showing the police in an awesome light
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: gulper2323] 1
#18710437 - 08/15/13 05:47 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Right guys?! I mean if I was there this year, I would be high fiving these cops like a thousand handed Buddha. Its time police and citizens started mending their relationship and its all because one PD has took the right stance, at least with pot, on the war on drugs. Let this serve as an example to police departments across the nation.
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: AbstraKt_I_Am]
#18710807 - 08/15/13 06:54 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I would definitely rather have the cops on my side.
Sweet article bro, makes me wish I had money for a plane ticket.
I'd be all like, "Excuse me officer, do you mind if I get a picture?"
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Panick
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: Toe_Jam]
#18710830 - 08/15/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Already posted, still on front page.
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: Panick]
#18710832 - 08/15/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Panick said: Already posted, still on front page.
Yeah.. Right where I found it....
EDIT: Ah, I see now....
-------------------- God lay his finger at the Mouth of the Serpent March 1984   A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky. -Castle of Indolence
Edited by Toe_Jam (08/15/13 07:07 PM)
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: Toe_Jam]
#18711677 - 08/15/13 09:53 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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awww yeeee.
freedom
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: AbstraKt_I_Am]
#18712873 - 08/16/13 02:41 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I don't really get all the cop-loving going on.. They clearly state they only reason they are there is to enforce the idea that there are still "rules", same meat, different gravy.
Also can anyone explain how handing out chips is ironic? The cop mentions the intense irony of it a couple of times, I see nothing ironic.. Maybe I am missing something??
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: egodeathflux]
#18712885 - 08/16/13 02:48 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
egodeathflux said: I don't really get all the cop-loving going on.. They clearly state they only reason they are there is to enforce the idea that there are still "rules", same meat, different gravy.
Also can anyone explain how handing out chips is ironic? The cop mentions the intense irony of it a couple of times, I see nothing ironic.. Maybe I am missing something??

It's because people misunderstand the definition of irony and use it in all kinds of ways that, while they may be valid colloquialisms, do not meet the definition of irony. For example, that really shitty Alanis Morisette song.
The police are handing out the chips with the intention of educating people about the state's MJ laws. For this to actually be ironic, handing out the chips would have to result in people knowing less about the MJ laws. Ironic is clearly misused here.
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: dokunai]
#18713397 - 08/16/13 07:19 AM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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Something is going right??? Hell yes! Portlandia, you are next I reckon!
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Panick
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: jtronique]
#18715293 - 08/16/13 04:05 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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The irony here is the incongruity of the stereotypical concept of cops being against marijuana users and the reality of them having an alternate, even beneficial, stance toward them in this case. Generally police often take away paraphernalia and contraband, but in this case they are actually giving back something that coincides with a marijuana users desires - thus a situational irony. To the person who is against "cop loving", stop being a try hard. Police are just upholding laws that the majority has put into place, it's a job, nothing more. I'm sure there are plenty of circumstances you'd find yourself loving them when you weren't trying to be so internet cool.
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: Panick]
#18715373 - 08/16/13 04:20 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Its kind of ironic that they used to jail you but now they give you doritos, I guess its not fully ironic if that nakes any sense, but I don't care about that its cool that weed is becoming legal there I wonder what its gonna be like when the shops open for the public.
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dokunai
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: Panick]
#18716416 - 08/16/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Panick said: The irony here is the incongruity of the stereotypical concept of cops being against marijuana users and the reality of them having an alternate, even beneficial, stance toward them in this case. Generally police often take away paraphernalia and contraband, but in this case they are actually giving back something that coincides with a marijuana users desires - thus a situational irony. To the person who is against "cop loving", stop being a try hard. Police are just upholding laws that the majority has put into place, it's a job, nothing more. I'm sure there are plenty of circumstances you'd find yourself loving them when you weren't trying to be so internet cool.
I understand what you are getting at, but this truly is not irony. Irony is an action causing the opposite of what was intended. So while it may be a sea change in policy, an about-face on an issue, or a great departure from policies of the past, it is not irony.
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: dokunai]
#18716801 - 08/16/13 10:53 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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haters i think its badass they're givcing stoners munchies, and trying to PREVENT us from going to jail
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Panick
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: dokunai]
#18717511 - 08/17/13 02:24 AM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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iro·ny noun \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\ plural iro·nies a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity
The incongruity of the actual result (helping and/or handing out chips) and the normal or expected result (hindering and/or taking away weed).
Thus, an irony.
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Re: Cop's Hand Out Bags of Doritos at Washington's Hemp Fest. [Re: stangecloud]
#18718743 - 08/17/13 12:35 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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stangecloud said: haters i think its badass they're givcing stoners munchies, and trying to PREVENT us from going to jail
I think it's funny, and pretty groovy. Who doesn't like free chips?
Their website is amusing too, well, the video at the bottom made me laugh. http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2012/11/09/marijwhatnow-a-guide-to-legal-marijuana-use-in-seattle/
Oh and this,
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Will police officers be able to smoke marijuana? As of right now, no. This is still a very complicated issue.
You know they want to.
Edited by 4runner (08/17/13 12:36 PM)
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