4/20 - a holiday for the masses

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DENVER - Once the province of activists and stoners, the traditional pot holiday of April 20 has gone mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.

Tens of thousands gathered for a weekend of Colorado cannabis-themed festivals and entertainment, from a marijuana industry expo called the Cannabis Cup at a trade center north of downtown, to 4/20-themed concerts at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater — acts include Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dog — to a massive festival in the shadow of the state capitol where clouds of cannabis smoke are expected to waft at 4:20 p.m. MDT Sunday.

"Nationwide, it'll be decriminalized," he predicted, "and we'll be doing this in every state."


from: 4/20 pot holiday tries to go mainstream in Colorado - Newsday

[elchivito]

feckin' hippies

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^ even if the term is outdated, accordingly hippies were the most revolutionary group in modern history and now supporting the tax system too...

Hippie fashions and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. Since the 1960s, many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by mainstream society. The religious and cultural diversity espoused by the hippies has gained widespread acceptance, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual concepts have reached a larger audience. The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in myriad forms, including health food, music festivals, contemporary sexual mores, and even the cyberspace revolution.[7]

from: Hippie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[tjts1]

I know one elitist on this very forum who won't be celebrating this holiest of holidays.

[aklim]

Originally Posted by tjts1

I know one elitist on this very forum who won't be celebrating this holiest of holidays.

Had this been on a Monday, it would be great. This is merely another festival on a Sunday so no benefit.

[elchivito]

*cough* Dood! I got it!! We need a law that makes April 20th fall on Monday every year!!

[cmbdiesel]

Originally Posted by link

^ even if the term is outdated, accordingly hippies were the most revolutionary group in modern history and now supporting the tax system too...



from: Hippie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hey.... I resemble that remark....

[w123fanman]

Two other things today: Hitler's Birthday and anniversary of the Columbine massacre

[Hatterasguy]

Happy B day Adolf!


Anyway, freaken hipsters now, hippies are all old.

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^“To know a thing you have to trust what you know, and all that you know, and as far as you know in whatever direction your knowing drags you. I once had a pet pine squirrel named Omar who lived in the cotton secret and springy dark of our old green davenport; Omar knew that davenport; he knew from the Inside what I only sat on from the Out, and trusted his knowledge to keep from being squashed by my ignorance. He survived until a red plaid blanket--spread to camouflage the worn-out Outside--confused him so he lost his faith in his familiarity with the In. Instead of trying to incorporate a plaid exterior into the scheme of his world he moved to the rainspout at the back of the house and was drowned in the first fall shower, probably still blaming that blanket: damn this world that just won't hold still for us! Damn it anyway!”
― Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion