Message Rustyham

beers 1836 º places 106 º 13:07 Sun 9/19/2010

Why would it say that supporting Proposition 19 is supporting Prohibitions when they donated money opposing it?



Is it just me or does that article make no sense? Like, M.C. Escher levels or nonsensicalness.

Message Mora2000

P beers 6156 º places 101 º 13:37 Sun 9/19/2010

Proposition 19 would legalize marijuana, so they are opposing the measure (or put another way, supporting keeping marijuana illegal). They are for the continued prohibition of marijuana.



Originally posted by Rustyham

Why would it say that supporting Proposition 19 is supporting Prohibitions when they donated money opposing it?



Is it just me or does that article make no sense? Like, M.C. Escher levels or nonsensicalness.



Message Rustyham

beers 1836 º places 106 º 13:55 Sun 9/19/2010

Originally posted by Mora2000

Proposition 19 would legalize marijuana, so they are opposing the measure (or put another way, supporting keeping marijuana illegal). They are for the continued prohibition of marijuana.



Originally posted by Rustyham

Why would it say that supporting Proposition 19 is supporting Prohibitions when they donated money opposing it?



Is it just me or does that article make no sense? Like, M.C. Escher levels or nonsensicalness.









No, because it says "Whatever your personal feelings on marijuana, supporting Proposition 19 is supporting prohibition..."



How is that possible when Prop. 19 legalizes marijuana? No, because it says "Whatever your personal feelings on marijuana, supporting Proposition 19 is supporting prohibition..."How is that possible when Prop. 19 legalizes marijuana?

Message temporrari

beers 399 º places 12 º 17:26 Sun 9/19/2010

Originally posted by Rustyham

No, because it says "Whatever your personal feelings on marijuana, supporting Proposition 19 is supporting prohibition..."



How is that possible when Prop. 19 legalizes marijuana?





That part was written by joet and is not part of the article. It’s clear that he simply mistyped that, and he actually means the opposite of what he wrote. That part was written by joet and is not part of the article. It’s clear that he simply mistyped that, and he actually means the opposite of what he wrote.

Message DerWeg

beers 2144 º places 48 º 18:56 Sun 9/19/2010

I guess if oil companies could help make bicycles illegal, they would in their own self-interest try to do just that. Look at companies like Firestone which were part of buying the original LA Transit system - they took it over just so they could shut it down.



Not to advocate the recreational use of marijuana - I can’t - but I really feel our social stance on any drug (pot, alcohol, nicotine) tends to be hypocritical and to always betray ulterior motives. Public health seems secondary.



I mean, really - breweries opposing the legal use of pot?



Besides, driving pot underground encourages the trafficking and selling of much harder drugs, because they yield more profits for about the same trouble (and often the same legal risk.)



Legalize/control pot, and we undermine the illicit drug trade. Oops did I just advocate pot? Well I don’t suggest inhaling it...

Message otakuden

beers 1783 º 20:24 Sun 9/19/2010

Originally posted by TheArrogantBastard

Stone is not a part of this. This caught us off guard. We are merely a non-voting Allied Member of this trade group (CA Beer & Beverage Distributors aka CBBD). As such, Stone Brewing does not / cannot participate in the political action decisions of the CBBD.



The organization that most directly represents the political interests of the Stone Brewing Co. is the California Small Brewers Association (CSBA), and the CSBA organization does not make a habit of chiming in, one way or the other, on non-beer related political issues. Same for the Stone Brewing Co...we’re not political animals and we prefer to keep it that way.



We regret that it has been inferred that Stone is associated with this decision of the CBBD, as quite simply, we are not.



-Greg.

Stone Brewing Co.







thanks for clarifying and chiming in thanks for clarifying and chiming in

Message joet

P admin beers 2887 º places 125 º 00:38 Mon 9/20/2010

Originally posted by joet

Posted at reddit, which was my source.



http://www.reddit.com/r/beer/comments/dg4su/stone_brewings_greg_koch_replies_to_california/



ps. temporrari, yes my mistake







Thanks for chiming in Greg! Thanks for chiming in Greg!

Message bhops

beers 433 º places 37 º 08:47 Mon 9/20/2010

craft breweries should just get into the pot business.