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Facebook Rejects Ads That Display Marijuana Leaf

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Posted on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 10:35:57 AM EST
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Firedoglake and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, creators of the Just Say Now campaign to legalize medical and recreational use of marijuana, are protesting Facebook's decision to reject their ads. Facebook objects to the ads because they display a marijuana leaf and Facebook doesn't allow ads for smoking products.

Just Say Now has started a petition to get reinstated.

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    one more reason (none / 0) (#1)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 11:09:46 AM EST
    to hate facebook.  I am so sorry I ever got involved with that POS.
    it's been good to me lately (none / 0) (#2)
    by CST on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 11:49:54 AM EST
    Post-college people start to disappear.  And it's not that you don't like them anymore, it's just that they moved to London, or India, or wherever.  At my level I see it as a really important alumni networking tool.  And it has actually served a very usefull function at times.  You just gotta be carefull of what you put there.

    I have some friends who quit it.  And it has actually had a measurable effect on their ability to do certain things.  It's kind of scary, but that's also kind of how it is now - especially if you are trying to do any kind of business/political action/fundraising/networking with people in their 20s.

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    sometimes I think (none / 0) (#4)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 11:58:05 AM EST
    if I get one more damn hug or angel I will throttle someone.
     

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    to be fair (none / 0) (#5)
    by CST on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 12:03:24 PM EST
    no one I am friends with on facebook would give me a hug or an angel.  I don't even know how you do these things.

    I really think the issue is, people knowing how to use it correctly.  And for those of us who've been using it this way since day one, it's more of a tool, and our peers also tend to use it that way more.  Plus sharing photos/anecdotes too of course.  But that's almost secondary, and in a way, has become part of the "networking" bit.

    I think it really has changed the way that's done.

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    Since when is a leaf... (none / 0) (#3)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 11:57:43 AM EST
    a "smoking product"...every knucklehead head knows you smoke buds, not leafs....they're just pretty:)

    Youtube, otoh, is down with the green...was checking out some clips of monster bingos with killer pieces...and most of 'em aren't even age restricted...youtube yeah, facebook boo.

    You and your ebonics. :) (none / 0) (#6)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 12:18:47 PM EST
    What's a monster bingo? Killer piece?

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    LOL... (none / 0) (#7)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 01:12:26 PM EST
    A bingo is a hit from a water pipe, tobacco of course:)  A monster bingo is a massive hit from a water pipe.

    A piece is a water pipe, pipe, chillum, bubbler, etc...a killer piece is a particularly nice high quality pipe or water pipe.

    And that concludes today's lesson:)

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    It's hard to keep up (none / 0) (#8)
    by jondee on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 01:25:42 PM EST
    with the "hep" lingo of these tea pad frequenting hop heads. Try as we may, they'll always stay one step ahead us.

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    Kids these days. (none / 0) (#9)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 01:27:21 PM EST


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    heh (none / 0) (#10)
    by CST on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 01:34:23 PM EST
    kdog is older than me, and while I knew what he meant by killer piece, I'd never heard of a monster bingo.  Although I might have been able to figure it out.

    Could also have to do with locality.  What he calls a "bingo" I know as a "rip".

    Actually I wonder how much of it has to do with being older.  I know some people who call it "dope" still.  They are all over 50 though.  To me "dope" means "cool", not "pot".

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    My favorite... (none / 0) (#11)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 01:59:18 PM EST
    term for the sweet leaf is an oldie but goodie..."reefer".  I just love the sound of it.

    We call 'em rips too, or bingers, rippers, pulls...we mighta made up "bingo" in my little circle, as a variation on "binger".  We just would never say "wicked rip" this far south:)

    God I love slang...it's the only way to communicate, so much flavor.

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    common misconception (none / 0) (#12)
    by CST on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 02:04:52 PM EST
    about the use of the term wicked.  It's not an adjective so much as an amplifyer.  Think of it as "really". You wouldn't say "really rip", you'd say "really hard rip".  Just like you wouldn't say "wicked rip", you'd say "wicked haaad rip".

    There are some variations to this I'm sure, and since it's not an official word, there are no rules.  But for the most part, that's how it's applied.

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    Good looks... (none / 0) (#13)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 02:12:27 PM EST
    on the explanation...the DEA is gonna need ebonics and slang translators that are very very specialized by locality, and there will be a constant need for continuing education...and still I guarantee they'll be scratching mad heads listening to those wiretaps.

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    I was schooling some (none / 0) (#14)
    by jondee on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 02:22:41 PM EST
    Harry Potter fans recently on the origin of term "muggles"; which, as I recollect, was a slang term for pot used by New Orleans jazz musicians back in the day.

    Years ago, an old AA guy I worked with in a furniture store used to tell my friends and I that we'd "better quit blowin' that gage"..:)

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    Muggles, Gage, Tea... (none / 0) (#15)
    by kdog on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 02:35:03 PM EST
    all from the jazz era I believe...another of my favorites is "jang"....googling around it looks like jang is also slang for your John Thomas...did not know that.

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    If you google your jang more than 2X (none / 0) (#16)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 04:16:32 PM EST
    you're playing with it...

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    too late..:) (none / 0) (#17)
    by jondee on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 04:20:39 PM EST


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    googling my jang (none / 0) (#18)
    by Capt Howdy on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 04:42:18 PM EST
    is really frustrating because there is a very famous sports stadium, in Whacko texas no less, with my name and also a very famous jazz musician.
    so to find me you actually have to use advanced search.


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    Reefer, hooch, ganga (none / 0) (#19)
    by PatHat on Wed Aug 25, 2010 at 11:02:58 PM EST
    but I just call it "drugs", as in wanna do some drugs?  Correction, I used to say that way back.

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    still saying it (none / 0) (#20)
    by Capt Howdy on Thu Aug 26, 2010 at 09:16:15 AM EST
    around my house.

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    If they (none / 0) (#21)
    by efm on Thu Aug 26, 2010 at 12:48:12 PM EST
     put a picture of Joe Camel on an add in facebook it would still be an add for smoking, even if it doesn't show anyone smoking or any cigarettes, just like the leaf symbolizes smoking pot.

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    Why? (none / 0) (#22)
    by Patrick on Thu Aug 26, 2010 at 12:59:54 PM EST
    Why can't Facebook limit or restrict ads on their website?  What happened to freedom in this Country?  If I don't agree with your agenda, I get it shoved down my throat.  

    What, What? (none / 0) (#23)
    by squeaky on Thu Aug 26, 2010 at 01:23:49 PM EST
    Are you saying that we should not exercise our first amendment rights here and protest Facebook's decision?

    If I don't agree with your agenda, I get it shoved down my throat.  

    Sounds like you are for eliminating the first amendment.

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