Rumsfeld concerned about Venezuelan arms purchase

**Ferre** · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:57 am Post subject:

Oops, I might have missed your PM brother, I'm sorry for that but can not recall it, I get tons of PM's and mostly I reply to all of them, it does happen that Pm's get deleted sometimes from my PM box because I have the same space as anyone else for my PM box and it's full all the time and I'm sorry if my not responding has caused irritation, it has not been done on purpose at all.
Embarassed

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**Fyrefly1** · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

Next time that happens, Stokes why don't you PM one of the mods and ask them to tell Ferre to contact you....?
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Stokes · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject:

Joe,
Thank you for the helpful suggestion, Ferre has given me a way to contact him without using the PM system so this should no longer be a problem.

Ferre,
There's no need for us to square-off in cyberspace. If I had any real problem with you I would not hesitate to share it with you if I thought it would mean anything, so let's just try to remember that our goals are essentially the same.

Promote cannabis liberation and our ministry, and point out any kind of hypocrisy wherever we see it. One simple way I've learned to gain a better understanding of any situation is to put the shoe on the other foot, so to speak.

Try to imagine for a moment ... that an American is the webmaster of a global ministry that you are a member of and many people from your nation are being arrested and persecuted for cannabis in the Netherlands, at the same time cannabis is being tolerated in America for the most part.

Would you allow yourself to be expected to join in the relentless degradation of the Netherlands under any circumstances? I seriously doubt that you would.

Without belaboring the issue, I hope this helps to make my feelings (as an American) more understandable and acceptable to you.

Let's work together,

Stokes
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**Ferre** · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject:

It's a little different brother, let's put it this way, If the Netherlands was invading countries to get control of their resources, declaring war on it's own people (me too, in that case) and would start to become as fascist police state as America is at present times I would be the first to speak out against my own government. IN fact, if you go trough my posts you will find very little sympathy and many critical messages from me towards my own government.

Human Rights Violations are always wrong and the fact that the USA is making itself unpopular is something you better discuss with your political representatives instead of with me, I DO NOT MAKE THE NEWS brother, THE USA PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES "MAKE" THE NEWS, I only report it.

I do understand it is not nice for American people to be confronted with the bad stuff about their representation in the world but I can't make it look any better, I'm sorry but it's as bad as it looks and again, this view is "forced" upon the world as well, America is viewed as it wants to be viewed by its administration...

Be with us...or else!

That doesn't make any government popular does it? Maybe it's an idea to tell your congressman that you are getting fed up from all the bad news they'r are responcible for?
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Stokes · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject:

**Ferre** · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject:

You're right, I do miss "political compassion", not to confuse with Human compassion. If I had not that, I would not spend ALL my time, money and energy for the general cause.
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Stokes · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject:

**aeroplane** · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

**Ferre** · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:35 am Post subject:

I'm very much myself brother, thanks. Laughing

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**Mystic Power** · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject:

Hi Bro Stokes...

**aeroplane** · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject:

Brother MP wrote:

**Mystic Power** · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject:

Stokes · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:08 am Post subject: