Evil Genius

Q: what would you give to have casca's memory returned?

William Randolph Hearst had accumulated a chain of newspapers that made him the most influential man in America. He also owned vast timber holdings which fed the paper industry. Lammont Du Pont was his friend and supplied toxic chemicals which were needed for making paper. He was also the spearhead for a fledgling petrochemical industry. Both men stood to loose large if hemp turned the industrial revolution corner, which it looked like it was about to do with the invention of the "decorticator", a far superior machine to Jefferson's hemp break. With this new invention, it appeared that hemp could now be processed quickly enough to be used for paper and plywood instead of trees, and the petrochemical industry was and embarrassment considering you can make the same five hundred biodegradable products from hemp. This was not good news for Mr. Hearst or Mr. Dupont. Henry Ford had already made and fueled a car almost entirely from hemp, and it actually looked as if hemp had the capacity to affect Hearst and DuPont's bottom line.

Hearst ordered all his editors to write scathing stories about marijuana to which they replied, "What's that?" Hearst made the word up because he knew no one would believe scathing stories about hemp. The articles all denigrated Mexicans, African Americans, Jazz Musicians, and the city of New Orleans, suggesting that marijuana use would certainly lead to crime, insanity, and early violent death. After a few years of this bombardment, the country was primed for the marijuana tax act of 1937.

dialdfordesi wrote:If the government allows for the controlled production of marijuana and taxes the hell out of it they could make some decent cash if they crack down hard on "bootleg weed."

Yeah, basically. It would still be illegal to cultivate it personally. It just goes to show the true nature of reality. It's not illegal so much because of it's negative qualities (I mean cigarettes are legal, and the "Truth" commercials told me they were the devil, and there's always alcohol. Drunk driving accidents are one of the number one killers after all.) it's just more so about how better they can make money off of it. Not like people grow their own tobacco. Hell most people don't even like to buy "roll-your-owns", I'm sure they could make money off of it. However, instead they're probably profiting more by keeping it illegal and making drug busts. I'm not exactly sure, but they probably turn that basically free confiscated drugs into money. That way they're essentially getting something for nothing. Then again, maybe I'm crazy and don't know what I'm talking about.

What do you think should happen next summer?

What is Evil-Genius's most evil thing they did?

Do you know where I could cosplay like this?

Eldo wrote:

What is Evil-Genius's most evil thing they did?

We adopted a puppy and placed it in an abusive environment.

Why is it considered childish to like anime?

Is it considered childish in USA too?

why is jesus so awesome?

Eedze wrote:what do you do when you're out of beer and out of cash at the same time

War Machine wrote:I got you!



Dr. Eldo:

My time freezing machine is complete and its purpose has been fulfilled, what should I do now?