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4 pointsprint12y ago7 comments

What if:

1) corn were the #1 cash crop in the U.S. (instead of #2), and 2) corn were illegal (instead of legal).

http://legalizecorn.com/2013-07-19-about.html

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For anyone confused, this is a parody article. The main premise seems to be "What if we treated all plants the way we treat cannabis?"

Nike ran a very similar campaign in the late 90's that asked a similar question: What if we treated all athletes the way we treat skateboarders?

Running http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM8LZdDzs-8

Tennis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYYpcCDSMz0

Golf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHsemRRvVrM

Yourfags12y ago

...corn? What? The yellow stuff I eat at dinner??

seszett12y ago

Well, this seems to be a kind parody, or an argument in favour of legalising cannabis by drawing a comparison with corn.

I don't understand the point, though, since apart from being flowering plants, they have little in common at any level, it seems to me.

Edit - by the way, before clicking the link I was thinking it was going to be an article about GM corn, or something like that.

printOP12y ago

The table on the "about" page explains the commonality.

http://legalizecorn.com/2013-07-19-about.html

tome12y ago

At the bottom there's a link to this:

http://www.theweedblog.com/new-mexico-corrections-officer-fi...

A parody of some sort?

jlgreco12y ago

(I don't think they are actually talking about corn.)

Yourfags12y ago

Ah thanks guys, didn't see that link =)

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conroy12y ago

For anyone confused, this is a parody article. The main premise seems to be "What if we treated all plants the way we treat cannabis?"

Nike ran a very similar campaign in the late 90's that asked a similar question: What if we treated all athletes the way we treat skateboarders?

Running http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM8LZdDzs-8

Tennis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYYpcCDSMz0

Golf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHsemRRvVrM

Yourfags12y ago

...corn? What? The yellow stuff I eat at dinner??

seszett12y ago

Well, this seems to be a kind parody, or an argument in favour of legalising cannabis by drawing a comparison with corn.

I don't understand the point, though, since apart from being flowering plants, they have little in common at any level, it seems to me.

Edit - by the way, before clicking the link I was thinking it was going to be an article about GM corn, or something like that.

printOP12y ago

The table on the "about" page explains the commonality.

http://legalizecorn.com/2013-07-19-about.html

tome12y ago

At the bottom there's a link to this:

http://www.theweedblog.com/new-mexico-corrections-officer-fi...

A parody of some sort?

jlgreco12y ago

(I don't think they are actually talking about corn.)

Yourfags12y ago

Ah thanks guys, didn't see that link =)

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