Carol Gwilt to serve 17 months

Here is one more example of the government picking on a political activist. They are scared to death that activism might actually succeed in changing public opinion. They may be forced to change the laws to reflect public opinion. The best way to shut people up is to lock them in jail for insane amounts of time while real criminals run free and profit from the apathy of ourgovernment institutions. In case you are too lazy to click the link, Carol Gwilt ran the cannabis cafe known as Da Kine. Of course it got raided and shut down as has happened a number of times to a number of cannabis cafes.

It's pretty easy to go after people like Carol that do their illegal activities publicly and snub the unjust and immoral laws of the government in the process. It is unfortunate that the legal system can think of no effective way to make an impact on crime. Drug prohibition has been enforced for decades with a vengeance and we have more drug users than ever. 12% of Canadians have smoked pot in the last year. When prohibition was passed, marijuana use was almost non-existent in Canada. (I'll save that for another post.)

The problem is that people that are in the business of trafficking marijuana for a huge amount of profit prefer to keep their illustrious business away from the prying eyes of the government. The activists, like Carol, that actually care passionately about this issue get shut up and locked in jail. Every time they lock up another activist they can all pat each other on the ass and feel like they have accomplished something, while terrorists and criminals continue to profit from the prohibition of drugs. Way to go!

If I was in a position in society that benefits from maintaining our unjust drug laws, I would be shaking in my boots right now. You can't lock up everybody that disagrees with you. And some of us are smart enough to complain loudly and publicly without getting into any sort of legal trouble.