Oh!
Two corrections....
1. apparently I HAVE chimed in a few times on the forums!
2, it seems the page I found and posted my previous questions from was an old or partial version of the bootcamp discussion??? ...I see loads more posts (and recent too) when I checked to see if my post had showed up!
My questions were rather blunt and direct, and so I recognize they probably inspire a lot of other questions on y'all's end. I'll try to clarify a bit, but I'm feeling a little reluctant to go much more personal detail right out in the open here. I will share that I've never smoked a cigarette and drink zero hooch of any kind (unless Kombucha counts!). I have a super clean lifestyle. I have not used a pharmaceutical in at least 2 decades, including aspirin. As an herbalist, trainer, massage practitioner, general all-natural health enthusiast, and someone who has learned to question the official narrative (as it seems the majority of people frequenting permies.com do) of whatever the Great and Powerful Oz claims to be for our good, I am wondering why the wholesale banning of such an amazing plant (cannabis, specifically). Many places out here have "hemp" incorporated into their names because of the huge role they played on early homesteads during the colonial period. People are capable of abusing anything, aren't they?... including Doritos! How about video games?... facebook? The official position of Wheaton Labs on this topic seems out of tune with the melody flowing in all the other aspects of the great life/lifestyle being lived and promoted out there. Is everyone who values cannabis (or any entheogen for that matter) a defacto lazy, trouble-making pothead? Maybe there is a subtler rationale behind the ban. ? I'm suddenly having a deja vu-like feeling as if I asked this somewhere on the forum once before.... hmmm. Sorry if it was answered already.
Anyway, if there's a strong reason for banning it, it's not a deal-breaker for me. It would require a shift in lifestyle away from what is part of a positive way of maintaining my health and how I would like to obtain fiber for clothing. I'd just like to know if it's open for discussion or could be considered on a case-by-case. Doing my due diligence.
I hope addressing this doesn't make anyone uncomfortable.
I gather from all the other things I have read about life in boot camp (at Wheaton Labs in general) that there's a lot of flexibility and time is taken to hear people out... that value is placed in hearing a variety of perspectives on any particular topic.
About the trailer...
she is bulky, heavy, and full of things I would be using to build my place, bermed greenhouse, and all other projects I'd be helping on out there. It looks a bit like the Flying Dutchman at the moment.... mostly due to the tattered condition of the tarps on her.
Anyway, thanks for any forthcoming answers!
