Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders

HCL · #1 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 03:52 AM

From my NORML update on Facebook:

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Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders

August 12th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.]

State Republican lawmaker Tommy Benton (31st House District) favors “caning” minor marijuana offenders and “executing” those who sell the drug, according to a recent correspondence sent by the representative to a constituent.

In a July 29, 2009 e-mail (which was voluntarily forwarded to the NORML office), Rep. Benton wrote: “Thanks for the email. We will have to agree to disagree on this and whether or not money is wasted (by mandating the state to prosecute minor marijuana offenders). I am opposed to the legalization of marijuana. I think we should go to caning for people caught using and maybe execute dealers. [emphasis NORML’s] That would solve the problem as well. That is what they do in Singapore and they don’t have a drug problem.”

Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of up to 24 violent lashes with a long rattan cane that has been soaked in water. The procedure inflicts intense pain and deep, bloody lacerations that can take several months to heal.

Rep. Benton followed up his remarks in a separate e-mail on August 11 (also forwarded to NORML) in which he threatened to turn over the names of citizens who disagreed with his political viewpoints to local law enforcement.

He wrote: “You and your cronies want it (marijuana) legalized so you can get a hit anytime without having to worry about getting arrested. I have forwarded your email to the Lowndes County sheriffs [sic] office so that they can be on the lookout for you. [emphasis NORML’s] Consider this my last correspondence on the the [sic] subject to you or anyone else who shares your similar “conservative views’.”

Benton was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2005.

What... the... fuck is this guy trying to do? Run a dictatorship within Georgia? FFS, how do people like this get elected? How do WE THE PEOPLE vote a guy like this into office?

Flo · #2 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 03:55 AM

repost, bro

CHUCK_NORRIS · #3 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:00 AM

thats fucked up..... how could he have such an ass backwards approach towards weed, i mean KILL PEOPLE, is he fucked?

ive never harmed anyone will high, and NO ONE has died from pot... weeds just a victimless fuckin 'crime' if you wanna call it that, why doesnt the prick go after tobacco, which kills 400,000+ a year, or alcohol.

people should have the same attitude towards pot as they do teenage sex/pregnancy

you cant stop it, people are gonna do what there gonna do, and people should spend more time teaching others how to use drugs safely and responsibly

save execution for killers, which is a whole other topic

HCL · #4 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Flo

repost, bro

Oh

HighMtnSkier · #5 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:12 AM

Wow, just wow

Salvial · #6 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:15 AM

Write this guy and let him know that his disrespect for personal liberty will get him voted out of office and that you're going to make it your duty to do so.

Talon · #7 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:17 AM

lol that guys a tool

griffsta · #8 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:18 AM

I just wrote to this guy and told him everything he needs to know about his actions. What an ugly ass motherfucker he is.

GreenGryphon · #9 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:19 AM

Anyone seen Angels and Demons? Or actually read the book? Abduct him, do some weird Illuminati BS, and then cram as much fine ass dank you can down his throat until he suffocates.

Yeah, it's fucked. But Goddamn, people gotta learn we ain't fucking around no mo'. >

DanBoone · #10 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:44 AM

This guy is insane. He won't be serving much longer.

HighMtnSkier · #11 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 04:54 PM

What a redneck asshole.

From his webpage...
706.335.5519 - Office
706.367.5891 - Home

andrew256 · #12 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 06:38 PM

I am so ashamed to have been born in the same town as this douchbag.

alpharettatoker · #13 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 07:58 PM

everyone call that bitches house phone leave him a message u know i did

chronicman00 · #14 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 08:03 PM

hahaha he probably got his ass kicked by a couple of stoners in high school.

fracturtle · #15 (**permalink**) 08-13-2009, 08:06 PM

boo this man! booooo!

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#2 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 03:55 AM
Flo I hoard glass Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Planet Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Posts: 523	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders repost, bro __________________ "Smoking to me isn't all about the high. There's a certain sense of style and elegance that must be maintained at all times, otherwise, you're just a pothead" For tobacco use only: RooR.de / Illadelph / Toro

#3 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:00 AM
CHUCK_NORRIS Banned Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 88	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders thats fucked up..... how could he have such an ass backwards approach towards weed, i mean KILL PEOPLE, is he fucked? ive never harmed anyone will high, and NO ONE has died from pot... weeds just a victimless fuckin 'crime' if you wanna call it that, why doesnt the prick go after tobacco, which kills 400,000+ a year, or alcohol. people should have the same attitude towards pot as they do teenage sex/pregnancy you cant stop it, people are gonna do what there gonna do, and people should spend more time teaching others how to use drugs safely and responsibly save execution for killers, which is a whole other topic

#5 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:12 AM
HighMtnSkier Got snow? Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ice Coast Posts: 1,183	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders Wow, just wow __________________ NJ - Action Required. Time is running out! URGENT - US Senate Committee To Debate Reevaluating The Drug War! Watch The Union & learn the truth. Normal.org -AMA Calls For Ending The “Schedule I Lie”

#6 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:15 AM
Salvial All Hail To The Thief! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,127	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders Write this guy and let him know that his disrespect for personal liberty will get him voted out of office and that you're going to make it your duty to do so. __________________

#7 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:17 AM
Talon i love butts Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 502 Posts: 2,689	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders lol that guys a tool

#8 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:18 AM
griffsta Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: texas Posts: 238	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders I just wrote to this guy and told him everything he needs to know about his actions. What an ugly ass motherfucker he is.

#9 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:19 AM
GreenGryphon Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 582	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders Anyone seen Angels and Demons? Or actually read the book? Abduct him, do some weird Illuminati BS, and then cram as much fine ass dank you can down his throat until he suffocates. Yeah, it's fucked. But Goddamn, people gotta learn we ain't fucking around no mo'. >

#10 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:44 AM
DanBoone Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 275	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders This guy is insane. He won't be serving much longer. __________________ If you ain't coughing, you ain't smoking. http://wakeupamerica-legalizecannabi....blogspot.com/ My blog! Hit it up!

#11 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 04:54 PM
HighMtnSkier Got snow? Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ice Coast Posts: 1,183	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders What a redneck asshole. From his webpage... 706.335.5519 - Office 706.367.5891 - Home __________________ NJ - Action Required. Time is running out! URGENT - US Senate Committee To Debate Reevaluating The Drug War! Watch The Union & learn the truth. Normal.org -AMA Calls For Ending The “Schedule I Lie”

#12 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 06:38 PM
andrew256 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southeastern United States Posts: 453	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders I am so ashamed to have been born in the same town as this douchbag.

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#13 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 07:58 PM
alpharettatoker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: North georgia (ATL) Posts: 595	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders everyone call that bitches house phone leave him a message u know i did

#14 (permalink) 08-13-2009, 08:03 PM
chronicman00 Ass Rammer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NorCal Posts: 5,189	Re: Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders hahaha he probably got his ass kicked by a couple of stoners in high school.

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