New Hampshire - A State of Suffering

[Sovereign Curtis]

Hello folks. This is an article appearing in "Treating Yourself" magazine, Issue 20 - 2009, written by "Otto Emery Snow" (a cursory google search yields no "Otto Emery Snow")

I'm taking the trouble to type this up for educational/informational purposes. Fair use and all that.

Please take the time to read the article and, when finished, let me know if you would be willing to collaborate on a response to this article, one that could also be sent out to other "single-issue" liberty outlets, such as other Medical Marajuana/Counter-Culture magazines. It would be ideal if "we" could approach the response from all angles of liberty activism (ie politico response, civ-dis response, anarchist/voluntaryist/agorist response), and use this experimental effort as an outreach template to reproduce in the future.

Any errors have been left intact.

Laissez Faire!

New Hampshire

A state of suffering
**in the article. The title appears as New Hempshire, with a hastily scribbled "a" over the "e" in "Hemp"**

by Otto Emery Snow

I remember New Hampshire as a state with rolling hillsides and cow pastures, 'til paradise was paved. I have fond memories of a place where anyone would be happy to live and raise a family.

...the news describes a place where physicians sexually assault patients and then gang up on the victims to silence them. The Catholic schools and churches where children were once thought to be safe were plagued with sexual assaults on minors. There was a case in which intoxicated minors were passed around by priests for sex. The 'holy men' were not prosecuted because 16 is the age of consent and sacramental wine was used to loosen up their prey.

...The property taxes have skyrocketed as the state has no sales tax...

In the 1970s onward, the most abused drugs were benzodiazepines. Physicians doled out free samples, some quantities in excess of three months. NH did not have diversion units years ago, though maybe today they do? Tranquilizers are more likely to be the first drug children will abuse, along with alcohol, then followed by other prescription drugs. This is a national problem and not isolated to NH...

The violent crime rate has always been low. Law enforcement (state and local) have always been top notch professionals. State Troopers remove their hats when pulling over cars and excuse themselves for causing any inconvenience to the driver, before giving you a ticket. They are highly respected and looked upon as role models for state law enforcement across the nation.

A friend of mine supplied law enforcement with fine cannabis. The officers used cannabis instead of taking pills to sleep, or narcotics for pain. Seems rational to me. The officers did not arrest people for simple possession or for growing a few plants.

There are some good things to come out of the state. The statue of limitations has been increased for child molesters. Physicians that sexually assault patients are now having their wrists slapped. Patients have rights to their medical records. To what extent the state prosecutes physicians and hospitals that don't comply, I would not know.

I love the people and state of New Hampshire. They are hard working (if they can find work) and a hand-shake is their bond. The Old Man of the Mountain, the state symbol has fallen down and has been replaced with a tacky facsimile, but the foliage is still colorful in the fall.

Unfortunately for patients...Live free or die will remain meaningless, until next year's vote.

I don't think "Otto" has been in NH for the last 30 years. I think he got his information for this article from a ten minute google search. I'm very disappointed.

[PraeterIdiot]

I'm not sure what actually needs to be responded to.  He kinda was going in all different directions it seemed.  He says positive things about officers out here, which totally trolls a lot a people here, but I'm not sure what else.  Seems in favor of medical marijuana.

[Sovereign Curtis]

I'm not sure what actually needs to be responded to.  He kinda was going in all different directions it seemed.  He says positive things about officers out here, which totally trolls a lot a people here, but I'm not sure what else.  Seems in favor of medical marijuana.

Yes, he is in favor of MM, but based one one act by the Governor, he has decided that NH is as anti-liberty as it gets.

And yes, he was all over the place.

[Sovereign Curtis]

So is anyone here interested in collaborating on a response? Possibly from the Anarchist/Agorist/Voluntaryist view?

Puhlease?

[J’raxis 270145]

Copied this post to the NHLA forum for you.

[WhereAndWhen]

Yes, he is in favor of MM, but based one one act by the Governor, he has decided that NH is as anti-liberty as it gets.

Thankfully, Kelly Ayote is not long the AG.  If someone just studied her and Lynch for 10 minutes, I could understand how they think NH very anti-liberty.

[Sovereign Curtis]

Copied this post to the NHLA forum for you.

Thanks Jeremy.


I want this to be a collaborative effort for many reasons. One of which is I do not feel comfortable stating the "FSP" or "politico" response. Nor am I an ideal candidate to speak to the nature of Freedom in NH over a period long than the last six months. If this response article is going to be what I hope it will be, I'm going to need help.

[FTL_Ian]

Just got this via email from ottosnow@bellsouth.net

Dear Folks at Freekeene, Wish you an excellent day.  My name is Otto Emery Snow.
I am the author and exclusive copyright holder of the article "New Hampshire a State of Suffering" which appears in the current issue of Treating Yourself Magazine.  A person called Curtis has posted my article on your forum (http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?topic=2319.0) without the permission of Mr. Marco Renda (publisher of Treating Yourself) or myself.  Marco represents and publishes articles by patients and pro-medical cannabis activists.  Many of the them risk their freedoms to battle in the war against tyrannical, unjust laws and the mistreat of patients.  Many depend on the sales of their articles to put food on their tables, like myself.

I was contacted by Varrin at the FSP to let me know that they had removed the article which Curtis had illegally posted on their forum.  She told me that Curtis is not a representative of the Free State Project and holds no organizational or leadership position in the project.  I have been told by other pro-cannabis activists in NH that Curtis is a problem.  I lived in NH for 30 years and have battled for patient rights for many decades.   If you would be so kind as to remove the article on your forum would be much appreciated by myself, Mr. Renda and the patients/activist groups that depend on our continued support.
Sincerely, Otto Emery Snow

As per our user agreement, the Free Keene Forum is not responsible for the posts of our users, so the Free Keene Forum will do nothing.  Up-to-you what to do, Curtis.  I find it particularly amusing his attempt to besmirch you.

Apparently this guy has zero interest in actually having people read his article.

[Dalebert]

I have been told by other pro-cannabis activists in NH that Curtis is a problem.

It'll be fun to speculate about who that might be.

[FTL_Ian]

My reply to Otto:

Otto,

Surely you are aware that each individual is responsible for his or her posts.  You should probably take your concerns directly to him.  You may send him a private message, but you'll need an account on the forum first:  http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=394

Also, you may just want to try asking nicely rather than threatening "DMCA" action.  People around here don't much care for coercive threats.

I'm sorry to see someone in the legalization/decrim movement attacking others in the same movement and hope you'll come to understand that Curtis actually gave your article and the magazine some free publicity.  Why anyone would be upset about that, I don't understand.  I'd never heard of "Treating Yourself" prior to his post.

Best,
Ian Freeman

[☺™]

I'm not an expert on the DCMA, but I think it allows use of copyrighted material for criticism, comment, or news reporting.  This thread clearly falls into that exception.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

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I wonder when Varrin got a sex change?

Now I hadn't heard of Treating Yourself either, prior to this forum post. This action isn't going to give me a very good opinion of them. Notwithstanding that intellectual property laws really aren't necessary for content creators to monetize their content, especially in a digital world.

[FTL_Ian]

Otto writes back (he CC'd this to the publisher, Marco):

Hi Ian, Thanks for the reply.  I was hoping for an email to the administrator.  Most sites have an administrator button to take DMCA requests.  I try to not 'threaten' folks.  I come from a very violent world.  I try to be as nice as possible with people.  It looks like Curtis wants to jam.

I truly admire non-violent activists.  After looking at the activist sites in NH, I am impressed.  Today, I write to help patients and toss money to a few that I like.
Curtis is not posting this to help get publicity for Treating Yourself or myself. 
He could have posted a click thru to a page that has free past editions of Treating Yourself.  http://treatingyourself.com/expo/wordpress/?p=25

He could have contacted me for an interview or Marco.  Which he did not do.  Simple courtesy can go a long way at making friends.

I write for Marco, because he is willing to print articles to protect patients from scammers within the cannabis patient movement and articles on/from those in the front lines in the war for patient rights.  He is a very kind person.

Curtis smells like a plant, being a newbie to NH and taunting me, who fights for patient rights.  Seen this shit before with plants in the smuggling community in Maine during the 1970's.  At first I thought that he was representing the FSP.  Friends mentioned that the FSP and other activist groups are not Commies and are fighting for the same ideals as we are.  So I checked out a few activist sites and am much impressed.  Makes me want to move back to NH.  Think I'll wait till the weather warms up.  Wanted to go skiing up north this year, but got in a sports injury and am still recovering.

Thanks again.  Will contact the little snot and see what he wants, Otto

I reply:

Otto,

I know Curtis and he's not a little snot.  Perhaps his intention was not to promote the magazine, but nonetheless, it did get the name out to people that had likely never heard of it.  I think he was likely upset by what he considered inaccuracies in the article, but was not interested in contacting you about it.  Perhaps he could have approached it differently, but I consider Curtis a good activist.

Good luck,
Ian

[Sovereign Curtis]

Fuck Yea, lets JAM!

Otto, your article is trash. Sorry, its the truth. And please dont whine about how I didnt try to contact you directly, your article was such crap that my intention was to write another article in response.

Where are you NOW Otto? You continually refer to the past when it comes to living in New Hampshire, how about coming clean and admitting where you live now, and how long its been since you've been in NH? Its obvious that your motivation in that article was to turn in another copy and get a check. You were not thinking about the MM patients in NH, the freedom activists, nor the true state of Freedom in NH.

YOU DIDNT EVEN MENTION ANY OF THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS!

[Sovereign Curtis]

I have been told by other pro-cannabis activists in NH that Curtis is a problem.

It'll be fun to speculate about who that might be.

Lol, does Matt Simon know my name?