This is the smartest thread on upcoming regs I know, so I will post it here.
It could be uncontrolled idiocy or pure genius, but I wonder if there is a way to turn vaping into a religion. I really kind of do.
Fight puritanism with a zany sort of religious spirit of joy, and like, our establishments would be tax free even.
I think like the true OWNERS of this country use tobacco in religious ceremonies and like, well to be FAIR, look what happened to them? But American Indians are legally allowed to smoke peyote for example (okay to be fair, they also have their own laws.)
I am thinking, in a sort of high tech way, we could go sort of um, in the honor of the inventor, well like, we could go from an Asian Religion angle.
I'm just sort of wondering what would be needed, like, legally. Obviously, there would have to be some dogmatic text, but that's easily written. Practical dogma like battery safety never goes amiss (the 10 commandments of Mooch for example.)
I mean, freedom of religion is why EVERYONE came here, is it not? I think in some ways a religious angle (in court) is one of the hardest to fight.
There are ZERO persons that can prove, or disprove that vaping helps strengthen your Qi.
But that's the whole thing, that's why religions WIN in court so many more times than not, how do you disprove FAITH? You really can't and freedom to worship at the altar of ones choice is at the VERY HEART of America, right? Hence the Separation of Church and state.
I may be nuts (okay I am nuts, and prepared to decrease the antipsychotics a bit for awhile here, if you want parts of the creed to sound TRULY authentic, I mean, I'd have to write psalms.
But lets face it, if vaping is the central and only way that we can worship at the Great Harm Reducer in the sky, we don't have to pay taxes even. Everyone's fighting law vs. stockpiling vs. everything else.
L. Ron Hubbard did it and while he sort of started smaller, what if any and all vapers were willing to sign a religious petition? Not only could we buy our vape supplies from the great makers of the East, the pioneers of our Spiritual and Religious movement, we could have Harm Reduction stores, tax free, with which to purchase our flavorful nicotinic personal like, incense swinging miters and well, associated whatever because we all know true believers practice their faith at home.
I just.... I'm getting so sick of fighting insanity with sanity.
If you ask me, if there is anything that would make our politicians BLANCH it would be THAT. The only think more sacred that the children in this country is religion.
IDK I wonder if anyone has even proposed this? I need smart advice on how it could actually WORK, what you have to do to declare yourself a religious entity and how long it takes to decide whether something can be "legal" or not based on a long standing and ever growing movement of people who are committed to something RELIGIOUSLY because it reduces harm.
Hmm. Need a good lawyer or two. Chime in. I could ask my sis, I guess, she works for a judge on the 9th circuit (he's republican, she's a democrat.)
Anna