Good judgment
Thinking power
STEVEN Chandra, it’s not about knowing it all, it’s simply about common sense, experience, good judgment, and behaving in the most practical and sensible way. Too many are set in their ways and continue to believe and do something when there is evidence to suggest they would be better off thinking and acting differently. Too many are unable to change.
Agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, and manufacturing, rely heavily on our tourism industry. Without tourism these industries and others are also vulnerable. Tourism is therefor our key driver of economic growth.
No government, no professor, past present, and in the near future will be able to run the economy without tourism and that’s a fact. Not anytime soon.
As for calling the legalising of marijuana, I stand to continue to say so.
The best possible way to deal with the issue is to legalise it, like we’ve done with tobacco, alcohol, and yaqona. Anyone who has tried and experienced all, including marijuana, know all too well that all do the same thing, they alter the state of the mind. What makes marijuana different? Steven, if you think marijuana is not already out of hand, then you really don’t know the reality of the situation. It’s the very reason I’m saying to legalise it, that we be able to take control of it and handle it better, in the same way we are doing with other legal substances. At present, because it is illegal, many people like you are in the dark of the reality of where we are with marijuana. The fact that you are living in Suva and you don’t know this, confirms to me that you have no clue whatsoever.
And by the way, marijuana and hemp are huge versatile industries, able to produce many products with its seed, oil and fibre. It can be used to make textiles, building material, paper products, bioplastic, and much more. Medical marijuana is now a huge industry. We have the perfect conditions, we have lots of vacant arable lease land, so why not. Many other countries are benefiting from it so why not us? Fiji medical marijuana and Fiji hemp products will make it big time. Anyone who sees marijuana as evil and bad have blinkers on, are naive, old fashioned and incapable of accepting change. Wake up to reality Steven! Its just a natural plant!
I also didn’t say that no other party is able to lead our country. I questioned and doubt that any other party will be able to do any different from what FijiFirst is doing, certainly not in our current situation without tourism. It’s better therefor for us citizens to deal with the devil we know than the devil we don’t, apart from a couple of them whom we know who’ve failed in the past. So let’s carry on with the status quo instead of wasting time, effort, and money.
Steven, tell with clarity and substance, how you think another party will make a considerable difference without tourism? You say I lack thinking power? Let’s see what your thinking is all about?
Get out of your box and maybe try a joint, you be surprised how clear things are, and may change the way you think!
SIMON HAZELMAN
Rava Estate, Savusavu