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By: Rob Van Dam Helping Fight the Good Fight - Literally | Legal Bud Review

Rob Van Dam Helping Fight the Good Fight - Literally | Legal Bud Review — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:51:02 +0000

[...] that World Wrestling Entertainment heavyweight champ Rob Van Dam will be speaking at this year’s NORML convention in San Francisco, CA. Van Dam is well known for his high flying skills, in and out of the ring. He [...]

By: Mike Stroup

Mike Stroup — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:49:08 +0000

God bless Rob for his free spirit and loving heart. To hell with prohibitionists were they all belong for violating God’s will as cited in the Constitution of the United States.

By: Helping Fight the Good Fight…Literally | Hail Mary Jane

Helping Fight the Good Fight…Literally | Hail Mary Jane — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:22:10 +0000

[...] It was announced today that World Wrestling Entertainment heavyweight champ Rob Van Dam will be speaking at this year’s NORML convention in San Francisco, CA. Van Dam is well known for his high flying skills, in and out of the ring. He [...]

By: Winder

Winder — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:56:37 +0000

Rob is one of the few entertainers (but their numbers are growing!) who has the courage to speak out on this heretofore unmentionable issue. Cannabis helps people in pain. Any kind of pain, it seems. And so many other conditions, it would take me half an hour to look them up and type them in here.

Mr. Van Dam is part of the solution; he’s encouraging patients and recreational users of a safer socially relaxing substance everywhere to stand up for their rights.

Iowa! That’s progress. My sincere thanks go out to Rob Van Dam, and those like him with the fortitude to make it happen…Free Cannabis and Hemp from the evil repression they have suffered (and we along with these God-given plants) and the whole world can breathe a sigh of relief.

Change, President Obama? It’s your move. Make us proud. Keep your word. Just do the right thing.
Thank you in advance.

By: chad v.

chad v. — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:28:29 +0000

he is an athlete.pro wrestlers are athletes.the outcomes are pre-determined, but so are some of your more”respectable” sporting events like it or not.it takes an incredible amount of athletic ability to do what they do in the ring.yes,i am a former indy wrestler and i become quite defensive when i hear someone say that what we/they do is not athletic.pro wrestlers are also pretty damn good”one take”actors.there is no stopping and starting over in front of a live crowd…back on point,RVD has big balls for staying true to being a big player in the fight to legalize.many thumbs up to him and everyone at NORML.

By: Shawno420

Shawno420 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:49:19 +0000

Whoa Mike, you are not agreeing with me, I do not think it’s an insult at all, just a stretch. A wrestling match is extremely tiring and takes amazing athleticism(at least a good match like RVD had). I just think to be an athlete you need to compete in a sport, and wrestling isn’t a sport. Nothing against RVD or the feats he pulls off in the ring, he’s just not in the right profession to be billed a “World Champion athlete”.

And WWE does harm to nobody except idiots who try to do it at home, and even that isn’t even that dangerous. I’ve had many hardcore matches with my friends and never had an injury more serious then a bloody nose. Only a moron doesn’t realize that wrestling is fake and it takes training for them to perform the moves without causing serious injury to themselves. That is the art of wrestling, making it look like you are hurting the other person when you aren’t. Anyone can punch someone in the face, try giving someone a powerbomb and them being able to stand right up and not be hurt.

By: Dave C

Dave C — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Doh, owned by the tags. Last part there should read “less talented than (insert big, overpaid, spoiled sports-name here)”. 2nd typo: “stretch at all” = “stretch of all”.

By: Dave C

Dave C — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:37:28 +0000

@ Shawn420 and Mike: I understand your position re: “athletes” and sports entertainers, but I feel saying the selection of RVD is an “insult” is the biggest stretch at all. Watch some of the clips of Rob representing his, nay OUR, position. Read some more on his biography. What is so “insulting” about this man? Simply that he is a wrestler? I’ve been a fan of pro wrestling for decades, through ups and downs, through Summartino, Hogan, Flair, Austin, Rock, and yes, the Whole F’n Show. Predetermined or not, these guys do things in that ring that zero or very few baseball/basketball/football players (not to mention golfers) could ever, ever do. It requires timing, communication, concentration, balance, strength, and on and on, in quantities that very much qualify as ‘athletic’. Let an RVD fan recommend 2 or 3 matches for you to watch, and I’d dare you to say that this man is any less talented than .
Thank you Rob, please keep fighting the good fight.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:28:03 +0000

I agree with Shawn420,

“World Champion athlete” is a little bit of a stretch. “WWE wrestlers are athletic, they are Sports Entertainers. Real sports aren’t predetermined (not holding that against wrestling, planning it out ensures it will be entertaining). Champion athletes get to that level based on skill.Champions in pro wrestling get their because the company likes them.”

I will just add, it is not a little stretch, it is a HUGH stretch to call him an ATHLETE.He is NOT an Athlete he is an “INTERTAINER”.

I resent your choice of RVD as a representative for NORML. It is an insult to real athletes around the world.

Shows like the WWE are doing more harm to our kids than Marijuana could ever do.

By: Cannabis.se – Get Up, Stand Up » NORML anordnar stormöte i San Fransisco med Rob Van Dam som gäst

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:28:49 +0000

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