Pubdate: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU) Copyright: 2010 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/letters.html Website: http://www.montrealgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274 Author: Bill Parker POINTLESS RAID Re: "Cops bust cigarillos, pot ring" (Gazette, June 17). So, for the probably 10,000th time, the police busted a large family-run marijuana farm and distributorship. Might I ask for what purpose? Was it to finally shut down the pot industry once and for all? No. Was it to put even a small dent in the underground production of cannabis? Not even. Was this bust supposed to make anyone stop smoking weed? As if. Was it to get extremely dangerous criminals off the street? Pot growers? Don't make me laugh. So then, someone please tell me, what was the reason for a massive police operation, using hundreds, if not thousands of manhours and resources, to then clog up our judicial and penal systems with what most people consider as harmless entrepreneurs? The only thing I can think of is that the people running that show are insane, the popular definition of insanity being: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Bill Parker Val des Lacs - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D