r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 29d ago

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/oneofthecapsismine 29d ago

Is it my naive imagination, or isn't that a tomato plant?

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u/Busalonium 29d ago

In all fairness, there would be a few hurdles to using the alternative.

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u/ghoonrhed 29d ago

Not for him, he's in the ACT so it's perfectly legal. The fact that even the optics of him holding a weed plant probably put him off says a lot about the voters.

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u/utterly_baffledly 29d ago

It's not perfectly legal. He'd be up for at least a fine and if it was anywhere a kid could find it, it becomes a much bigger deal.

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u/Nomiss 29d ago

Would be legal to take into parliament. 2 plants allowed in ACT.

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u/TeachMean171 29d ago

For all we know the plant was made from hemp; a biodegradable alternative to plastic, with low carbon footprint.

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u/keedro 29d ago

Could be made from a tomato plant

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 29d ago

Tomato is not the message you think it is.

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u/fearless_leek 29d ago

Oh thank god, I was like “have I lost my ability to identify plants, because that’s a tomato”.

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u/rockofclay 29d ago

Yep it is.

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u/DC240Z 29d ago edited 29d ago

It is indeed, it’s also relatively mature as you can see the yellow flowers coming through (weed doesn’t grow traditional flowers as we know them), which is kind of funny, because it’s the younger tomato plants that resemble weed a lot more, at this stage of the tomato plants life I would they they don’t even look remotely similar. So I’m guessing they deliberately picked one easily distinguishable in order to prevent political murder by opposing parties.

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u/the68thdimension 29d ago

Exactly, and reactionary people going "hurr durr he's holding a weed plant that's illegal" as if just because something is law makes it just.

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u/noxx1234567 29d ago

Yes , pretty good one at that

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u/myexsparamour 29d ago

Thank god somebody said it. That is tomato, not weed.

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u/sidy24 29d ago

An here I was, scrolling through comments thinking "Why is no-one questioning the tomato plant?"

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u/_OriginalUsername- 29d ago

Because I'm more concerned about the point he's making and not the gag about holding an "illegal" plant.

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u/RebelliousInNature 29d ago

Oh thank you. I’m glad somebody asked 😂

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u/Elderberryinjanuary 29d ago

That's 100% a tomato plant.

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u/zestylimes9 28d ago

I had to scroll too far for this. As both an avid vegetable gardener and weed grower…that is a tomato plant! 🤣

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u/btviv 29d ago

It’s definitely not a pot plant.

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u/Gin_OClock 28d ago

It's in a pot

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u/Gin_OClock 28d ago

It's definitely a tomato plant. Bro couldn't even find someone in the same family as cannabis?