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Chalice Shrine to Cannabis Smokers
Posted by FoM on February 27, 2000 at 11:35:12 PT
By Mike Bruce
Source: The Press Online
Christchurch's Chalice will become a shrine to cannabis smokers nationwide, says the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Blair Anderson, ALCP candidate for the Shirley ward by-election, lauded the controversial 18m-high sculpture proposed for Cathedral Square, likening it to a huge "cannabis trumpet". 
"The giant cone would be an icon to the legalisation of marijuana. The icon would celebrate a long overdue community reform," Mr Anderson said. The leaves which form the inverted conical structure have serrated edges similar to a cannabis plant which would make the sculpture a drawcard for marijuana smokers nationwide, possibly worldwide. "The money is relatively well invested in such an attractive and appropriate design and will draw millions to our city." He pointed out the irony that the $343,000 cost of the sculpture was about the same as the direct daily cost of police and justice resources required to enforce cannabis prohibition. The Chalice received its final stamp of approval when an independent commissioner granted it resource consent to be erected in the south-western corner of Cathedral Square. New Zealand News from The Press - Monday, February 28, 2000 Copyright © 1999 The Christchurch Press Company Ltd. Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party http://www.alcp.org.nz/
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Comment #3 posted by observer on August 08, 2002 at 11:35:31 PT
more
pics of the completed project:http://www.geocities.com/pjrdunford/usmemorial/us003.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/pjrdunford/usmemorial/us001.jpg(from http://www.geocities.com/pjrdunford/usmemorial/ )
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Comment #2 posted by Dark Star on August 07, 2002 at 19:30:57 PT
Don't Invite the AG
God forbid that John Ashcroft would go to Christchurch; he'd try to drape the sculpture to cover the leaves!
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Comment #1 posted by observer on August 07, 2002 at 18:31:33 PT
Giant Chalice
an illustrationhttp://www.mildgreens.com/Chalice_140x300.jpg:-)
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