Cannabis discovered in tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare's garden

[Jamie McKittrick]

Shakespeare was a gay Catholic stoner. This is old news, people!

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:15 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a similar experience when Shakespeare, some said, was gay was pushed
> by queer theorists during the culture wars.
>
> Of course there is no proof that Shakespeare smoked a pipe, owned a pipe,
> ever smoked anything. There is no mention of pipes or grass or tobacco in
> his plays, poems, letters...anywhere.
>
> The Shakespeare was gay theory has a bit more to support it, but is little
> more than speculation and readings of his sonnet series as
> autobiographical, though there is nothing in his biography to suppot this
> reading and much to undermine it.
>
> Shakespeare was a Catholic is a better one.
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My 11 year old brought his computer in my room this morning to show me
>> this article, along with lots of questions! He said they "read lots of
>> Shakespeare in third grade" but he never heard of this!
>> Needless to say, an interesting conversation ensued...
>>
>
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