Hmmmm I eat a good 8th raw every day ... I actually like the taste of most strains when they are ripe. I have a nasty bit of progressive bone disease and raw cannabis helps loosen up the joints whereas if you process heat/fats) it first and eat it, just totally different.
Before I had tolerance built up I would eat it right off the plant and catch a good buzz.. and don't know why one wouldn't.. people have eaten hash for thousands of years, I wouldn't want to be the one to tell Twain he wasn't catching a buzz.
If I only had a little, I'd smoke it.. but when I have as much as I want, and awful lot of it get's eaten relatively fresh.. it is horrid trying to eat after any kind of drying has taken place.
That's just me.. everyone else's own mileage may vary.