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well its not like they can become super heroes like bruce wayne and oliver queen did

you quoted the adage to make your point but all it did was contradict with what you said before we have no interests in israel...majority of canadians are against any new war in the middle east I find it funny that israels most ardent supporters aren't going to be the ones putting their lives on the line like you do you promise to enlist should Harper drag Canada into a war with Iran and other countries?

so if the NDP and libs oppose a war against iran and its just the cons that vote for that war what then? should we fight it anyway? if the majority of the country isn't for the war and the cons push it through anyway what then?

ugh you just said Israel is our friend and then quoted the old adage "nations don;t have friends but interests" so let me ask you, which do you believe?

This is why Israel and U.S do not want Iran to get nukes..they will have a tougher time influencing the middle east it has nothing at all to do with israel being threatened by nukes you're all buying into the propaganda

he didn't say that Tilter, that was western propaganda http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/did-ahmadinejad-really-say-israel-should-be-wiped-off-the-map/2011/10/04/gIQABJIKML_blog.html Then, specialists such as Juan Cole of the University of Michigan and Arash Norouzi of the Mossadegh Project pointed out that the original statement in Persian did not say that Israel should be wiped from the map, but instead that it would collapse. Cole said this week that in the 1980s Khomeini gave a speech in which he said in Persian “Een rezhim-i eshghalgar-i Quds bayad az sahneh-i ruzgar mahv shaved.” This means, “This occupation regime over Jerusalem must vanish from the arena of time.” But then anonymous wire service translators rendered Khomeini as saying that Israel “must be wiped off the face of the map,” which Cole and Nourouzi say is inaccurate. Ahmadinejad slightly misquoted Khomeini, substituting “safheh-i ruzgar,” or “page of time" for "sahneh-i ruzgar" or “arena of time.” But in any case, the old translation was dug up and used again by the Iranian news agency, Cole says. In fact, that’s how it was presented for years on Ahmadinejad’s English-language Web site, as the Times noted in a somewhat defensive article on the translation debate. But the story doesn’t end there. Karim Sadjadpour, an Iranian specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, notes that Iranian government entities began to erect billboards and signs with the “wipe off” phrase in English. Joshua Teitelbaum of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs compiled an interesting collection of photographs of these banners, such as one on the building that houses reserve military forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. “Israel should be wiped out of the face of the world,” the sign reads in English. Teitelbaum’s report, while written from a pro-Israel perspective, includes a number of threatening statements about Israel that are similar in tone to Ahmadinejad’s controversial statement.

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111113/bc_euthanasia_law_assisted_suicide_111113/20111113/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome It's been nearly 20 years since Canada's laws on assisted suicide have been challenged by a terminally ill person, and now a similar right-to-die case has thrust the issue back into the spotlight. On Monday, lawyers for Gloria Taylor, 63, will be in B.C. Supreme Court to argue against laws that make it a criminal offence to help seriously ill people end their lives. In August, the Farewell Foundation lost its court battle to have the laws changed because its plaintiffs were anonymous, but in a separate case, Judge Lynn Smith agreed to fast track a trial for Taylor, who wants a doctor-assisted suicide. She suffers from ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, an incurable illness that gradually weakens and degenerates muscles to the point of paralysis. Taylor is one of five plaintiffs in the case, which also includes family physician Dr. William Shoichet, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Lee Carter and her husband Hollis Johnson. The couple took Carter's mother to Switzerland two years ago so she could die with the help of a doctor. "Lee and Hollis feel they could be criminally prosecuted for assisting her mother and that's why they are challenging the laws," said B.C. Civil Liberties lawyer Grace Pastine, adding Kay Carter suffered from spinal stenosis, which involves a narrowing of the spine. "She was essentially going to end up lying in a hospital bed, flat like an ironing board." While advocates for doctor-assisted suicide say it's time for Canada to amend the laws, opponents argue the issue raises serious concerns about abuse by people who stand to gain from the death of someone who may not be in a position to provide consent to assisted suicide. The right-to-die, or euthanasia, debate last arose in 1993 when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-4 against Victoria resident Sue Rodriguez's battle to change the law. She also had ALS and died illegally the following year with the help of an anonymous doctor. Sheila Tucker, one of the lawyers involved in Taylor's case, said the Kelowna, B.C., woman is relatively mobile and uses a scooter to get around but recently fell and hurt her ribs, and that could worsen her condition. Tucker said that since the Rodriguez case, other jurisdictions, including Oregon, Washington and Belgium, have adopted laws to protect people from being influenced or pushed into planning their own deaths. "An absolute prohibition is no longer constitutionally feasible now that there's evidence of workable systems," Tucker said. She said studies in Oregon have suggested that people who want to die with the help of a doctor aren't likely to be victimized. "The studies indicate that the very kind of personality type that is most likely to seek physician-assisted dying is, in fact, the independent, strong-willed personality. And I think that Gloria just happens to be an excellent example of that," she said. "If we were not able to get some sort of timely resolution that benefited Gloria personally then I think it's very important for her to nonetheless know that that case is going to the Supreme Court of Canada and that potentially she's changed the law for others." But Dr. Will Johnston, the B.C. spokesman for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada, said the Taylor case is troubling because it proposes that doctors would not be required to administer the lethal dose or even witness the death. A new right-to-die law may give people another tool to abuse the elderly, especially when money is involved, he said. "We simply don't know how to get a handle on the abuse right now, and what's being proposed simply opens up an entirely new avenue for potential victimization and abuse," said Johnston, a family doctor. "We're in the middle of the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history. So there is simply an excessive motivation, it seems, for often family members to do things that aren't really in the best interest of the elderly." Along with delivering babies and providing palliative care for dying patients, Johnston is also hired by lawyers to do competency or capability assessments on elderly or ill people. He said he can think of at least 10 elder abuse cases involving people whose family members were trying to get their wills changed or bilk them of their savings by suggesting their elderly relatives weren't capable of making such decisions. "There's nothing in the Carter-Taylor case which would prevent people who would benefit from the death of the person from proposing the suicide to them, arranging it or facilitating it, being there at the time of death. There's no requirement for third-party witnesses." He said that since about 1996, it's been legal in Oregon for pharmacies to dispense lethal drugs for doctor-assisted suicides but there's no requirement of a witness or supervision when the drugs are administered and no statistics to gauge how the law is working. "One thing that does emerge, which is interesting, is that people who are dying are affluent. And this is consistent with the situation of elder abuse." In Canada, it's illegal to counsel, aid or abet a person to commit suicide and the offence carries a maximum punishment of 14 years in prison

Seeking assisted suicide is sad...but it is a choice everyone should be allowed to make if their situation is that bad It is really inhumane that we don't get the choice People say that it is a slippery slope that will lead to people being euthanized against their wishes is their any proof that happens anywhere? like real proof and not just opinion?

they didn't want to get involved in a civil war...but as you know the citizens never get a say in anything really we gave the conservatives a majority so therefore any debate or vote is useless I hope we riot if the Harper government brings us into this quagmire

oh spare me the drama, Afghanistans President has recently said he would side with Pakistan should the U.S go to war with Pakistan and you talk to me about the balance of power being threatened NEWSFLASH AFGHANISTAN IS NOT OUR FRIEND NEITHER ARE IRAN OR ISRAEL and you should care what the world thinks...considering most of the world hates Israel and I can't blame them and now we're gonna probably send our troops in harms way cause our Pm has a hard on for Israel Funny how you make the comparison about iran and israels government...that is what they did for the soviets...oh the big bad communists they have a different government lets kill them

why? tell me why we should be concerned about Israel? we barely do trade with them what would Canada stand to lose ? Do you really want Canada to lose ALL world credability for a country that couldn't give two shits for Canada?

Majority of Canadians aren't too gungho for Israel or Iran... whats the point of going to war for either of them?

Canada should stay out of this until it involves other countries but if we should get involved I'd rather be on the winning side.. meaning the West but I'd rather we not get involved in anymore Muslim, Jewish bullshit

That's up to the police to decide once you report it, you did your job as a citizen reporting to them what you were told

American tv show yet filmed in British Columbia with quite a few Canadian actors / actresses mhm plus Superman is half Canadian Metropolis originally was Toronto and the Daily Planet was inspired by a newspaper in Toronto sorry but that makes it more Canadian than American bucko

Happens more than you know...people knowing things they shouldn't...turns their lives upside down or kills them In Smallville Pete Ross (Clarks best friend) learned of Clarks super powers and his life changed because of the burden he had to leave Smallville and cut all contact off with Clark because it was too dangerous

He shouldn't have bothered to tell Joe...should have told the police himself..but he did not, he chose to involve Joe and thus involved Joe entirely into the situation because when someone tells you something such as that...you're all in whether it is true or false it's not something that can be taken lightly Yeah, it's a pretty big problem anywhere, college, in the work place... sad to think about

it seems like penn state is no different than the catholic church and scouts canada

The witness would be there answering the Polices questions... yes I realize if you f*** with the chain of command you're in deep shit but this kind of thing is worth the shit because its bigger than the school

Jimmy McNulty.. From The Wire....you've never seen it? you must watch

Lets be honest here ...if you were in a leadership position and a person came up to you and said he / she saw someone getting raped you are going to contact the police right away...these allegations are serious enough that warrants that kind of action..if the person is lying then it is not your fault..you will not be in trouble by the police

he wouldn't have been fired had he went to the police instead of following chain of command too bad he's not Jimmy "F*** the chain of command" McNulty

had he went to the police he would have saved his own ass and he'd come out looking like a hero any decent person would go straight to the police if someone tells them something as serious as this

I'd have went to the police that's what you do with serious allegations you're the third party and it is your duty as a decent human to report that to the police and its up to them to investigate that is how it works for us normal people

so the right to live people held a poll and claims 80 % of canadians are against assisted suicide...which I find rather laughable because other polls show it Assisted suicide support at 65 % just a few years a go What do you all think will happen? Will the courts legalize Assisted Suicide? Will it head to the Supreme Court of Canada in a few years? What will Harper do? The last time was in the early 90s and then it was very close (defeated by a vote) ...now the majority of Canadians are for Assisted Suicide I'm very, very interested in following this More to come on this by Monday when the court opens