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Justice has a blindfold. It was never meant to serve "victims" is was designed to serve society. You say it was consensual, she says it was rape. Do you want justice? Who is the victim then? Sure we have cases where we don't have access to all the information, the details, the testimony. What we see is the cover of the book and we judge based on that. There are some cases where we have enough detail to be appalled at the sentence, but again, we don't have all the details that went into making a particular judgement. But by and large society is served well by our criminal justice system and I doubt a few abhorrent examples is enough to charge condemn the system as broken. If someone killed your child or one of your family members and you didn't like the sentence they got and decided to go vigilante, then as much as I might abhor the sentence given, I would want the justice system to put you away for a long, long time. Once you had your trial of course. And were found guilty.

Really? Do you have some insight to share on that?

Two years? That is practically a life sentence compared to Wayne Ryczak: "ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — The day after he admitted killing a woman and dumping her body on a rural road, Wayne Ryczak was a free man. Judge Stephen Glithero sentenced the 55-year-old St. Catharines construction worker to one day in jail Thursday for the death of 29-year-old Stephine Beck. The one-day sentence is in addition to time Ryczak already served in jail since his March 5, 2007 arrest - time the judge said was equivalent to 30 months." http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/05/16/5585856-sun.html Ironically enough, the above story was from two years ago.

That is interesting. I know someone who, as a teen, was one of the most vehemently anti-homosexual persons you could ever meet. We actually thought he was a little over the top phobic. Nope, just turns out he was gay. Eventually.

You might be quite right on your last assertion since the answer to your first question is: permission to use the land, water and air which were established by treaties no doubt written, and signed, by British Protestants. In other words, if you need to reply to the lesbian teacher told to work from home, blame the British Protestants. They started it all...

Which is TB's point in a round about way. Let's not forget the propaganda technicians ability to make Hitler dance. So we have a premise: power corrupts... This principle - as putative as it may be - is not confined to Westminster Parliamentary government systems. So yeah, wire up the few thousand elected officials. But then, let's not forget the bureaucrats - make them honest too - wire them up. Then wire up their admin assistants, because you just know that the senior bureaucrats will try to use them for gain. Of course, once you wire up the admin assistants, then the entire bureaucracy gets wired up. But who will police the police? Seem to me that anyone with a little bit of AV know-how (all those years in the HS AV room finally paid off) will be able to manipulate all the data from those that are wired up. Imagine the power they will have. But wait, they will have to wired up too then. And let's not forget the people that are monitoring all this wired up information. They will have to be wired up too. And the people that monitor the people that monitor others? Yup, wire them up. And the people that watch them too, wire them up. And so on... Your 'small tyranny' appears to have an exponential component to it... Let's just stick with what we have for now shall we? It is much less costly that what you propose. And let's continue to teach honesty in Kindergarten...

The Canada Student Loan program is federal so it applies to all students in every province. Interesting that they used an atypical example to describe the situation. Really, as Bonam says, just exactly how does a student end up with 250k in loans? But it doesn't say they are Canada Student Loans and perhaps they are from other financial institutions. I don't think this is a reasonable example to base the story on. I think a starting salary of 48k is reasonable enough to start paying back loans. There are lots of employed people who work in a "learning organization" and continue to learn or be trained while making a salary and they are not called "students."

Another example of how the voices of the innocent are drowned out during times of war - what with all the bombs and gunfire going off. And the propaganda of course.

That is an interesting thought and partially true. I think Ontarioans see "the West," "the Maritimes" and "the North" as distinct regions within Canada, but see themselves (and QC & sometimes BC) in terms of provinces. This is why they might identify first as Canadians.

TB says, And I think this point tends to be lost in the emotional brouhaha over the Bloc having seats in Parliament. Obviously they can play both sides of the fence and push the federal side of their agenda perfectly well. For QC's unique position in the country, it is a good compromise even if some of that 'powerful voice' is more bark than bite.

Very good point.

Can you please provide me with unredacted and official government documents that prove these allegations?

This is even more confusing now. Can you provide a cite for this please?

This is a somewhat confusing OP. How is "English Canada" supposed to "deal" with the BQ outside of the normal, legal channels? It seems that the BQ are being dealt with just fine as it is. They have a right to seats in Parliament as determined by the constituents in QC. The 35th, 36th and 37th Parliaments were Liberal majorities and the Bloc held seats then. So what's the problem?

Brilliant comeback grampa. "At least" you didn't compare Canada with Rawanda. Oops. You did.

Unless English bigots have now formed a race, I doubt tête carré is racist. Besides, I am English and I wouldn't consider myself a tête carré, nor any of the people I choose to associate with. So you are a wee bit off the mark there genius. You're such a square. Oops, was that "racist" too? Thanks for coming out. (of the closet) Ooo, a drunk taking another shot. So what else is new?

From the read of your post, if I was a Montrealer, federalist, I would go with the proposal from the other Montrealers. You say that Charest made a proposal, but you haven't said what that proposal is, where you give a little more detail to the TBH proposal, which actually appears to address the problem. Is there more detail to what Charest proposed? otherwise, I don't think it falls into a political trap, just a practical one.

I am curious Canadien, why do you keep feeding this tête carré troll? Unless you would like to discuss the fact that there are still tête carré trolls in the modern age. You'd think that tête carré trolls like Leafless would use the Internet to get a clue instead of demonstrating they don't possess any. Now he is comparing Canada with, gawd, Rawanda. Yikes!

GH says, This can apply to most anything, but sadly, I have seen too many people go from the control state to the no-control state in a very short span of time, without them being aware of it, and it costing them their family, their homes and their jobs. Denial is a very powerful psychological condition as are recreational drugs. Both should be carefully considered.

Right, police can't enter your "house" unless they have a warrant, permission or they think there is an immediate emergency. Not that cops would ever enter a residence under some pretense of an immediate emergency. (they can be on your "property" to answer the call) However, when the police come to a person's door, they are looking around. They are looking beyond the shoulders of anyone answering the door and they are on alert for anything suspicious or illegal. Sometimes the cop can be aggressive or try to unnerve the person answering the door. The cumulative effect of this sort of behaviour from the police - especially when it is repeated - tends to harsh ones buzz. That is the "issue" I am talking about.

"Jaffer’s business partner Patrick Glemaud initially refused to reveal the companies behind the three proposals he submitted to Conservative MP Brian Jean, parliamentary secretary to Transport Minister John Baird, who administered the $1 billion Green infrastructure fund. Then Glemaud claimed he could “not recall.” But the Star obtained copies of the three proposals last night, revealing that Jaffer’s firm had gone to bat for Green Rite Solutions, an arm of Wright Tech Systems. The Star has previously reported that Jaffer and Toronto businessman Nazim Gillani were involved in a plan to take Wright Tech public in a $1-billion deal, which later fell through. It’s also a company that Jaffer’s wife, then cabinet minister Helena Guergis, touted to Simcoe County officials in a letter, urging them to consider “this presentation of alternative waste management technology.” Guergis has denied any conflict of interest, saying she wrote the letter only “after assuring myself that my husband had absolutely no business links or financial interest in (Wright Tech Systems)”. For some reason, the Star had a scoop and they used it to feature the story prominently. Imagine that. Using a scoop before other media outlets had the full story.

I am not sure what country you think you are living in, but cops can be on your property if they have suspicion of illegal activity. And in my nice quiet little nighbourhood, the cops generally respond to noise complaints. The first time or two, a warning, subsequently, they shut the party down. Besides, I have seen this done so many times and yeah, it is a dick move, but if the neightbour is being a dick in the first place, fair is fair.

And lets not forget Lenny Bruce. Heck, even his wikipedia entry is hilarious. Or http://www.lennybruceofficial.com: "I won’t say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I’m going to be if I grow up." It is interesting that the response from RevolutionMuslim.com also used that "next level" to defend themselves of any wrong doing: South Park airs ‘censored’ episode after threat

If he is a "real nice guy" and a responsible neighbour then it would seem he would be approachable and amenable to your concerns. Otherwise, nothing harshes a buzz more than a couple of beefy straight edge cops snooping around for illegal substances. So don't threaten, just make the call. I have a neighbour in a similar situation. She is reasonable, accomodating and not a nasty person at all. But the "real nice people" on the other side started getting real nasty when she asked them to knock off the pot parties in their backyard for the same reasons you cite. Luckily it was a rental property and she went after the landlord instead. I noticed the 'For Sale' sign on the front lawn this week and the renters seem to be gone. The other side of it is that pot smoke is no more harmful than someone putting on the smoker for an afternoon BBQ. In fact, I would prefer smelling pot smoke over someone grilling some nasty fish. The loud music is one thing, but if they can be nice about it, maybe head down to your local head shop and buy them a nice neighbourly water bong. Or tell them to switch to hash in the summer.

Let me guess: you wrote this right after smoking a spliff yes? Or are you on to crack now?