jbg Posted May 10, 2010 Report Posted May 10, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/05/05/khadr-edney.html Khadr lawyer offers to house him in Edmonton Omar Khadr's lawyer, Dennis Edney, is travelling to Cuba on Thursday to try to negotiate conditions for Khadr's release. (CBC) The lawyer for Omar Khadr told CBC News on Wednesday he's willing to do whatever it takes — including have his client live with him in Edmonton — to get Khadr out of detainment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I'm going to push for whatever it takes to get him home," Edney told the CBC's Stephanie Matteis. "I've never met anybody in my life who has been so abused, so abandoned." Edney said he has a four-point plan that, if approved, would allow Khadr to be returned to Canada. Khadr's family lives in Toronto, but Edney said his plan is to house Khadr with him in Edmonton. "We will provide education," Edney said. "We will provide him with a home, he will not reside with his own family, we will provide him with psychological and medical help and we will rely upon the comments and advice given to us by those experts on how best to assist Omar Khadr." This sounds a lot like the Liberals Accepting Responsibility for Killers, or L.A.R.K. program. Below is a copy of an e-mail (no doubt facetious) detailing L.A.R.K. A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan war. Attached is a copy of a letter they received back: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C., 20016 Dear Concerned Citizen: Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing our treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Our administration takes these matters seriously, and your opinion was heard loud and clear here in Washington. You'll be pleased to learn that, thanks to the concerns of citizens like you, we are creating a new division of the Terrorist Retraining Program, to be called the "Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers" program, or LARK for short. In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to place one terrorist under your personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence next Monday. Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of admonishment. It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommended in your letter. Although Ahmed is sociopathic and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his "attitudinal problem" will help him overcome these character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. He will bite you, given the chance. We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We do not suggest that you ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion) this might offend him. Ahmed will not wish to interact with your wife or daughters (except sexually) since he views females as a subhuman form of property. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him, and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code that Ahmed will recommend as more appropriate attire. I'm sure they will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the bhurka - over time. Just remind them that it is all part of "respecting his culture and his religious beliefs" - wasn't that how you put it? Thanks again for your letter. We truly appreciate it when folks like you, who know so much, keep us informed of the proper way to do our job. You take good care of Ahmed - and remember...we'll be watching. Good luck! Cordially... Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
waratheist99 Posted May 10, 2010 Report Posted May 10, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/05/05/khadr-edney.html Khadr lawyer offers to house him in Edmonton Omar Khadr's lawyer, Dennis Edney, is travelling to Cuba on Thursday to try to negotiate conditions for Khadr's release. (CBC) The lawyer for Omar Khadr told CBC News on Wednesday he's willing to do whatever it takes — including have his client live with him in Edmonton — to get Khadr out of detainment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I'm going to push for whatever it takes to get him home," Edney told the CBC's Stephanie Matteis. "I've never met anybody in my life who has been so abused, so abandoned." Edney said he has a four-point plan that, if approved, would allow Khadr to be returned to Canada. Khadr's family lives in Toronto, but Edney said his plan is to house Khadr with him in Edmonton. "We will provide education," Edney said. "We will provide him with a home, he will not reside with his own family, we will provide him with psychological and medical help and we will rely upon the comments and advice given to us by those experts on how best to assist Omar Khadr." This sounds a lot like the Liberals Accepting Responsibility for Killers, or L.A.R.K. program. Below is a copy of an e-mail (no doubt facetious) detailing L.A.R.K. A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan war. Attached is a copy of a letter they received back: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C., 20016 Dear Concerned Citizen: Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing our treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Our administration takes these matters seriously, and your opinion was heard loud and clear here in Washington. You'll be pleased to learn that, thanks to the concerns of citizens like you, we are creating a new division of the Terrorist Retraining Program, to be called the "Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers" program, or LARK for short. In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to place one terrorist under your personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence next Monday. Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of admonishment. It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommended in your letter. Although Ahmed is sociopathic and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his "attitudinal problem" will help him overcome these character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. He will bite you, given the chance. We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We do not suggest that you ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion) this might offend him. Ahmed will not wish to interact with your wife or daughters (except sexually) since he views females as a subhuman form of property. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him, and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code that Ahmed will recommend as more appropriate attire. I'm sure they will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the bhurka - over time. Just remind them that it is all part of "respecting his culture and his religious beliefs" - wasn't that how you put it? Thanks again for your letter. We truly appreciate it when folks like you, who know so much, keep us informed of the proper way to do our job. You take good care of Ahmed - and remember...we'll be watching. Good luck! Cordially... words... Quote
Keepitsimple Posted May 10, 2010 Report Posted May 10, 2010 Do you think this lawyer smells a rich payday in launching a future lawsuit? Quote Back to Basics
jbg Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Posted May 10, 2010 Do you think this lawyer smells a rich payday in launching a future lawsuit? Yes. Or he's simply on a "lark". Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Sir Bandelot Posted May 10, 2010 Report Posted May 10, 2010 words... JBG once complained that "Good threads die while garbage threads catch fire." Now I think he's trying a different tact... Quote
jbg Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Posted May 10, 2010 JBG once complained that "Good threads die while garbage threads catch fire." Now I think he's trying a different tact... Not at all. The article about that Edmonton lawyer was hauntingly like the L.A.R.K. e-mail. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Borg Posted May 10, 2010 Report Posted May 10, 2010 (edited) khadr is trash - let him rot where he is and send all his family there for a permanent visit - the country would be better far off. This lawyer is simply looking for fame and fortune - let him stay there as well. By the way - who is paying this legal bill? Does this POS lawyer travel business or cattle class to create this type of crap Borg Edited May 10, 2010 by Borg Quote
Argus Posted May 11, 2010 Report Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) Do you think this lawyer smells a rich payday in launching a future lawsuit? Dunno, but it sure would be a laugher if it worked and then Khadr cut his head off. Edited May 11, 2010 by Argus Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
bloodyminded Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 I'm fascinated that you guys are so positive of his guilt. Surely a trial itself is just more liberal hand-wringing. He's detained...so we know he's guilty, and just like the head-choppers, to boot. We just know it. Quote As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. --Josh Billings
jbg Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Posted May 13, 2010 I'm fascinated that you guys are so positive of his guilt.I'm just fascinated that you guys are more interested in whether he's guilty than stopping terror. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
bloodyminded Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 I'm just fascinated that you guys are more interested in whether he's guilty than stopping terror. Abusing people, it has been well-argued, likely increases terror. Sadly, I guess we need this argument, since the rottenness of it in and of itself isn't enough reason to avoid it. (Like rape is bad because of the bad effects it has on the men in the victims' lives; no doubt true enough, but only one good reason to abhor it.) Quote As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. --Josh Billings
Smallc Posted May 13, 2010 Report Posted May 13, 2010 (edited) I'm just fascinated that you guys are more interested in whether he's guilty than stopping terror. I'm fascinated that an attorney would make such a statement. Whether or not someone is actually guilty is rather important, I would say....and so would the law in both of our countries. Edited May 13, 2010 by Smallc Quote
jbg Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Posted May 14, 2010 I'm fascinated that an attorney would make such a statement. Whether or not someone is actually guilty is rather important, I would say....and so would the law in both of our countries. I hear you. My views on that are posted here (link) and in the interests of not spamming I won't duplicate them. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
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