Big Guy Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 In the early morning of last Sunday, an 18-year-old girl was rushed to hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning after a party at 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of the prime minister and his family. The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19 and it is illegal to provide alcohol to minors. The legal drinking age in nearby Quebec is 18. Harper's son, Ben, was born in 1996 and turned 18 on Saturday. He was celebrating his birthday at the residence. The Prime Minister's Office refused to say whether alcohol was served at 24 Sussex or whether there was any booze at Ben's birthday party. The RCMP, responsible for Harper's security, has declared that it will not intervene. The person who is Prime Minister heads a party whose major priority is law and order. Many media outlets have decided that this is “private”, not for public scrutiny and did not cover this story. Is it anybody's business as to what happens in the personal lives at 24 Sussex drive? Is there a public right to know about the private life of the Prime Minister? Does the media have the responsibility and right to filter out what it believes is news and what is not news? Is this much ado about nothing? Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Judgement is judgement! If the conservatives can parade their family members around to win votes, then guess what, don't complain when they screw up! The only reason why the conservatives paraded their family members to win votes is to give the illusion that they are good parents and good custodians! Oh but when an ambulance needs to be called to help a self inflicted alcohol poisoning case for an under aged woman, no it's none of your business what happened, it's a family matter! I hope Harper gets his butt drilled in the house of commons over this one! I guess Rob Ford was over to help with the bar duties! WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Oh and by the way BG, you should title your thread a little more clear! You'll stimulate the debate better. WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
Smallc Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I think it should be investigated. Then again I have amazing parents and my 17 year old sister is an alcoholic who was in the last suicidal. Quote
Bryan Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Unless and until the girl wants to come forward, it's a private matter. She's an adult, responsible for her own actions. Quote
Smallc Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 She's not of legal age to drink in Ontario, and if she was at 24 Sussex, then someone should have been responsible enough to stop it...theoretically. Quote
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Unless and until the girl wants to come forward, it's a private matter. She's an adult, responsible for her own actions. Sure, if it wasn't at the PM of Canada's house! Let me ask you, did the PM pay for that house with his own money? How about the security there, was that privately funded? Let me remind you that the law may have been broken at 24 Sussex and if this was any other residence, this event may have resulted in criminal charges! But let the conservative symbolic ritual of throwing people under the bus begin! It's going to take a whole lot of kids getting thrown under the bus to cleans Harper's hands of this one! WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
On Guard for Thee Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I didn't think the right wing religious freaks like Harper would allow anything like that, especially on the home front. Ah, perhaps all is not as it seems. This should be interesting as it unfolds. It won't likely be a yawn. Quote
Smallc Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Harper isn't a religious freak, though he is unfortunately religious. Quote
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I want to know who supplied the booze! WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
WestCoastRunner Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I would suspect that Harper probably thought it was better to have his son and friends celebrate his son's bday at home rather than at some bar in Quebec or somewhere else. However, it seemed to have backfired. This. in my opinion does not need to be investigated any further. Surely, there are more important things to investigate. Quote I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass. - Maya Angelou
On Guard for Thee Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Harper isn't a religious freak, though he is unfortunately religious. Ever heard of the Christian and Missionary Alliance? Quote
cybercoma Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 Pretty ironic for illegal stuff to be going on in the PM's house given his ideologies, but I couldn't possibly care less about an 18yo getting drunk. We should eliminate the drinking age altogether. Quote
Smallc Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 The drinking age should be 18 anyway. It is here. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I suspect this one will blow over pretty quick. Hell's bell's I was able to get a few beer into me before I was 19 (I'm from Ontario) and the world didn't come to an end. Well, maybe it did for me, for a few hours. Quote
Bryan Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 The drinking age should be 18 anyway. It is here. Agreed. You're either an adult or you're not. These staggered ages across the country are ridiculous. Quote
kimmy Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I'd disappointed in the Prime Minister's son, he should have known better. Every Ottawa kid knows that you can just go to Hull if you want to get tanked. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
bleeding heart Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I agree with WestCoastRunner and a few others. This does not warrant investigation. This is so normal it's banal. Unless anyone believes that the Prime Minister has some actual, real-time personal responsibility ( as opposed to the "buck stops here" sort of Executive "responsibility"). Quote “There is a limit to how much we can constantly say no to the political masters in Washington. All we had was Afghanistan to wave. On every other file we were offside. Eventually we came onside on Haiti, so we got another arrow in our quiver." --Bill Graham, Former Canadian Foreign Minister, 2007
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I agree with WestCoastRunner and a few others. This does not warrant investigation. This is so normal it's banal. Unless anyone believes that the Prime Minister has some actual, real-time personal responsibility ( as opposed to the "buck stops here" sort of Executive "responsibility"). It's "normal" to be rushed to the hospital via EMS for alcohol poisoning?????? It's normal for the EMS to be called to 24 Sussex to save a teen from alcohol poisoning????? It's normal for a teen to be served alcohol to the point where her life is in danger at the Prime Ministers house????? I don't think you understand what happened! I can clearly see why Rob Ford is still so popular! WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) Agreed. You're either an adult or you're not. These staggered ages across the country are ridiculous. Oh so now it's the fault of the law? Oh wait who made those laws???? Oh ya, progressive conservatives! WWWTT Edited April 24, 2014 by WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I suspect this one will blow over pretty quick. Hell's bell's I was able to get a few beer into me before I was 19 (I'm from Ontario) and the world didn't come to an end. Well, maybe it did for me, for a few hours. Something tells me those few beers that you got into you weren't supplied from24 Sussex, and you didn't have to be rushed to the hospital or you would have died!!! Devi's in the details, isn't it! WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
WWWTT Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 I would suspect that Harper probably thought it was better to have his son and friends celebrate his son's bday at home rather than at some bar in Quebec or somewhere else. However, it seemed to have backfired. This. in my opinion does not need to be investigated any further. Surely, there are more important things to investigate. Ya like increasing the penalty for smoking marijuana Man some of these comments in this thread are so out there!!!! This is the end of Harper parading his family to win votes! This is the end of the conservatives being tough on crime! This is, hopefully the end of Harpers political career! WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
cybercoma Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 If conservatives don't care about Rob Ford smoking crack and hanging out with drug-dealing gangs, then they sure as hell aren't going to care about an 18 year old coming close to alcohol poisoning in the Prime Minister's residence. We're talking about a party that was found in contempt of parliament and that describes their supporters perfectly. Nothing but contempt for parliament. Quote
GostHacked Posted April 24, 2014 Report Posted April 24, 2014 IF this was at my place, I'd be charged with contributing to a minor. And if the girl dies, them murder charges or something similar. Harper and family are not above the law, and they are representatives of our country while Harper is PM. This should be investigated. Harper is a public employee living in a residence paid for by taxpayers. Private matter? I'd like to be able to claim that if something like this was to happen to me. Quote
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