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I agree. As for the call for an inquiry into blogs, go ahead. If the Conservative Party is using them in contradiction of Canadian election law, then we'll have yet another scandal to entertain us.

We already went over the unarmed women and children thing - it was accidental. If a group of nutters provides armed resistance to the government, then it's justified in using violence to subdue said group. One takes place while the nut(s) are armed and uncontrolled, the other takes place when...

I don't believe such people should be summarily executed, but I don't think the government should sit by while group X flaunts their non-compliance and makes the government look ineffectual. Peaceful attempts at reconciliation were made in both cases but apparently neither group wanted such a...

Same here - there are plenty of places to buy online but I haven't seen any straight razors in stores in my area.

The deductions at St. Jean are, if IIRC and they haven't changed, roughly 365/month for rations and another 90 (roughly) for quarters (Ocdt quarters though, not recruit which might be less).

Jeez, I need to release and sign up as an NCM. Officers never get the fun stuff  :'(

I took my test in July - that would make me exempt, would it not?

Hmmm... irony. Of course they are, that's why they're called MISconceptions. I don't think she was confused, I think she's just ignorant. Ann Coulter is a press wh*re, nothing else. As the man said, she likes to say stupid, ignorant things which many on the right just love (not surprising -...

He wouldn't leave the compound, nor would anyone else in the family - they stayed in the compound after charges were brought and had friends bring them food and supplies from town. From what I understand, they had quite the stockpile of food, etc. You're right - my phrasing was poor. He didn't...

Depends on your definition of lucky - a miss would have been luckier - but yeah, sounds like he got pretty lucky the round didn't go into any vital organs.

The Marshals took quite extensive measures to avoid violence - the surveillance on the cabin was months long before the incident. The fact of the matter is that there shouldn't have been a threat - Weaver should have obeyed the law and surrendered. As it is, he didn't, and paid for it with the...

Indeed - it's time we laid the smack down on the weaker sex (figuratively speaking, of course) and ensure ourselves a society in which we're still aloud to have testicles and act like it. I love when poor planning by someone else causes me grief. It's like parents that sit there with a...

Absolutely - deport them if possible.

Ditto, Bruce - hell freezes over once again as we agree on something. While the restrictions on advancement in government seem a bit extreme, I wholeheartedly support the education of our populous (especially children) in French. Considering it's one of the most widespoken languages, it's not...

Heh.. good point, though I think the lack of melting may be a product of the mentality accompanying the ideology. I think a large part of the blame also has to be borne (obviously) by the newcomers themselves.

The majority of SEXUAL child abusers are male, but IIRC women compose the majority of non-sexual child abusers. Regardless, the first stat doesn't mean anything in relation to all men - pedophiles constitute a fraction of all men. One might as well indirectly accuse all women of being...

I haven't heard the term "hoop" in that context in a looooong looooong time (since last speaking with the aforementioned convict). It must be a prison thing... Would you agree that a more comfortable prison is a safer environment for corrections workers? What's your view on the no-smoking...

I think the problems like Jamaican gangs, Asian gangs, East-European/Russian mobs, etc. have a tendency to be blown out of proportion (as a problem) relative to the respective group as a whole. Asian/Jamaican gangs etc. are not a representation of the norm for their respective groups. Yes...

The "shoot to kill" directive was not an unqualified, blanket "license to kill" as its been made out to be. The directive stated that snipers (and presumably other agents) should "shoot to kill" armed males. At one point, an unarmed male exited the cabin but wasn't fired on, as he was not...

I was always under the impression that many of the concessions made to inmates (TV, internet, etc) were, in part, an attempt to create an environment more easily controlled and less violent. I'd be interested to see the figures on intra-prison crime, especially violent crime, in Canada's system...