Saturday, April 7, 2007

Canada Votes Against Renewal of Anti-Terrorism Act

In February, the Canadian Parliament voted 159 to 124 against renewing and expanding anti-terror laws that were introduced after 9/11. Think of it as Canada's version of the Patriot Act. Under the now-defunct laws, the government had the right to indefinitely detain foreign-born people (citizens included) suspected of terrorist activity and to "compel" them to testify. Sound familiar?

The legislation was voted down despite accusations by the conservative Prime Minister that the Liberal Party was "soft on terror," and despite the fact that "real and serious" terror plots were foiled in Toronto as recently as June 2006.

The anti-terror laws had never been used, and were obviously unnecessary in dealing with recent terror plots.

Perhaps one day our government will come to the same conclusion...

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Posted by Publius @ 11:45 AM

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7 comments:

  1. perhaps, too, the sun will one day develop large, luminous teeth and eat the entire planet... more likely or THE MOST likely?
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  2. Saying that the Global warming is a hyped-up fear-mongering campaign is like denying the holocaust. You're not denying the holocaust are you? No, of course not. So, repeat after me...

    Yes! the sky is falling in
    and ...
    Yes! the Global warming is going to kill us all and...
    No! increased Solar Activity has nothing to do with it
    and...
    No! the ice-caps on Mars aren't melting (but if they were, it would be our fault)

    And Yes! Yes! Yes! God of the New Age, we must get rid of 70% of the world's population (note: this not at all like the holocaust)
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  3. Erm...okay buddy. I believe you have the wrong article, perhaps? Although I don't recall writing anything about global warming...
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  4. okay i guess i can see how my comment could be construed as having something to do with global warming, but really i was just saying that even if the current patriot act is revoked, it's simple to see how trivial our civil liberties are, and we're really only entitled to them when it's convenient. but, man, way to go with the emotion!
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  5. ahh, eheh oops. I got the impression that you were implying that the Sun was going to be the next terrorist boogeyman that the government will be pretending to protect us from.

    I was still a bit high from watching "The Great Global Warming Swindle" when I wrote that post...
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  6. Someone mentioned 'The Holocaust"(tm). And "holocaust denial".

    The "deniers" are not really: "absolutely-everything-about-"The Holocaust"(tm)-is-a-lie" types. No, just the FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES which the official version of "history" is based upon. They being:
    A. There was an official "extermination(or "genocide) policy". (motive).
    B. The was an "extermination"(or "genocide") industry constructed and operated.(means).
    And,
    C. European "Jewry" was "exterminated"("6 million" victims of German/Nazi "genocide") by he most evil people and political idea the world has ever seen.("Crime against Humanity").

    Sorry, Sheeple, but the "evidence' is extremely weak. In fact, reasonable-doubt abounds when the "evidence" is objectively appraised(informed opinion is impossible when only one side of an issue/proposition is examined). We are being played. A sophisticated game it is, and Pragmatism is what it's based on. The ultimate con-artists(or tyrant's)philosophical grounding. Clues... Symantics. Translations. Ends justify the means. The victor writes the history.

    Who were the victors of the 1stW.W.?
    The same ones who were the only winners of the 2nd.

    Answer?
    Communists and Zionists. Both times. Though I'm thinking they may be tools of a darker, less visible evil. So, avoid/resist emotional impulses of vengence.
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