If you are talking about the War Measures Act, that was only ever intended for a very limited period of time. Moreover given what was happening with the multiple bombings and the kidnappings I think it was quite justified.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > well... they had martial law once in canada in my lifetime, for a few days, > then never again. But that's canada, and I suspect they are just sneakier > now. This definitely seems worth asking about. > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Once you give Government power they will use it, and will never give it up. >> >> This was what the opponents to the patriot act said in the first place, but >> it was political suicide to oppose the act at that time. >> >> Remember some Senators said that they should not let a crisis go to >> waste... >> >> On 19 March 2012 01:58, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > well there's the "this is only for emergencies" theory but I don't really >> > buy that. Look at the way the Patriot act got subverted . On the other >> > hand... disaster preparedness is indeed the job of the government. Maybe, >> > when I take another look, the key to this will be how it gets triggered. >> > >> > >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
