I know. I think they compensated him too. So.... maybe you can't say that hey the Canadian government handled it well, so probably the Americans will too, is my point.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Not that is not something to be proud of, but I also noticed that not > only did the government apologize, but Parliament did as well. Now > contrast that with the US reaction. > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > right it was what, two weeks or something? Around 1972 or 73? I dunno > about > > justified, as a lot of countries have had kidnappings without going > there, > > but my point is, it's not like all countries that have the power invoke > it > > at the drop of a hat any time they can. > > > > But I'm not sure they don't do the same, just sneakier.... I m sure you > > don't think Maher Arer is something to be proud of, right? > > > > but that is a different story. > > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> 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:348756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
