cough, bad pronoun reference. "It" meant the martial law. But the problem there was lack of clarity on my part.
But Arer, while it was not handled well, at least was handled rather than denied. In contrast, look at all the people who spent years in Guantanamo because the US couldn't figure out how to deal with the fact that at least some of the people there not only weren't the worst of the worst, they had no business being there at all. Like the Uighurs, they come to mind here.... On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Actually the Canadian government did not handle it well. They should > have been screaming every chance to get the guy out. It should have > been brought up at every governmental meeting from NAFTA to > ambassadorial meetings right up to meeting between the PM and the > President. > > But the point I was making about him is that Canada handled the > mistake at least. > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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:348762 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
