Comments on The Burd Report: Sunday reading

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blin...

2009-10-21T11:25:15.687-04:00

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

To Civilised: You think it's humane to lock a...

2009-10-20T14:59:19.708-04:00

To Civilised:

You think it's humane to lock a killer in a steel cage for life? Capital punishment should be an option but not an absolute for juries. I think if you murder someone in cold blood you should stand up like a man and forfeit your own life in turn. The chance of an innocent being executed is possible but rare. But if it happens so what? Innocents die all the time in this world (by drunk drivers, disease, falling meteorites etc.) It's all part of the risk of living in a complex civilization.

Regarding the National Post lambasting the Conserv...

2009-10-20T12:17:12.312-04:00

Regarding the National Post lambasting the Conservatives: it'll probably only last until the government gives parent company CanWest a bail-out or favourable legislation change.

Ben Burd said, "Now you ask what can be do...

2009-10-20T11:02:04.079-04:00
Ben Burd said, "Now you ask what can be done? Number one make the pension the #1 secured creditor!"

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The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has investments in:
Cement Roadstone Holdings
Lockheed Martin
Siemens
MDA
Finning International
Each of these companies play a role in Israeli apartheid, from partnering with a company that produces cement used in the construction of the Apartheid Wall, to distributing Caterpillar's D9 bulldozers used to demolish Palestinian homes.
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Brought to you by the caring Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity. Yes, lets workers around the world withdraw their pension funds for the Palestinian people who have contributed and done so much for the enrichment of the world, culturally, politically, economically ... especially for Canadians.

To Anonymous: how would you feel if it turned out ...

2009-10-19T13:15:31.104-04:00
To Anonymous: how would you feel if it turned out an innocent man had been executed? Would a simple "I'm sorry" suffice to his family?

That is just one reason out of many that civilised societies don't use capital punishment.

In dropping men's pay by 30% to achieve wage p...

2009-10-19T13:00:50.990-04:00
In dropping men's pay by 30% to achieve wage parity, the Leeds Council has obviously learned a lesson from a Quebec Charter case some years ago.

In this one, an anti poverty group took the Province of Quebec to court to demand they stop the practise of paying welfare recipients under the age of 30 substantially less than what they paid to those over 30.

The court agreed it was unequal, but their solution enraged many, especially those over 30 who had their welfare rate cut to match the lower rate paid to the under-30crowd.

Blame the lawyers: they gave us equality but not fairness! A hard lesson for the activists, which is likely why we remember the case years later. I think this goes under the heading of "be careful what you wish for".

Re "Hang em highers". It would be intere...

2009-10-18T20:13:01.943-04:00
Re "Hang em highers". It would be interesting if the folks who assembled this list of botched executions would also provide a matching list of the agonies suffered by the victims of these murderers.