Comments for The Last Exile

Comment on Fuck you, Lawrence Cannon by Backseat Blogger

Backseat Blogger — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:40:45 +0000

now, now, kateland. calm down.

the tories are our friends. even if i was wasn’t a dyed in the wool tory, i’d still vote tory. a rotation of power between parties is an absolute essential for the health of a democracy.

as to mr. cannon’s criticism, i take that with a grain of salt. can u imagine a government more aligned with israel? you can’t cuz there isn’t any. since the tories assumed office, canada’s record has been stellar when it comes to israel.

do you remember canada’s reaction to israel’s purported use of fake passports? there wasn’t any as far as i can recall.

this is a safe issue for the government to criticize israel on cuz there is no practical impact. this way the gov’t can say to it’s critics “see, we’re not marching in step with israel etc etc”

Comment on The Israeli Scare Test by Kateland

Kateland — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:10:32 +0000

Joe is a regular poster at the Israeli blog Mquata and a commenter takes offence at Joe’s posts or comments and claims he brings the level of ‘discourse’ so Joe runs an online poll – asking readings to vote – given that Joe actually is one of those ’scary settler’ types – kicking him off the Mquata is the blog equivalent of expulsion all those Israelis who live on the other side of the ‘49 Armistice line potentially face.

Comment on The Israeli Scare Test by Backseat Blogger

Backseat Blogger — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:10:51 +0000

i didn’t pay much attention to the joe settler thing. what was up there?

Comment on Does anyone travel to Dubai under their ‘real’ passport? by Kateland

Kateland — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:35:57 +0000

This Jew doesn’t do Dubai – under any circumstances

Comment on Does anyone travel to Dubai under their ‘real’ passport? by joye smith

joye smith — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:02:59 +0000

Dubai a real jewel city also suspicious to many criminal activity.However it is mandatory to take some elementary precautions when visiting Dubai because in any country important documents like your own passport should be kept really safe.

Comment on Blind Justice or Tory Justice? by greyburr

greyburr — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:43:05 +0000

Maybe the system really is corrupt.Not in the sense that a politician would actually try to influence the outcome,but more that we do have a two tier judicial system based on the ability to buy the outcome.Been there !!

Comment on Shames on Taxis by Kateland

Kateland — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:08:22 +0000

See it all would have worked out if you had only drunk Israeli red instead and ate a little food. You should have been here last weekend when I was cooking sambuska washed down with a nice Yarden merlot. I’m careful Beachnut…but its the other guys on the road who cause the problems.

Comment on Shames on Taxis by beachnut

beachnut — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:45:04 +0000

I have a Jewish friend in The Center Of The Universe who once told me that when one drank red wine, one should have food & water with the wine.
Ignoreing this good advice, I drank a bottle of Dr Zen Zen Noir, then got on my bicycle, (obviously couldn’t drive!), and went to the local elementary school.
Which is another story in itself.
By the time my ‘ride’ was over, I had a fat lip, a layer of skin on my cheek was missing, and a small shiner developed under the eye above my skinless face.
My hands were fine, because I didn’t get them out in time to stop myself from kissing the sidewalk.
I have decided that biking is not for me.
Be careful out there, Kateland.
So on the off chance that my comment is deleted,( accidently of course ), and you need to refresh yourself on friends’ said good advice….look in the mirror!
There is no morale to this story.

Comment on Blind Justice or Tory Justice? by Backseat Blogger

Backseat Blogger — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:05:44 +0000

Again, I agree with you in theory. It’s the practise that I’m having difficulty with.

Yes a judge has a lot of power but he can only act on the basis of the charges/evidence before him. if the Crown withdraws a charge, a judge can’t reinstate it.

the judge acted properly on the basis of the evidence before him.

there are rumours that the evidence re drugs/alcohol etc was tainted due to the improper actions of a rookie cop. crown counsel is only saying that there were problems with this evidence.

this goes back to my original point. crown counsel will be loathe to make public the rationale for its decisions.. especially if there are screwups.

the police will no be too happy with prosecutors if the police get blamed for that…

Comment on Blind Justice or Tory Justice? by Kateland

Kateland — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:25:11 +0000

Actually, yes the public does have the right to know – there are certain circumstances where information may be banned for publication – before or during a trial if there is a chance it could prejudice a juror – or if a witness, victim or defendant is under the age of majority or if there is a risk it would harm or prejudice another either on-going or coming matter before the courts.

Crime reportage is a potentially libelous area which is why so many on-line media disable the commenting features on the publication of such news. Frankly, so many of the public don’t think of the possible legal implications before they hit the send button on a rant roasting the alleged criminal of the day.

Public criminal justice is a cornerstone of our legal system and one of the key principles which our legal traditions are based on. I really didn’t mention the Crown Attorney’s role, but quite frankly, the Justice did not have to accept the plea arrangement – it was within his powers to resist the arrangement made between the Crown Attorney and the Defense counsel – and even had a duty to do so if it would bring the justice system into disrepute – which it in effect it has done. These were very serious charges which were dismissed in exchange for a plea agreement to a very minor traffic offense.

I am not so reasonably sure the Crown’s reasoning was necessarily sound – especially in retrospect – given Jaffer’s acceptence of the deal – an innocent man with his financial resources would probably wanted to fight the charges at trial and be found ‘not guilty’ rather than have the accusations hang over him. Remember, he has not been found innocent in a public trial merely that the Crown believes there is a lack of reasonable evidence for a conviction. Two entirely different matters.