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7 Sep 2024 07:21:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Guilty until proven innocent  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 8 Jul 2008 07:28:58
Message: <48734f7a$1@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:
> John VanSickle wrote:
>> When I first read the subject line for this message, I thought it 
>> might be about what's happening to Mark Steyn in Canada's 
>> Orwellianly-named Human Rights Tribunals.
> 
> Now, THAT is scary stuff.  A tribunal system, separate from the courts, 
> which only has to allege (not prove) that some crime might in the future 
> be committed, and has the authority to seize your property (the articles 
> I found mentioned computers, not sure what else they can seize) w/o a 
> warrant.
> 
> All paid for by the taxpayer, of course.  The claimant doesn't have to 
> pay a dime; of course, the defendant has to pay their full legal costs.

They've learned their lesson from history:  Go after people who don't 
enjoy a whole lot of sympathy and you can rack up a high body count 
before anybody notices.

Regards,
John


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