People are always asking me whether I REALLY believe that the Cons should be arrested eh? And I'm always having to say yes I really do. Not just because of the way they have hijacked our democracy, and all their sordid scandals. But because they are actually prepared to hurt, or even kill Canadians, in the name of their foul ideology.
I've written about Kevin before. The young heroin addict I found shooting up on the door step of the Yaletown apartment I was renting, while taking a summer course in Vancouver.
How I felt like I was looking at somebody dying before my eyes. How he made me laugh when he promised to give up heroin and start a new life in Hawaii or Australia. If I gave him ten bucks or a few cigarettes.
How I stared in horror at the scars and abcesses running the length of both arms. How glad I was to hear later about this great clinic.
And how I hoped they had managed to save his life, and heal his addiction.
So naturally I thought of Kevin today when I heard the wonderful news.
I was so proud of our Supreme Court and the kind of Canadian values I want to preserve so badly.
The kind of values Stephen Harper and his Cons are trying to destroy. By putting their foul vengeful ideology before the lives of Canadians.
Mr Clement continues to insist that the science isn't clearly in favour of Insite. At the CMA meeting, he said: "Harm reduction, in a sense, takes many forms. To me, prevention is harm reduction. Treatment is harm reduction. Enforcement is harm reduction."
And bowing down before the crazy words of Great Ugly Leader, and his insane War on Drugs.
"This descent into nihilism... leads to silliness such as moral neutrality on the use of marijuana or harder drugs mixed with its random moral crusades on tobacco. It explains the lack of moral censure on personal foibles of all kinds, extenuating even criminal behaviour with moral outrage at bourgeois society, which is then tangentially blamed for deviant behaviour."
Can you believe that fascist gibberish? Who can be surprised that now that he has a majority he's trying to turn us into a prison state? When the madness was always there.
Oh well. One victory at a time.
Today was a good day to be a Canadian eh?
Here's to the poor suffering junkies of the Downtown Eastside, and the human war on drugs like heroin. Here's to more clinics like Insite all over Canada.
I used to think that Tony Clement looked out of place in this family photo of the Boys in the PMO. I thought he was just a goofy gopher and Boss Harper fart catcher who does what he's told. But after reading this story I've changed my mind. Last fall, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, after months of intense, private talks, agreed to face the media together to declare their agreement that research shows the “benefits” and “positive impacts” of supervised injection sites for intravenous drug users. The proposed joint media release was never issued. Nor did the RCMP officers and the centre’s doctors appear together for their planned news conference. According to Montaner, two days before the scheduled event last December—after a venue had been booked at the University of British Columbia and “the banners were ready”—he received a telephone call from Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass, the most senior RCMP officer in British Columbia. “He said, ‘Julio, can’t do it,’ ” Montaner recalls. “I said, ‘What do you mean, Gary?’ He said, ‘I’m really sorry, I’ve been ordered not to go ahead with the news conference.’ ” Montaner says Bass made it clear that the order came from RCMP headquarters in Ottawa. Now I think Clement and his foul Cons should be ARRESTED for putting their evil ideology before the lives of Canadians. Because let's be clear. Tony Clement may call it an "abomination." But Insite is a smart and wonderfully human idea. It's supported by the people of British Columbia. It does help some of our poorest and most desperate citizens.
It does save lives. And any government that is willing to hurt or kill its own people to please its ignorant, rabid base, is an absolute ABOMINATION. And must be removed from office as soon as possible. Oh boy. I know I'm always asking the same questions eh? But why are the Cons always trying to turn the RCMP into their own private security force?When is ideology murder? And when is enough ENOUGH?
I'm really glad to see that Steven Page won't be going to prison.
The lead singer of Juno-winning band Barenaked Ladies will not serve time in jail for drug possession charges laid over the summer in upstate New York, a U.S. judge said Tuesday.
New York Judge Thomas Miller said Steven Page must seek drug treatment and stay clean for six months.
Because he's a real nice guy. A good defender of progressive causes. And when he isn't farting around....or making music for kiddies... he can really ROCK. So I'm hoping this unfortunate episode will help clean his life up. Get him back to playing REAL rock n roll. And as I said when he was arrested, help him stick to the good stuff. Like alcohol....
Because as I said when he wants to he can REALLY rock. Welcome back Steven. We missed you...
As if the foul Republican Cons haven't done enough damage in Canada. By putting their brutish alien ideology before the lives of Canadians. Now they are going after the rest of the world. The World Health Organization has strongly endorsed safe injection sites like Vancouver's Insite as one of the “priority interventions” that countries should implement to slow the spread of HIV-AIDS, a view that was swiftly and firmly rejected by Canada's Health Minister. “Allowing and/or encouraging people to inject heroin into their veins is not harm reduction, it is the opposite. … We believe it is a form of harm addition.”
Can you believe that Con moron logic? Harm reduction is harmful. Huh? Will these right-wing dumbasses ever stop raping our values and disgracing us abroad? Before we all have to wear paper bags over our heads whenever we leave the country. Or pretend we're from the English-speaking part of ...um....Sweden? I've already explained why we need more safe injection sites like Insite. So I'll just sum it up like this....
The desperate drug addicts of the Downtown Eastside are the poorest and the most vulnerable people in Canada....who need to be reached and TREATED. Not punished. Safe injection sites aren't The Solution....but a valuable part of an anti-drug/AIDS strategy. The foul Cons are a plague upon the land. And the planet. And putting ideology before human lives is still MURDER...
