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Originally Posted by Ducay
Someone call up the zinger department! Got a couple of HOT ONES here boys.
Clearly the opinion of mine and the majority of Canadians is not supported legally, otherwise this settlement wouldn't have been reached after making its way through the SCOC, but it is a common sense judgement. This settlement will have impacts on public opinion and into the next election, the settlement figure is a travesty, despite perhaps being the correct judicial answer.
Like I said, how is torture (not downplaying) of a terrorist worth exponentially more than the deaths of countless veterens? Should be the other way around $ wise.
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I for one am glad that my rights as a Canadian citizen are governed and protected by our legal system and not the average Canadian's "common sense".
It's both sad and somewhat alarming at just how little value many people seem to place on one of the most important things Canadians have, namely our legally enshrined charter rights. All that gets thrown out the window to satisfy peoples' moral outrage. I don't like seeing the Khadr family get money either, but money is nothing in the face of having the government be able to legally abrogate its responsibilities to its citizens.