Comments on: Alex Atamanenko and civility in Parliament

By: Gayle

Gayle — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:47:35 +0000

I am thinking you are not getting the sarcasm…

By: m123T

m123T — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:36 +0000

Wouldn't it be great if they registered all guns in Toronto, think of the lives that could/would be saved if registered guns couldn't be used to kill.

By: m123T

m123T — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:08:20 +0000

By: Gayle

Gayle — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:59:03 +0000

Does that have anything to do with what the CPC are doing or your question?

Well…?

By: Gayle

Gayle — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:57:46 +0000

Yeah, and if you register them you cannot use them to kill anything.

Anyway…

By: hollinm

hollinm — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:24:36 +0000

You have no idea what you are talking about. I doubt Stephen Harper did any such thing. Lets remember these alleged tortures happened right after the Conservatives were elected to government. They do not make the day to day decisions on the battle field. Those are rightfully left up to the commanders on the field. However, they did strengthen the pathetic agrement the Libs had in place.
Frankly I could care less what happens to the Afghan detainees, combattants, terrorists or whatever name you want to call them. The Canadian military did not torture anybody . I suspect most Canadians feel the same way.
The media and the opposition may think they have an issue here but in the end Canadians have only one choice in the next election and that is to elect a majority Conservative government. They will never elect the carpetbagger who pretends to lead the Liberal party.

By: batb

batb — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:33:16 +0000

I'll try again, Gayle:

What do you make of Chretien's comment, "what's a few million?"

Is it acceptable? Is it Prime Ministerial? Is it helpful to millions of Canadian taxpayers who are struggling to make ends meet? Is it OK to disappear $42-million of our hard-earned dollars to put the LPC back in power -- and then make light of it?

Well ... ???

By: Canadiansense

Canadiansense — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:57:04 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NOVEMBER 24, 2009
network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/24/michael-ignatieff-on-torture-be-careful-what-you-

ON WHEN TORTURE ISN'T EVIL
"...in a situation of extreme necessity, the possibility, even a slight possibility, that it [torture] may reveal some life saving result would almost certainly overwhelm any consideration that it is evil." - Michael Ignatieff, The Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, January 2003

ON HOW DEMOCRACIES SHOULD JUSTIFY TORTURE
"The use of coercive force in a liberal democracy...is regarded as a lesser evil. This particular view of democracy does not prohibit emergency suspensions of rights in times of terror. But it imposes an obligation on government to justify such measures publicly, to submit them to judicial review, and to circumscribe them with sunset clauses so that they do not become permanent." - Michael Ignatieff, The Lesser Evil: Political ethics in an age of terror, Princeton University Press, 2004

But don't just take our word for it, Ignatieff's writings on the appropriate use of torture are of concern to Liberals as well:

"To justify violence, he must have really given it serious thought. Otherwise, that's very dangerous. What guarantee would there be that he wouldn't change his mind again?" - Terrorism and counter-terrorism scholar Dr. Janine Krieber, Facebook message as reprinted in Toronto Star November 21, 2009

By: m123T

m123T — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:41 +0000

Is Don Newman back on tv. Lots of references to him lately. With no computer, tv, radio, or newspapers for the past week, I missed his return. Please clue me in.
But, I was at a conference that had mainly liberal and ndp supporters, and listening to their comments during breaks was hilarious. Not one fact mentioned, just a lot of dissing PMSH and the Wildrose party.
Was like being in a room full of gayles and parnels. Hey, I survived, and was even cordial to Kevin Taft.

By: m123T

m123T — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:07:08 +0000

Gayle, please provide links to the question periods where the conservatives, in opposition, asked riduculous questions, used faux outrage to make their point, and continually shouted down any responses to their questions. Those actions are by the liberals since being rejected by the people of Canada. Liberals can't handle the truth, they were defeated. They have lost 70 seats in the last elections.
They will lose more.
Someone explained the difference between liberals and conservatives, libs have meetings, form committees, have inquiries and do nothing to implement their ideas. Conservatives go out and get things done, for the betterment of Canadians.