May 2004

Free Speech? Gone.

Yup. It’s gone. Down the toilet, it would seem. Unless there’s a lot more to the CP article that appeared in the National Post on Saturday May 29th, 2004. Apparently, “vulgar and harsh” language can have the boys in blue with guns at your house, executing a search warrant. And especially if that harsh and […]

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Children’s Aid Society’s View Of Children

The CAS apparently supports the guy who is saying this in an Ontario Courtroom, as quoted from the Globe And Mail: “Can we be more culturally arrogant than to dismiss an entire nation without even seeing it?” He compared the foster parents’ plans to adopt the girls to the “wholesale expropriation” of aboriginal lands.” Yeah,

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Democrats On Iraq

Next time you’re talking to some die-hard ‘Bush Hater’, ask them about these quotes: (These were sent to me by an acquaintance and I cannot take credit for compiling them. As well, I’m no huge fan of the Iraq war, but I’m a little tired of the left wing hypocrisy that’s ubiquitous in both the

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Libertarians And Linux

I’m sometimes asked, because of my Libertarian leanings, why I use Linux, and not some proprietary operating system like Microsoft. There is no such thing as a “Linux, Inc.” that makes money from creating updates for the Linux Kernel. It’s all Open Source, and some say, “sheesh Ian, that sounds like communism to me!” I

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Highway Cowboys – Peel Police Traffic Cops

So, I’m driving back from Toronto yesterday, and there’s quite a bit of traffic with it being the long weekend and all. As promised, the police seemed to be out in full force, especially around Hwy 7 and Hwy 50 area. Going west towards #7, a dark unmarked cruiser and a white Peel Regional Police

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New Toy And Linux

I bought a new toy. A Palm Zire 72. I needed something to help keep me a bit more organized, and carrying scraps of paper around just doesn’t cut it when one is prone to losing important scraps of paper. I’ve owned a Palm before, but was never really happy with it, and couldn’t get

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Oppression

From Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary: Oppression \Op*pres”sion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.] 1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. “The multitude of oppressions.” –Job xxxv. 9. 3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude;

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Academic Freedom

While scanning some old editorials and opinion pieces at The Star, I came across one that I missed, by Jse-Che Lam. Basically, Lam laments that a showing of the movie Jenin, Jenin at a Toronto school was mired in controversy. Here’s a paragraph that caught my attention: “We, along with the rest of the Western

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Liar Liar, Pants On Fire

“A solemn Liberal election pledge to freeze taxes and balance Ontario’s books was shunted aside today in a provincial budget that taps taxpayers for $9 billion over four years to finance a spending spree on everything from heart surgeries and hip replacements to home care and health centres.” More Lies Exposed Here. Apparently, Conservative MPP

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