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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Shall we just draw this to a close right now? Correct me if I'm wrong.... - You are more concerned with terrorism than you are with a lawful society.
- I am more concerned with a lawful society than I am with terrorism.
Is this why we are reaching an impasse?
You are, at least, more concerned with keeping an accused child soldier out of our system of law than you are with our government's refusal to uphold the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I find that interesting and at least a little bit disconcerting.
It might be oversimplified, but, as roachboy says, this is a forum. |
Now you're being silly.
I would argue that I AM MORE CONCERNED about a lawful society than you are since I am deferring to the law. There simply is no law in Canada that says that External Affairs will ride to your rescue if you are arrested elsewhere in the Globe. The Supreme Court of Canada has acknowledged that and ruled as such.
I do not consider Omar a "Child Soldier" since Canada did not put him in that position. His own mother and father did. You want to blame someone - blame them. Better yet, deport them.
Unless you can site other examples of where Canada has forced the US to hand over Canadian Nationals facing trial in the United States for fear of facing a kangeroo court, your arguement is based strictly on your passion and not the rule of law.
But I agree, you are never going to change my mind on this issue, nor is anyone else who weeps for Omar Khadr and his terrorist family. The entire point of me posting in this forum was to demonstrate in no uncertain terms to you and Silent Jay and anyone else who weeps for Omar Khadr that there is a huge silent majority of Canadians (like myself) who are connected to what's going on in Canada and the world and we do not agree with your position. You are not going to move me in the least and I am not going to move you. But at least you will KNOW that not everyone in Toronto thinks along the same lines as you.
If given the choice of whom to weep for - Omar, or the Canadian Soldiers he and his ilk are trying to kill - I choose the latter.