Thoughts on the world and the things in it.
UNBC has begun controlling access to the sports centre with finger print scanners. There is nothing at UNBC that warrants that level of security. People are being forced one finger at a time to give up their right to privacy. They didn’t say what would happen to students who refused, …
I take my privacy pretty seriously. I like being anonymous, and I think it is my right for people to know nothing about me. However, to recieve certain benefits I can accept exposing a certain amount of my personal information in return. For example I am happy to share my …
Gillian Gibbons, a teacher in the Sudan was arrested for having a teddy bear with the name Mohammad on it. Officials think she might be insulting Islam by naming her teddy bear after the prophet. How retarded is that? So what if she named it Mohammad. I can think of …
So I went to the protest against tasers and police brutality in Toronto on Saturday. There was about 300-400 people, the majority of which were Polish. Evident by the large number of Polish flags. I took several pictures of the police. A few things struck me about the protest. The …
The CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) released its report on what happened to Mr. Dziekanski. You can read the report here: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/media/release-communique/2007/1126-r-eng.html I think to be honest it raises as many questions as it answers. For example, the electronic records indicate that he passed through primary customs at 4:09 pm, …
I seem to be writing a lot about police and their actions, and perhaps it isn’t always fait to judge. For example CBC reports two cops in Calgary have been cleared of criminal charges stemming from an arrest incident. You can watch the video and decide for youself. The problem …
The National Post has an interesting article on tasers and the various lawsuits against the company that manufactures them, Taser International. A former employee, Pam Schreiner, claims that Taser has harrassed and intimidated her into silence over her witnessing Taser officials shredding incriminating court documents regarding the safety of their …
Have you ever noticed when you buy a new car, or hat, or bike, that you begin to notice it everywhere. Sometimes you see it in the media. Like I remember a whole rash of “pitbull” stories. You know the sort, “Child horribly maulled by vicious dog” etc, etc. The …
CBC reported today that Paul Kennedy, a former prosecutor reviewed the RCMPs taser policy four months before the death of Robert Dziekanski. Mr. kennedy had concluded that the force was “too casual” with it’s use of the stun gun. Mr. Kennedy has been given a mandate to examine the use …