How Young Is Too Young?

Vic Toews, our new Justice Minister (who seems to have trouble with our
laws himself), is getting the gang worked up already. It seems that one
of the campaign promises he plans to tackle soon is the Age Of Consent
law. Vic plans on raising this from fourteen, to sixteen years of age.
In theory, this might be a good idea. I agree that at the age of
fourteen, many teens are not able to understand the actions, the
significance or the consequences of those actions, and therefor are not
equipped to handle the many situations. However, what we see happening
more often than not, is sixteen year old boys getting charged with
statutory rape, for having intercourse with consenting 14 year old
girls. This is not what the law is intended for, However, let's be
honest. How many parents look at it that way, when it comes to their
daughters? How many teenage boys, being teenage boys, are going to have
statutory rape on their records for the rest of their lives? Whether
statutory or not, the word rape looks just as bad on your record. Just
something to think about today.

Harper Upsets His Buddies

Well, depending on who you read, the current CPC MPs were either livid,
secretly miffed, or rather indifferent. You can probably guess who says
what. I guess the only point to make here is that any CPC member who is
not upset with the appointment of Fortier is either lying, or totally
dishonest. When a Party campaigns as hard as the CPC did for government
accountability, and against government corruption, and power mongering,
and yet simply appoints unelected officials to the Cabinet, someone
should be upset. When a Party lambastes a former member who crossed the
floor, attacks them personally, and demands investigations while
labelling the other party as corrupt and elitist, then turns around and
hands a cabinet post of their own to a member of that same party, as
compensation for crossing the floor, someone should be upset. Just
because the Party's leader is a two-faced, moral-lacking liar, does not
mean the entire party is. For those who see where this is taking them,
it's not too late. For the rest of you, thank you for proving exactly
what those of us in Ontario already knew. One, that ethics is not
something you really value, but a catchphrase, a boogeyman term you
throw around to elevate yourselves, while doing exactly what it is
you're condemning. Normally, these people are called hypocrites, but
when they abuse religion and it's values while playing the game, I'd say
plain evil is the term I'm looking for. For two, it really is a case of
same crap, different pile. The main difference? At least the Liberals
saw most things the way we did. So much for that chance at a majority,
Mr Harper.

Truthfully Yours