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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:47 PM
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White supremacist custody case winding down
Source: CBC News

The children were taken from their home when the girl went to school with a swastika drawn on her arm. Her teacher scrubbed it off in the afternoon, but the girl showed up again the next day with another one, along with other white supremacist symbols drawn on her body.

Family services case workers were alerted and went to the family's apartment, where they found neo-Nazi symbols and flags. They took custody of the couple's son and picked up the daughter at her school.

The couple, now separated, are also accused of failing to provide adequate care for their children. Lawyers and social workers told court earlier this year there were problems related to drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, criminal behaviour and mental health problems.

The mother, who lives in another province, testified in June that her estranged husband isn't fit to be a parent. She told the hearing that he is a heavy drinker and has been suicidal

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/25/mb-white-supremacist-custody-winnipeg.html?ref=rss



Especially given that the NDP is in power in Manitoba, the state is the only authority with the necessary competence to raise these children.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 03:28 PM
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1. White supremacists are never themselves "supreme".
Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 03:28 PM by mwb970
Kind of undercuts their argument, does it not?
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 03:45 PM
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2. More to the point they're usually pitiful examples of white folks as far as I have seen.
n.t.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 05:16 PM
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3. Oof; I'm relieved CBC closed *that* one to comments.. (nt)
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