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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:12 PM
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My Canadian Girlfriends letter to Parliment "MUST READ"
WE HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS WHY AREN'T YOU SEEING THAT THEY ARE ENFORCED? OR DO CANADIAN POLITICIANS ( HAVE NO SPINES & S#!T FOR BRAINS) AND NOW CONDONE WAR CRIMES AND TORTURE THAT WERE KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY CARRIED OUT BY GOOD OL' GEORGE W. BUSH & HIS HENCHMEN??

It should disgust YOU that George Bush made the oil industry astronomical profits at the expense of over a million human beings.. Wives, Mothers, Dad's, Grandparents, Babies and Children were all slaughtered not to mention American soldiers as well and their widowed wives and orphaned children.

The fact is that Canada has laws against war crimes, our Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, our Criminal Code of Canada, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and Convention Against Torture, should make you want to stand up for these laws. As you are a lawyer MR. PRENTICE, I am surprised that you will be allowing a war criminal into Canada this month.

As a lawyer you of all people should know MR. PRENTICE that there is ample evidence of war crimes that have been conducted by former President George Bush and the members of his good ol’ boys club. George W. Bush is a person credibly accused of torture and other gross human rights violations, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
This fact triggers two branches of Canadian law: first, the Minister of Immigration is legally bound to prevent Bush’s entry into Canada at any time and for any reason; second, if Bush enters Canada, the Attorney General of Canada must prosecute him for torture or provide consent to private prosecution.
There are now 58 Congressmen who are demanding an inquiry into laying charges against Bush. There are international tribunals that have ruled on legal evidence of these crimes, as well as the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, who has concluded there is proof of torture by Bush and others.
It is Canada's obligation, our duty, to prevent this criminal from entering Canada, or arresting him if he lands on Canadian soil.
Please indicate any facts or law that, in your professional??? opinion, might operate to allow Mr. Bush entry into Canada or to prohibit prosecuting him for torture should he enter Canada.
I look forward to you response MR. PRENTICE.
Sincerely,
Diana Brockhurst

:wow:

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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:23 PM
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1. This is an amazing lady....
that I am very proud to know!!!

:pals:
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:28 PM
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2. great letter
any response? she's made the case! he should be in jail as i write...but he's not, is he? :mad:
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 03:37 PM
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3. sadly no.
Thanks for your reply though.

:hi:
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 04:01 PM
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4. Great letter.
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 05:17 PM
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5. Don't count on a response.
I've been writing letters to this bunch for three years and have never received one back. Not even from Jack Layton, who is an acquaintance.

This particular government is as secretive as Bush's government was.
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 05:50 PM
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6. I love Canada
I almost wish I moved there in '72.
I love my country, but Canada's a close second.

If anyone can stand up to the Bushies, it's our friends to the North.
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Urban Prairie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 12:03 AM
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7. Maybe all the letter was ultimately good for was to vent
But what a vent it was!!

Bravo Diana!!


:thumbsup: :yourock: :applause:
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Naturyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 12:11 AM
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8. Its forcefulness is impressive and she obviously "gets it."
That being said, it very much needs restructuring in terms of grammar and usage.

I'm a former professional editor. I'll do it free, if you want.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 03:13 AM
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9. a thank you to diana. i was just wondering, earlier, why the FUCK
canada didn't arrest that fuckhead.

what was their big reason for not doing so? (i don't know) they don't want to upset the u.s. because we and the rest of the world is having a difficult time now? or upset the apple cart?

well, thanks for being so considerate of our plight. (sarcasm)

i would think these other countries would have noticed that america has been castrated and apparently can't take care of this business ourselves--and we are in desperate need for someone to please stand up and do the right thing for us.

maybe canada is too much of a "friend?"

ugh.
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