[OT] Re:Byron Sonne....

[Digimer]

On 02/26/2011 02:05 PM, ted leslie wrote:
> Yes your last statement (and it sounds like there will be some interesting stuff
> to read about when the ban is lifted .. and there is a ban why?)
> i support, but, its our "under funded system"
> that unfortunately is at times a huge part of why
> legal issues can drag out for way to long (and appear unjust, lazy and
> mistake ridden),
> would it have helped if Byron's case were already fully tried  months ago?
> obviously, and we seem to only have the tax paying voter to
> blame for that. I would love to pay more taxes, much more
> taxes to get a health system that is better then our
> third world one we have now, and a legal system that
> isn't so backed up, but doesn't  seem to be a party i can
> vote for that wants to tax me more (and my fellow Canadians) to fix this stuff.
> (and i am not dishing any of the parties in particular.. probably its just
> a knock on Canadians in general as a group that would rather have
> broken stuff, but lower taxes. Of course better management of
> what we do pay, would also be nice, on all levels of government).
> 
> tl

As for why there is a ban, please see:
http://freebyron.org/index.php/Main_Page#Why_is_There_a_Publication_Ban.3F

In the case of the G20, there was ~$900 million spent on security. That
is orders of magnitude more than previous G8/G20 meetings, so the
"underfunded" argument simply doesn't apply here. In fact, that
overspending is part of the reason people were angry.

As for the speed of trial, yes, we'd all have loved for the trial to
have been completed months ago. That just isn't realistic though... We
were warned to expect 18~24 months at least minimum for this case to go
to trial. As it stands, things have been moving very fast by normal
standards. Further complicating things is that the crown is fighting
tooth and nail in this case. Every stage of the process has been record
setting in it's length.

As for the tax comments... well, that's a whole other conversation that
is even more off-topic than this one. :)

Cheers

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