Canada’s Justice System...Or Lack There of

Be prepared to read folks...

WARNING: This blog post contains material some readers may find disturbing, reader discretion is advised!

1992 Sydney River, Nova Scotia.

What should have been a usual day at work turned out to be a nightmare for the entire staff at a local McDonald’s. 3 men walk into the restaurant armed ready to rob and then it turned real nasty. Three McDonald’s employees were killed and one was left permanently injured. One of the victims was shot, beaten with a bat and then had their throat slit.

The three men were all convicted of the killings and were sentenced to Life in prison without eligibility for parole for twenty years (for one of them) and twenty-five years for the other two.

The man who was eligible for parole after twenty years was eighteen at the time of the killings and after serving seventeen (that’s right 17) years the man who is now thirty-five has been granted free passes. This means he’s allowed to be on his own (no supervision) for 24 hours each month. With good behaviour over the next two months they courts will increase that to 48 hours.

Something’s wrong here...first off it looks like our government is having a hard time counting. Second a man who has spent as much time behind bars as he has been free might be a little unstable, but maybe I’m just quick to judge.

You’d think that they’d at least do an extensive mental evaluation for a case like this considering we never SEND anyone to prison for killing until they have psycho evaluation. I guess letting them out is different.

“We know you brutally and gruesomely killed but we think that 17 years taught you a lesson.” Says the Judge.

Grinning ear to ear, “Oh my yes I have!” the man says sarcastically.

“Well boys will be boys... you’re free to go, just don’t kill anyone else OK?”

And maybe it’s because I am so full of anxiety and depression that I think someone in these circumstances would be unstable, because I know I would have a grudge on society after being lock away for 17 years.

The funny part of this story is that the parole board has yet to release any reason for their decision on the free passes. A man who has no remorse, a man who has not apologized to the victim’s families, a convicted murderer is allowed out of prison three years before he was suppose to ELIGIBLE for parole and they don’t say why?

3 words come to mind look at it like this...WHAT THE FUCK??

Are the government officials so brain-dead that they can’t even keep convicted murderers behind bars? The men behind this violent crime should be thankful that they don’t live in Texas because they would have been done a long time ago. But no we live in a country with such a lenient justice system that we’ll let disgruntled 35 year old convicted murderers roam the streets.

Am I advocating for the death penalty? No!
Am I totally against the death penalty? No!

People like this need to be punished. Three meals a day, a bed, and nothing but time isn’t much of a punishment for murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals.

Make sure they get put into a cell with a huge man named ‘Billy Bob’, or ‘Big Joe’ looking for a new piece of meat. Or string them up by the eyelids and kick them in the nuts until they blink. Maybe you think that may be harsh but I personally think he should never see the light of day.

We live in a country where if you shoot a moose in the off season (and get caught) you’ll spend 12 years in prison, you’ll lose your rifles, your four-wheelers, your vehicles and in order to pay for the find you also receive you’ll probably lose your house.

Is it just me or is there something wrong with this picture?

That’s it for now.

Bigger World = More Asphalt

Have you ever dreamed or imagined a world without technology? Have you ever felt like escaping into an unknown uninhabited territory; into a deep forest?

I have.

Sometimes I dream about a world that isn’t consumed by materialistic bullshit. A world where a person, spirit, a soul, a being is king NOT money. There are so many remarkable sights, experiences to be had in this world and some I feel like it’s all a dream or it’s all fake because everyone is concerned about the price of gas, price of groceries, how much this is, how much that is, when their favourite shows are on. I see more and more people trying to out-do each other by what they have, how much money they make, the vacations they take.

We take for granted the beauty of this place. The cultural change that has happened within the last decade or so is not for the better. People are less concerned about local nature, and more concerned about whether or not their favourite stores are coming to town.

It’s time to get up and see what this world has to offer, it’s time to enjoy the breathtaking sites this world has while we still can. At the growing rate of the earth’s population, and the rate we’re flattening of forests it’s only a matter of time before everything that’s green turns into asphalt.

With all that being said I plan to take more pictures of what can be found in my local area and post them here.

That’s my rant for the day

Later

Some Summer Pics

These are just a couple of pics I shot over the past couple months. Two of them are in the Kingston area, the other is the back yard. Try to get some more up tomorrow

I CAN Read Afterall

So the other night(Monday I think), I finished reading The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan. What an awesome read, when I heard the Guillermo Del Toro was writing a book I knew it was going to be great; the man’s is a true artist in the film making world and in my opinion the novel world. To get an idea of his artistic genius have a look at winner of 3 Acadamy Awards Pan’s Labyrinth. (Love this movie)

So The Strain is about a vampiric virus circulating New York with possibility of it threatening the rest of world and threatening mankind as we know it. That’s right VAMPIRES. Not your teeny lovey vampires that sparkles like diamonds in the sunlight, but true frightening, blood sucking, human killing vampires.

This is the first full novel that I have read in years and has inspired me to get reading more. So if you like gut wrenching, nail biting, piss you pants action, drama and suspense pick up The Strain. The only thing disappointing about this story is that The Strain is the first book of a trilogy and the next one won’t be out until next year some time, and the third out in 2011.

Again, if you haven't watched this movie, check it out.

That's it for now, later.

Long Time No Blog

It’s been awhile I know but last week I was on vacation (a much needed one) and with a awesome weather we had last week I spent the majority of time outside, I think I checked my email twice all week. I went boating, swimming, to the beach, to Treego, and went golfing. I drank everyday and also worked my ass off.

Worked? Well not work, work but Monday Dad, my brother and I poured concrete for a well house. I did a fair amount of gardening throughout the week and Tuesday and Thursday consisted of fun filled hay days where we put in about 1100 bales of hay on Tuesday and approximately 1500 on Thursday. Let me tell you there’s nothing like being in a 35-45 degree stuffy ol’ hay mow lifting hundreds of bales weighing anywhere’s from 50 lbs to 75 lbs. I’ve been haying before but I don’t think I have sweat so much in all my life.

Why didn’t I write yesterday? Well I just got too busy and forgot about it last night when I was home.

That’s it for now, hopefully tomorrow or tonight I can write something more compelling.