Prime
Time Crime
(Letter to the Editor Prime Time Crime Mar. 4, 2005)
I can't begin to tell you how sick I felt when I heard the original news reports of the four slain RCMP members in Alberta. My original thoughts were of sympathy for the families of these members and then the anger and outrage came.
When I tuned in to the CBC and saw Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan indicating they "may have to look at tougher laws" relating to grow-ops, I lost it. Then the "coup de grace" would later come when it was announced that "Mr Dithers" himself would ask for a moment of silence prior to addressing the "three drink lunch" crowd at their meeting in Ottawa. Do these people have no shame ?
They should be so overun with guilt that they should run and hide. When Martin asks his followers to have a moment of silence tonight, they should pass out the hand soap so they can start to try and rid themselves of the blood on their hands. The truth is undeniable. Our weak legislation and lack of any type of minimum sentencing has contributed to the proliferation of marihuana grow-ops, meth, crack and ecstacy labs and have permitted organized criminal organizations and individual offenders to profit from our politicians' willingness to look the other way. Our system has no deterence and is nothing but a revolving door. A sham ! We should not be surprised to hear that the person responsible for this massacre was likely a repeat offender, probably free on probation, a conditional sentence (house arrest), an undertaking or parole at the time of this event. Where are the rehabilitated hiding?
The Governmnet can only look at itself and it's laws and policies as being the cause of this tragedy. We shouldn't be surprised to hear an announcement of a full scale review of existing laws in the near future. The sad part is that it's only purpose will be to wait out the current storm and nothing will come of it. If it wasn't so sad it would be laughable
As a citizen of this country I would ask that the Prime Minister and his cabinet ministers do the right thing and not attend the funerals of the victims. They are a National disgrace. The families deserve to be with the people they love and who legitimately care for them. They shouldn't be asked to endure the inhumanity of having the co-conspirators of this crime in their faces.
C.J. on the East Coast