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An Explosive Suggestion: Canada In The Nuclear Club
Gunning For Control – Arguments In The Gun Registry Debate
Cukier Vs Metz – Gun Ownership: A Right? Or A Privilege?
Constitutional Rights – And Wrongs
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Oh. Canada Day.
G-8 and G-20 Summits – Lessons Learned / Lessons Never Learned
Violence And Anarchy! – So Where Are The ‘Anarchists’?
Summit Summary – Socialism, Socialism, Socialism
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Crime Statistics – Is The Real Crime Rate Rising Or Falling?
Behind Closed Doors – Trial Bans, Secrecy, Gag Orders
Plea Bargaining Vs Truth In Sentencing
Justice – Moral, Social, Political
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Socialists and criminals – Sticking to their guns on gun control
Conservatism: What conservatism?
H.L. Mencken – On life, religion, and the better man
New deals for a bad old idea… That the world owes you a living
Contradictions plague justice as we confront the Marc Emery extradition battle, where selling marijuana seeds to consenting adults draws potential decades in American prison while co-accused face varying fates. Hypocrisy runs deep in drug prohibition, especially when medical users gain freedoms even as enforcement crushes activists.
Sentences expose deeper flaws. A remorseful first-time offender like Rob Ramage receives years for a fatal accident, yet Karla Homolka walks free after unspeakable crimes against multiple victims. Marc Emery risks severe punishment for voluntary transactions. We insist true justice demands judging the individual’s character and context, not rigid crime equivalence or message-sending.
Public ownership proves equally illusory. Activists and politicians push municipal control of utilities or public-private partnerships, but these mask force disguised as collaboration. Private property rights ground reality; government “ownership” fiction leads to arbitrary power and lost freedoms. Even personal spaces face invasion when landlords swap light bulbs under energy edicts, eroding privacy in one’s home.
Rational principles cut through these confusions, affirming individual rights over collectivist myths. Freedom emerges as the genuine common interest. It all fits together just right.
Media distortions demand our scrutiny, particularly when a London Free Press headline touts a teen activist’s dedication to peace while the story reveals a campaign against military recruitment lacking balance or substance. Such coverage polarizes falsely, conceals counterarguments, and leaves readers chasing details online.
Marc Emery’s defiance against prohibition laws grips our attention amid his tentative plea with American authorities. Karen Selick analyzes the pressures, jurisdictional puzzles, and his targeting for effective activism rather than mere commerce. His candor stands in stark contrast to the underground trade, raising questions of political persecution and heroic resolve in challenging state power.
Critics assail the new atheism of figures like Richard Dawkins as intellectual totalitarianism, yet overlook how books advance ideas through persuasion alone. Surveys claiming believers embrace virtues more deeply invite examination, for many qualities listed represent values or even potential vices absent true moral anchors like justice and reason. Atheism signals absence, not dogma, underscoring rationality’s role.
These explorations of media, activism, faith and morality expose vital tensions in liberty and thought that strike just right.
Marc Emery’s impending extradition to the United States for selling marijuana seeds raises profound questions about sovereignty, justice, and the irrationality of drug prohibition laws. In this episode of Just Right, the discussion centers on Emery’s lifelong activism, tracing his path from a London bookseller to a political firebrand challenging censorship, taxes, and government overreach.
Emery emerges as a complex figure—abrasive yet principled, self-promoting like Muhammad Ali, but driven by a passion for individual freedom. His early debates with the host at City Lights Bookshop sparked shared ventures, including publishing newspapers like The London Tribune and The London Metro Bulletin, and co-founding the Freedom Party of Ontario in 1984. Campaigns against the 1991 Pan Am Games bid saved London taxpayers millions, while fights against Sunday shopping laws and business improvement areas demonstrated how civil disobedience can triumph over bureaucratic folly.
Clips from films like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and documentaries such as Prince of Pot: The U.S. vs. Marc Emery illustrate Emery’s influences and current plight, where U.S. authorities target him not just for seeds, but for funding legalization efforts—a clear political vendetta. Speakers in these excerpts, including Emery himself comparing his struggle to Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, highlight the absurdity of facing life imprisonment in America for acts that warrant mere fines in Canada. Note that these views do not necessarily reflect those of the host or Just Right.
The episode underscores broader implications: if Canada extradites Emery, it surrenders sovereignty to insane U.S. drug policies, setting a dangerous precedent for any activist. Differences between Emery’s anarchistic leanings and the host’s perspectives add nuance, yet unity persists on core principles of liberty.
In examining Emery’s story, the pursuit of justice demands vigilance against such moral obscenities, ensuring freedoms remain just right for all.
