Waiting Lists For Organ Transplants: Why Not Try Capitalism?
Kidneys For Sale – Letting The Law Of Supply And Demand Solve The Supply Problem
Ethical Vampirism – Altruism And The Sanction Of The Victim – For Whose Benefit?
Prince Or Principle? Marc Emery And The ‘Principle Of Pot – Part 2’
A Case Against Extradition: The Principle Of Pot
The Principle Of Pot: It’s Not About Pot
Is Freedom Achieved Through The Democratic Process Or Through Civil Disobedience?
Should Marc Emery Spend Time In An American Jail For An ‘Offence’ Committed In Canada?
Watch The Principle Of Pot
Ayn Rand, Isabel Paterson, Leonard Peikoff – On The Nature And Purpose Of Government
The Playboy Philosophy – Freedom, Capitalism, Reason, Consent
Playboy’s Hugh Hefner On Politics, Religion, Sex
Is It Justice? Prince Of Pot Marc Emery Awaits Extradition
Deja Vu All Over Again – A Potpourri Of Resurrected Issues of The Distant And Recent Past
GUEST: Gordon Mood, L.A. Mood Comics And Games
Archie Comics – 600th Issue Features Proposal To Veronica
Christine Williams, Stuart Parker, Robert Metz – Viewpoints On Releasing The Lockerbie Bomber
Compassion And Mercy Versus Justice
GUEST: Paul McKeever, Leader, Freedom Party Of Ontario
No Tax For Pan Am II – An Unwanted Legacy
The Prince Of Pot: Marc Emery’s Farewell Tour
Bad Laws: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing For Drug Offences
Bad Drugs Or Bad Habits? – Coren Vs Metz – And A Panel Discussion
Drug Prohibition: Good Or Bad? The Economist Won’t Say – But They’re Against It
Left And Right: Disagreement Within The Cannabis Culture
Drug Use: Escape From Reality? Or Escape From Unreality?
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
Comments Off on 038 – Crimes and Punishments: The rule of law?
Jan242008
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.