Victoria venue to infringe civil liberties
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Civil Liberties, Legal Explorations, Privacy | 2 Comments »The Save-On Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria wants to take B.C.'s anti-smoking legislation a bit further. Not only will they enforce the existing No Smoking laws, they will also prohibit the innocuous carrying of cigarettes by patrons on the premises. Let ...
Servamus - Fearing the Image of the Vancouver Police
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Civil Liberties, Humanities, Legal Explorations | 3 Comments »Servamus. It is often said that in an armed law enforcement agency - be it military, paramilitary, or police - that exists within a democracy, the highest rank is civilian. That democratic hierarchy of rank is evident in the motto ...
RIAA and MPAA hijack the border (or someone like them)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Civil Liberties, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »Cyberion, at Tazzu, posted a link to the Vancouver Province story on the threatened border checks on the legitimacy of electronic media. (Cyberion's post) I had some rather strong feelings, and ranted the following: This is one of the nastiest and ...
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