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gy GEOFF: Re Karmen ...It's actually the Canadian Constitution which has brought us this mess. From the very beginning, it was designed as a document so open-ended that the Supreme Court would have to interpret every clause over time. That way, the elected government wouldn't be in hot water themselves over legislation enacted; said legislation could be interpreted and defined/refined by a small select group of [government-appointed] judges, thus freeing the
legislators themselves from direct responsibility.
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GEOFF;
Thank you ... I think you said that so well that I think I even may "get it" GRIN...and if I do, I see a lot of room for a lot of erosion ... it works good for a gummint and countries within countries,, but not for "ONE COUNTRY" that hopes to survive intact. But I guess, judging by the splinter groups and imbalances between Canada, Provinces, communities and cults, that Canada isn't INTACT as one country anyways as long as it runs with the ambiguity. How can it? It's impossible as done?
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Despite its weaknesses, I long for the society I was brought up within, but I shall never see it again. SUNRAY SENDS
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I long for stable rules and no ambiguity so we can FIDO and have some optimism that driving on will even succeed. (I LOVE FIDO! Thank you SUNRAY .... big FAT GRIN!)
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Permit me to use my reference work, this may differ from yours though. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th edition, revised, 2001.
Sedition - Conduct or speech inciting rebellion
against the authority of a state or monarch.
Treason - The crime of betraying one's country,
especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the
sovereign or government.
R.
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Thank you Master R. That really helps me to understand, better, what you meant.
Gummints can be charged with "treason and sedition" too? Or is that too much to hope for because they're the boss?
To those of you who answer what some of you might think to be som of my "stupid" questions and comments .... thank you for taking me seriously, cuz I'm seriously wanting to understand. You're actually making me know what being Canadian is. It's nice to start seeing and feeling how and where I fit in in the whole of things ... and where others do to. And HOW. Even at 50 or 80, more awareness can happen
