Under the Geneva Conventions electrocution of a prisoner would be considered torture. So what about Tasers? Last week, an Iranian student at UCLA got tasered: The Youtube video is below… the officers keep saying, after tasering him the first time.. “Stand Up!” “Stand Up!”… but really.. if you’ve been tasered, would you be able to …
Category Archives: War and Peace
Remembrance but also Understanding
I must be short as I’m headed to Victoria to visit family and celebrate my birthday (which was on the 9th). Today is like no other Day of Remembrance in Canada that there has been for perhaps 40 years. Canada is engaged in a War. On this day, remember the Veterans, honour them, wave at …
Messages from the Men: New Mission In BootCamp
This is the first in a series…. i thought the week before Rememberance Day would be a good time to start. I have recently had a friend join the Canadian Armed Forces. Before he left for Boot Camp (In Quebec), he asked me about my blog. We got to talking and thought it would be …
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