FYI - Canada SUCKS!

Making fun of Canada is awesome. Their unofficial name is America Jr - they're like our little, kind of dim brother. Don't get me wrong - tons of great things have come out of Canada: hot chicks, decent beer, funny comedians - but when you venture outside the bounds of good looking women and hilarity, you're left with a bunch of crazy, drunk people who apparently really enjoy making legal decisions that make our judicial and tort systems seem like a Stalin-type KGB institution.

A couple weeks ago, Mark Steyn (we feature his columns every now and then) was on trial for offending a group of Muslims. For those of you not familiar with the case, Canada has a sort of human rights commission. Originally, this commission was supposed to ensure fair hiring practices for all Canadian citizens.

It has since turned into a kangaroo court where any minority can charge anyone else for offensive remarks. The comments in this case revolve around the idea that Western Europe is succumbing to Islamic imperialism by the influx of Muslim population. Never mind the fact that by bringing these ridiculous charges, the Muslims (in this case) are proving Mark Steyn right. If you think the PC movement in this country could never go that far, recall Geraldine Ferraro and how quickly she was bounced from the Clinton campaign for suggesting that race was a big part of why Obama secured the nomination.

The latest joke of a judicial decision comes from Canadian judge Suzzane Tessier. She ruled that a father's grounding of his 12-year old daughter for breaking house rules was entirely too severe. Naturally, Judge Suzzy reversed the decision and freed the little brat of the oppressive regime. For good measure, the judge also ordered the minor to immediately get drunk, have unprotected sex until she was pregnant, and then get an abortion (all covered by the state, naturally).

I give Canada no more than 2 years before they outlaw parents all together. Canadians will be able to have all the sex they want, but as soon as a baby manages not to get aborted and be born, it will become a ward of the state where absolutely no discipline or morals will be instilled, and no individual responsibility taken for anything beyond one's own breathing. The State will take care of everything else. At which point, they will have to change their name to France Jr.

Today's Sign of the Apocalypse

Hey drug addicts - at a loss for who is to blame for all your problems? Is taking responsibility for your own actions and piss-poor decision making just one more of those things that make you take illegal drugs in the first place? Do you find yourself wishing for a way to turn your self-inflicted addiction in to cold hard cash? Well, does Canada's legal system have the answer for you.

A Saskatchewan woman who overdosed on crystal methamphetamine has successfully won a precedent-setting civil lawsuit against the drug dealer who sold her the highly addictive drug.

Full story here.

This is absolutely ridiculous. I seriously thought our tort system was messed up. Man, I was way off. What you have here is a prime example of the ever-growing (and unnervingly popular) nanny-state. Everyone is a victim, and there is someone and / or something you can sue to make everything all right in the world. Or at least get 50 large in your pocket, which is almost the same thing as happiness.

Does everyone realize what the next step is? Now, when you go down to the local corner to buy your dime bag, 8 ball, LSD, whatever they're calling drugs these days, you're going to have to sign a waiver. In fact, I won't be surprised if dealers start having legal counsel right there on the spot to make sure there's no liability.

This is tantamount to when the fat New York kids tried to sue McDonald's because they got fat off double cheeseburgers. At least the court had the good sense to toss that case.

Good job, Canada.