Winnipeg becomes homicide capital

The Globe & Mail.com (Canada) ^ | 10/17/05 | JULIUS STRAUSS

[Rakkasan1]

Winnipeg teen survives bullies' shed fire

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2006/10/16/shed-fire.html

another lovely story...

[Snickersnee]

... and in support of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, and two-spirited rights.

Snickersnee shudders to think what the latter persuasion entails.... Does it scare the horses?

[-YYZ-]

1) Drugs are not "practically legal" in Canada. Possession of marijuana is not being actively prosecuted these days. Production and distribution are not punished as severely as in the US, but still fairly strongly. Possession, nevermind trafficking, of all the other usual illegal drugs (coke, heroin, meth, ecstasy, etc) remains illegal in Canada and will be prosecuted.

2) Despite the above, and despite the US's ongoing war on drugs, harsh penalties for MJ possession, and harsher penalties than Canada for most other drug crimes, the rates of drug use and addiction are higher in the US than in Canada.

I don't really support the legalization of all drugs, but it's difficult to see offhand how it could really make things much worse. Yes, it would undoubtedly result in somewhat higher rates of usage, but OTOH it would eliminate the black market drug trade, the main source of revenue for street gangs.

[PAR35]

You made me look it up;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit

Sounds like bi's with multiple personality disorder.

"Two-Spirit is a term for third gender people ... These individuals are often viewed as having two spirits occupying one body. Their dress is usually a mixture of traditionally male and traditionally female articles."