A jury apparently believed Jaggi Singh’s and his codefendants’ versions of the facts, because they acquitted the three activists of charges of participating in a riot:
“I had to believe we had a jury that could make a statement that it’s totally illegal and unacceptable to criminalize these people for democratically expressing their points of view,” Lescarbeau said later in an interview.
“Now, I believe we still live in a democratic society.”
If you ask me, this is the worst possible news for Singh. Now, whenever he charges that the system is corrupt, he’ll have to explain why he was given the democratic right to trial, and subsequently acquitted. If Canada was really the police state he constantly tries to make it out to be, his propaganda would play much better from a jail cell, wouldn’t it?
From this courtroom, Singh goes straight into preparation for his next trial, in Quebec City on charges of rioting at the 2001 Summit of the Americas, where I suspect we’ll be hearing more of the same defense.
Who do you think gets laid more? Leftists or right wingers?
That’s a good question. Extremists from both sides can have that rebel appeal thing going on – especially those leftist protestors. Then again, they say that the rich vote right, so the leftists might be less able to afford taking girls on fancy dates.
I’d say politically centrist people get laid the most. After all, they don’t talk much about politics, so that leaves more time for other pursuits 🙂
Hypocrisy means not having to justify contradictions in one’s own statements.