The Canadian government sullied itself and besmirched its own countrymen by deporting Xiaoping Hu, a Falun Gong practitioner and victim of Communist torture (fourth item), back to Communist China. The shockingly callous treatment of this women led many “to express their despair and indignation” (Epoch Times) outside the offices of Immigration Minister Joe Volpe and Deputy Prime Minister/ Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan. Government MPs, from Prime Minister Paul Martin on down, should hang their heads in shame.
Had only Xiaoping Hu known to attach herself to the cause of marijuana legalization, she might still be here today, legions of keyboard warriors at her side.
Once again the Libs sink to a new low . Do these people not know what they have sentenced this poor woman to.
What a stupid question , I berate myself.
Touche- and ouch!
But Paul Martin is a champion of Human Rights! Why would he send someone back to China knowing what would happen?
When we finally realize that individuals matter not a damn to our own government then maybe we can wake up an start focusing on those things of importance to us. Did anyone actually believe that the Liberals would have the guts or the desire to stand firm for human rights when dealing with China or the US? Give your head a shake and shut up and pay your taxes–that is all we are here for–the Liberals will decide what is best for us–and we let them!
Martin Luther Emery’s supporters never mention the money laundering charges, while marching the electronic barricades….
It MUST be ok to send her back, because otherwise MP Raymond Chan, the smiling nodding Minister of Chinese Affairs would never have let it happen. Actually, since he ONLY does what his constituents want, it must be ok with them as well.
So there’s really no problem!
This Liberal government has no shame, and no conscience- only ‘political expediency’. Just wait until it is YOUR turn in the barrel!
C’mon everyone, you know these Falun Gong folks are the truly dangerous ones. No need to worry about terrorists or gangs of every color and creed that are growing in virtually every region of the country. Better to send the Falun Gong folks back to the tender mercies of the Descendants of the Long Walk, than send a would-be jihadi to Club Gitmo. Please note sarcasm. The junta (the term government really doesn’t apply) of Canada is a total disgrace.
Wondering how many of the silent majority are like me, simply not interested in pot or drugs in general?
I’m the fearless one. Not afraid to stick my neck out. But I’m live and let live. Friends smoke pot and I like the perfume of some types of pot. Just as some types of pipe tobacco smell extra good.
Pot and alchol and food are not really the problem anyway. Excess is the problem
Too much of anything can kill. Excess speed kills and that goes for both types.
Other drugs like xtal should never be touched. You wouldn’t fool with cyanide so playing with meth and stuff that is hopelessly addictive like heroine simply looks like attempted suicide to me.
My idea of *high* is a beer or wine glow and even there one often has to pay with a bad headache.
Funny, my addiction is *Excessive* music and it never gives a headache. No wonder I’m hooked. 73s TG
Touché indeed, although I’m not sure exactly who the target of the touch is. Likewise, I’m not sure of the motivations of all the Free Marc crowd — for many, it’s probably a reflexive “hey, it’s dope, man” thing — but for most, I suspect it’s for the same principles that anyone would protest against deporting anyone back to China for association with Falun Gong, namely that another country’s laws are unjust. Familiarity with Marc Emery’s case and not Xiaoping Hu’s is likely only a product of the fact that the crimes for which Emery is being punished impact the lives of far more Canadians than Xiaoping Hu’s. Of course I would be a hypocrite if I didn’t find one case more objectionable than the other.
I haven’t been keeping up with the news like I ought to, so I’m not familiar with the money-laundering charges (do you have a link?). But money-laundering is a pretty broad charge, and I wonder if it’s just a consequence of the fact that the activities from which Emery’s proceeds and deposits are made are already deemed illegal, in which case the money-laundering charges are spurious add-ons for the sake of harrassment. Rather like donating money to the Liberal Party is legal unless the money was obtained illegally, in which case the crime really isn’t money-laundering but the manner in which the money was obtained in the first place.
Oops.. plunked [pasted] the comment in the wrong place. Rushing to save time makes for errors. Well I can’t remove it now so go ahead Kate. Zap it away.
Reminds me of my last mistake. The one I made in 1954. 73 TG
Couldn’t we have sent back Jan Wong instead?
Boy, that’s a surprise — the pro-pot-head posted a comment on the wrong thread. Oh, wow, the colours! The colours!
Extradition, deportation: they must be the same, right?
In the papers today: Xaioping has arrived in China, but no one knows where she is. Congratulations, Ottawa!
Do I hear the left howling about China’s detention and judicial practices? I wonder about the state of prisons in China as opposed to Gitmo. I guess the left thinks this poor woman is headed to a Club Med.
Hey Kate,
When are you going to turn yourself in for having gotten stoned and driving your car while under the influence, putting god knows how many people’s lives at risk?
You disgusting selfish criminal!
You need to be locked up.