Creeping Jackboots
Recent laws passed by the Canadian government permitting fire departments and electricity cops to enter your home without a warrant are giving some the chills. Emery explains why these latest laws, targeted at marijuana users, are another example of "creeping jackboots."
Marc Emery - November 11, 2008
Enacting extrajudicial punishments, on the spot fines, unannounced home inspections at any time based on your purchases from the government monopoly utility, is turning the entire democratic premise upside down to eradicate a peaceful culture of 5,000,000 Canadians for something 60 per cent of Canadians think should not be a crime at all. There is no other single law that the citizens want repealed more than the prohibition of cannabis, yet we are prepared to gut our constitutional bedrock to wage a war on fellow Canadians.
It used to be that prohibition meant media demonization, moronic myths, black markets, some repugnant penalties, hypocrisy, police corruption, but until now the actual constitutional structure that is the foundation of Canada remained more or less intact. The courts with all their safeguards concerning your privacy rights were there.
Not anymore.
“Justice is no aim in itself. We must exterminate the idea that it is a judge’s function to let the law prevail. That is pure madness.” Adolph Hitler
“A general consensus at the forum was prevention and deterrence will have to come from other avenues than the courts.” Weeding Out Drug Houses, Langley Times, Oct. 18, by Monique Tamminga
A conference of prohibitionist politicians, police, bylaw officers, real estate agents and property managers admitted police cannot stop marijuana growing in Canada as long as the current system of criminal law exists. They were referring to the legal system upon which Canada was founded. It ensures Canada is and remains a civilized and just country with safeguards for basic individual rights and freedoms. For the marijuana culture that legal system and its safeguards are now a memory. They were extinguished while Canada slept.
“Why should I care about marijuana prohibition?” straight people often ask me. This is why. We awake to a new world order, one that has historical precedent.
The Langley Times reported: “To put a dent in grow ops and meth labs, it’s time to consider the problem as a public safety issue and get away from relying on a failed court system, said Surrey Fire Chief Len Garis at a forum held in Langley City on Thursday.”
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