Comments on: Crossing the 49th: Dangerous for the Majority of Canadians Now http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/ De-Spinning the Political and Re-Spinning it for Social, Economic and Political Justice Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ian King http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Ian King Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:49:00 +0000 http://politicsrespun.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/#comment-104 Stephen,<br/><br/>First up, MAWO has been misrepresenting Ms. Bodine. She is a former UBC student, not a current one. That makes a hell of a difference in her status and eligibility to enter the country. Second, they never admitted that there was a warrant for her arrest. (It's easier to get a straight answer from the PMO from MAWO.) <br/><br/>Instead, MAWO tried to present it as singling out "peace" activists. Just like getting tossed from StopWar was a conspiracy, or beting called out by the Langara Students Union was an attack on women, or... you get the idea. They play the victim card. It doesn't pass the smell test. Consider the people routinely allowed into this country for such things as peace rallies and 9/11 conspiracy fests. If they don't misrepresent themselves and haven't made themselves ineligible for admission, they're waved in. She's the exception, not the rule.<br/><br/>Intimidation? More like media whoring, with MAWO's willing dupes playing along.<br/><br/>(and my, whatever happened to "yankee go home!") Stephen,

First up, MAWO has been misrepresenting Ms. Bodine. She is a former UBC student, not a current one. That makes a hell of a difference in her status and eligibility to enter the country. Second, they never admitted that there was a warrant for her arrest. (It’s easier to get a straight answer from the PMO from MAWO.)

Instead, MAWO tried to present it as singling out “peace” activists. Just like getting tossed from StopWar was a conspiracy, or beting called out by the Langara Students Union was an attack on women, or… you get the idea. They play the victim card. It doesn’t pass the smell test. Consider the people routinely allowed into this country for such things as peace rallies and 9/11 conspiracy fests. If they don’t misrepresent themselves and haven’t made themselves ineligible for admission, they’re waved in. She’s the exception, not the rule.

Intimidation? More like media whoring, with MAWO’s willing dupes playing along.

(and my, whatever happened to “yankee go home!”)

]]> By: stephen elliott-buckley http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/comment-page-1/#comment-103 stephen elliott-buckley Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:58:00 +0000 http://politicsrespun.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/#comment-103 yes, lord kitchener, the arrest warrant. i have no qualms about a body exercising an arrest warrant.<br/><br/>my point, as you mention at the end is the nature of the issuing of the warrant.<br/><br/>the RCMP and Border Servces issued the arrest warrant. when they arrested her, they didn't tell her why she was under arrest.<br/><br/>today's hearing, presumably, will be when the secret [so far] of her arrest will be made public.<br/><br/>if it was done unjustly, this will be a major problem for anyone else carrying anti Afghanistan occupation materials, or whatever.<br/><br/>little sisters bookstore is all too familiar with the nature of how the Canadian border folks can be. yes, lord kitchener, the arrest warrant. i have no qualms about a body exercising an arrest warrant.

my point, as you mention at the end is the nature of the issuing of the warrant.

the RCMP and Border Servces issued the arrest warrant. when they arrested her, they didn’t tell her why she was under arrest.

today’s hearing, presumably, will be when the secret [so far] of her arrest will be made public.

if it was done unjustly, this will be a major problem for anyone else carrying anti Afghanistan occupation materials, or whatever.

little sisters bookstore is all too familiar with the nature of how the Canadian border folks can be.

]]> By: Tim Webster http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Tim Webster Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:32:00 +0000 http://politicsrespun.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/#comment-102 Canadian customs are as bad they come. Unfortunately what happened to her does not surprise me in the slightest. Canadian customs are as bad they come. Unfortunately what happened to her does not surprise me in the slightest.

]]> By: Lord Kitchener's Own http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Lord Kitchener's Own Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:09:00 +0000 http://politicsrespun.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/#comment-101 There's not much detail to the story, but it does say she was arrested because there was a nation wide warrant for her arrest. So, I wouldn't say trying to cross the border with pamphlets is going to cause any of the rest of us any trouble. Unless there's a warrant for our arrest. In which case, you could be carrying NOTHING across the border and get arrested. It'll be interesting to see what the warrant is, but on its face I don't find it shocking that border officials arrested someone at the border for whom there was a nation-wide warrant. Perhaps (just perhaps) the warrant shouldn't have been issued, but that's not the border guards fault. There’s not much detail to the story, but it does say she was arrested because there was a nation wide warrant for her arrest. So, I wouldn’t say trying to cross the border with pamphlets is going to cause any of the rest of us any trouble. Unless there’s a warrant for our arrest. In which case, you could be carrying NOTHING across the border and get arrested. It’ll be interesting to see what the warrant is, but on its face I don’t find it shocking that border officials arrested someone at the border for whom there was a nation-wide warrant. Perhaps (just perhaps) the warrant shouldn’t have been issued, but that’s not the border guards fault.

]]> By: Lord Kitchener's Own http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Lord Kitchener's Own Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:09:00 +0000 http://politicsrespun.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/#comment-105 There's not much detail to the story, but it does say she was arrested because there was a nation wide warrant for her arrest. So, I wouldn't say trying to cross the border with pamphlets is going to cause any of the rest of us any trouble. Unless there's a warrant for our arrest. In which case, you could be carrying NOTHING across the border and get arrested. It'll be interesting to see what the warrant is, but on its face I don't find it shocking that border officials arrested someone at the border for whom there was a nation-wide warrant. Perhaps (just perhaps) the warrant shouldn't have been issued, but that's not the border guards fault. There’s not much detail to the story, but it does say she was arrested because there was a nation wide warrant for her arrest. So, I wouldn’t say trying to cross the border with pamphlets is going to cause any of the rest of us any trouble. Unless there’s a warrant for our arrest. In which case, you could be carrying NOTHING across the border and get arrested. It’ll be interesting to see what the warrant is, but on its face I don’t find it shocking that border officials arrested someone at the border for whom there was a nation-wide warrant. Perhaps (just perhaps) the warrant shouldn’t have been issued, but that’s not the border guards fault.

]]> By: Lord Kitchener's Own http://politicsrespun.org/2007/09/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Lord Kitchener's Own Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:09:00 +0000 http://politicsrespun.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/crossing-the-49th-dangerous-for-the-majority-of-canadians-now/#comment-106 There's not much detail to the story, but it does say she was arrested because there was a nation wide warrant for her arrest. So, I wouldn't say trying to cross the border with pamphlets is going to cause any of the rest of us any trouble. Unless there's a warrant for our arrest. In which case, you could be carrying NOTHING across the border and get arrested. It'll be interesting to see what the warrant is, but on its face I don't find it shocking that border officials arrested someone at the border for whom there was a nation-wide warrant. Perhaps (just perhaps) the warrant shouldn't have been issued, but that's not the border guards fault. There’s not much detail to the story, but it does say she was arrested because there was a nation wide warrant for her arrest. So, I wouldn’t say trying to cross the border with pamphlets is going to cause any of the rest of us any trouble. Unless there’s a warrant for our arrest. In which case, you could be carrying NOTHING across the border and get arrested. It’ll be interesting to see what the warrant is, but on its face I don’t find it shocking that border officials arrested someone at the border for whom there was a nation-wide warrant. Perhaps (just perhaps) the warrant shouldn’t have been issued, but that’s not the border guards fault.

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