Pubdate: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU) Copyright: 2005 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274 Author: Brendan Maher CANADA ISN'T U.S. SOIL YET Re: Gazette, July 31, "Prince of Pot bust sparks protest." Even as a non-pot smoker, I side with Marc Emery in the case of United States walking all over Canada's sovereignty. Doesn't this bother other Canadians? The United States thinks it can do whatever it wants in the world. It imposed illegal tariffs on our wood, and once it finally accepted they were illegal, it still refused to give back all the money. This is like robbing a bank and getting caught, doing the time but getting to keep the cash! And then there's mad cow and the protectionist judge's ruling, which used faulty arguments to allow the closing of the U.S. border. The United States Department of Agriculture argues that Emery sold a certain amount of marijuana seeds and therefore a certain amount of pot could have been produced from that. This is like saying you produce X amount of guns and X amount of murders will come from those guns, and therefore you will be charged with a corresponding number of murders. The United States has a long history of invading sovereign nations that don't side with it, mostly in the name of democracy so capitalism can get its hands on the poor countries' resources. Doesn't the U.S. having a Canadian citizen arrested in Canada for crimes committed in Canada seem ridiculous? I know Canada is spineless and the United States is slowly taking over, but this isn't U.S. soil yet. Brendan Maher North Vancouver, B.C. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake