Pubdate: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 Source: Packet & Times (CN ON) Copyright: 2011 Osprey Media Group Inc. Contact: http://www.orilliapacket.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2397 Author: Robert Cornish LIBERAL GOV'TS HAVE PUT CRIMINALS' RIGHTS AHEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY Re: "Court's Insite ruling goes to jail," David Akin, column, Oct. 5 Some claim that this ruling should open the door for prisons to provide substitute mood- altering potions for inmates who are drug addicts and give them some comfort while being deprived of their illegal drugs. I am a peanut butter addict and get my daily fix by eating spoonfuls of it right from jar on a daily basis and, much like an alcoholic who sees pink elephants if they don't get to drink a bottle of liquor every day, I would feel something is drastically missing from my daily food menu and perhaps hallucinate from being denied this simple harmless pleasure. Does this ruling mean that if I went to jail, they would have to keep me supplied with a bottle of peanut every day in order to satisfy this craving and keep me happy and comfortable while behind bars? Just kidding, of course, but an example of the ludicrously lenient system of justice imposed on our society by past Liberal governments where the civil rights of criminals seem to trump the safety of our society. Thankfully, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has tabled a Criminal Justice Bill that will end this nonsense. Robert Cornish Hawkestone - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.