tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post2924107018779923931..comments2024-03-29T10:02:52.586-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Where Is Justice To Be Found?Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-89593232824148198902015-11-16T08:24:29.372-05:002015-11-16T08:24:29.372-05:00Justice in today's world often proves elusive,...Justice in today's world often proves elusive, John. In my past life as a teacher, I often saw those with little integrity or talent rising through the administrative ranks, only to reach positions where they able to make front-line workers' lives more difficult thanks to their ineptitude. <br />No doubt that is a very real possibility for Andalib-Goortan who, according to the tribunal judge, has suffered more than his fair share of adversity. Adversity, as we know, often helps shape character, eh?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50564977233818285672015-11-16T08:18:51.829-05:002015-11-16T08:18:51.829-05:00Although Blair suffered no direct repercussions fo...Although Blair suffered no direct repercussions for the G20 debacle, Anon, I like to think that his exclusion from the new government's cabinet is at least a form of karma for his misdeeds.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-34275278123078152162015-11-16T01:22:46.270-05:002015-11-16T01:22:46.270-05:00The rest of us slugs look the wrong way at a boss ...The rest of us slugs look the wrong way at a boss or get reported for murmuring about safety problems and we're on the first layoff or, more often than not, corralled in an immediate or periodic roundup.<br /><br />Five days’ pay: what a hardship. After chalking up their shares of the billion that Harper dispersed to them for taking part in this farce, our brothers in the police associations must be laughing their heads off. These guys have been living in a cocoon so long that it's long past time that they were introduced to the precarity of livelihood that they've been so intent on helping to ensure is delivered to the rest of us.<br /><br />The verdict is that the judge and this guy's superior officers approve of his conduct. Period to that.<br /><br />I'll bet that now that his name has spent some time up front, Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani will be closely observed both during and after his "probation", for indications of behavioural corrections that will confirm the success of remedial action and, before you can say "Adam Nobody", he'll have jumped over a dozen other guys on the merit list.<br />John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50479663889045008732015-11-15T22:02:25.376-05:002015-11-15T22:02:25.376-05:00And in another example of the elite's forgetfu...And in another example of the elite's forgetfulness, Blair, this man's police chief at the time and fundamentally responsible for his behaviour, now sits as a new Liberal MP. No doubt he also resents the provincial government's new rules on carding and will offer the new chief advice on how to thwart the regulations. After all, suited-up heavily-armed thugs masquerading as policemen with attitude need to be respected at all times, or it hurts their self-image, doncha know. And sends them into depression when they get found out breaking rules. Poor little macho man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50193894756247024192015-11-15T17:18:56.075-05:002015-11-15T17:18:56.075-05:00Ever since the police brutality of the Toronto G20...Ever since the police brutality of the Toronto G20 Summit, Mound, I have had a jaundiced view of the Toronto police. This outrage does nothing to change that.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-27417188491417231062015-11-15T17:00:50.735-05:002015-11-15T17:00:50.735-05:00This is outrageous. Assault ...with a weapon ...c...This is outrageous. Assault ...with a weapon ...causing grievous bodily harm and the crime committed by a police officer who winds up with probation and a 5-day forfeiture of pay. If that's the way it is going to work in Toronto, no one there is safe.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com