Nova Scotia vigilante neighborhood trial.

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Neighborhood runs out drug dealer.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/11/18/nb-arson.html

Interesting read. I suppose the judge needs to make a point about vigilante justice but on the other hand, when an entire neighborhood does this the system should ask why. Why don't the cops/courts etc and ask why an entire neighborhood of people had such little faith in the system that they felt it neccessary to take this matter into thier own hands.

Richards

My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

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Neighborhood runs out drug dealer.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/11/18/nb-arson.html

Interesting read. I suppose the judge needs to make a point about vigilante justice but on the other hand, when an entire neighborhood does this the system should ask why. Why don't the cops/courts etc and ask why an entire neighborhood of people had such little faith in the system that they felt it neccessary to take this matter into thier own hands.

Richards

The fuckin cops are afraid of getting shot. It's easier to go get speeders for revenue. Wonder when they will start tasaring you for refusing to sign a tiket?

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

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I like this quote from the victim:

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He admitted to occasionally using the drug, but insisted he did not produce or sell the crack to others.

Is there really such a thing as an occasional crack user? My understanding is that it's pretty much number 2 behind nicotine on the addictiveness scale...

As to the neighborhood exacting its own "justice", I'm curious if there is any history of complaints to the police and how they were handled, etc. Regardless, burning the house down and beating the guy...there had to have been a string of events over time, I'm curious as to what they were...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[akarunway 1]

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I like this quote from the victim:

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He admitted to occasionally using the drug, but insisted he did not produce or sell the crack to others.

Is there really such a thing as an occasional crack user? My understanding is that it's pretty much number 2 behind nicotine on the addictiveness scale...

As to the neighborhood exacting its own "justice", I'm curious if there is any history of complaints to the police and how they were handled, etc. Regardless, burning the house down and beating the guy...there had to have been a string of events over time, I'm curious as to what they were...

Yes there is. Trust me I know. Freebase is better tho. LOL

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

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As to the neighborhood exacting its own "justice", I'm curious if there is any history of complaints to the police and how they were handled, etc. Regardless, burning the house down and beating the guy...there had to have been a string of events over time, I'm curious as to what they were...

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Err...that should be New Brunswick, one province over from Nova Scotia

But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

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Err...that should be New Brunswick, one province over from Nova Scotia

Same thing. East of Quebec...they're all Newfs.

Strange yet wonderfull people.

Richards

My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

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Same thing. East of Quebec...they're all Newfs.

That's a typical Upper Canadian attitude.

But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

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Same thing. East of Quebec...they're all Newfs.

That's a typical Upper Canadian attitude.

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Same thing. East of Quebec...they're all Newfs.

That's a typical Upper Canadian attitude.

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***Same thing. East of Quebec...they're all Newfs.

That's a typical Upper Canadian attitude.

Aaaaaahhh....go get drunk on skreetch and kiss a rotten dead codfish you dang newf.

Richards

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DOH!! There it is , plain as day saying
Newf-Brunswick and I go label it as Newfa-Scotia. We all aint that geographically educated in uppper canada so I humbly apologise for my transgression.

I figured since you jumped to defend the honour of Newf -Brunswickians you might have been from one of the Newf-lands in the East (possibly even the one owned by that prince edward guy). Ooops.

Cheers,
Richards

Hmm. Well I didn't jump to defend anyone's honour.

I just pointed out an error in the post about where the heck this happened.

But, you seem to have your hands full in that other thread on SC. So, yeah, vigilante justice can cause problems, dz.com posts and all kinds of debate.

Best,

But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is the good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. - Serge A. Storms

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Cheers,

Richards

My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within.

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Basically this was a standard middle class neighborhood where people could raise their kids without the usual urban problems and then the crackmonkey moved in and had more of his kind coming around turning a nice neighborhood into a cesspool.

Grand Manaan is not the easiest place to get to. I have a hard time believing that he brought a lot of customers to the island. There probably were a fair amount of custmers on the island already....

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Sooner or later if the police will not do thier job in that situation, the community will do it for them.

One can only hope this is so.

We are all engines of karma

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Grand Manaan is not the easiest place to get to... There probably were a fair amount of custmers on the island already....

What, were they already stuck there?

We are all engines of karma