Very funny once again - thanks Mark!

Lots of laughs here - and quite the month for material to work with - keep up the good work!

Betty Krawczyk's sentencing, Harriet Nahanee's murder

A couple notes on this event....

The most bizarre science fiction experience I could have ever dreamed living was the original sentencing hearing.

Imagine this...the courtroom was filled to overflowing with supporters, the walls were lined with sherrifs deputys, the prosecutor and clerk of the court were in attendance, the big black digital clock fitted squarely in the middle of the table where the clerk sat ticking out its large red numbers as time passed. The large black highbacked judges chair sat empty. In a few moments the voice of a woman echoed through the courtroom, as Madam Justice Brown via phone started reciting the crimes of Betty and all manner of voluminous precedents and plethora. It was truly the wierdest experience of my life, like a nightmare or a dream, but I was actually living it. I shook myself a few times, trying to cast off the demonic ambiance that permeated my spirit senses. This voice rose into the court, seemingly from the pit of hell itself, as an eerie pall cast itself over all in attendance.

I left reminding myself that it was not Betty that was on trial, but it was the judges and the courts, the government of BC, and big business.

I might also add that..

A community is in mourning following news of the death of a 71 year old great-grandmother who fought to defend aboriginal rights and the environment. Activist Harriet Nahanee died at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver on Saturday, February 24, one month after she was sentenced to fourteen days in jail for protesting the destruction of a wetlands for a highway bypass. Her death was hastened by the deplorable conditions of her incarceration and her already weakened physical state, to which the court took no account before sentencing her.

So the record stands for the Governement of BC....
One First Nation great grandmother murdered for these Olympics.

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070225145140402

Is The Tyee becoming a caricature of itself?

gordon,

I thank you. Betty Krawczyk must surely be thanking you, and if she had survived this ordeal, I feel sure that Harriet Nahanee would be thanking you, too.

You have written a sensitive account of an important event, richly deserving of wider understanding. What you described sounds to me like a turning point in B.C. history, and not for the better.

The Tyee seems to have lost its sense of direction.

Quote:Karla Homolka gave

That HOMOLKA was even allowed to SPAWN shows the Canadian public how pathetic our so called JUSTICE SYSTEM is.

That scum should have fried...kill your own baby sister and get CLUB FED,then allowed back into the mainstream to be allowed to SPAWN ???

WHAT A SICK SOCIETY CANADA HAS TURNED INTO!

Britney Shorn! Gay Rev Reborn! No Telus Porn?

Hilarious. More evidence it's a mad, mad, mad world!

Guilt by association?

Thomas49,

Karla Homolka gave birth to a beautiful baby sociopath. The baby daddy's name is not known, but the smart money's on Satan.

Heaping the sins of the parent onto the child? I'm almost as disturbed by the quote that you chose, as your own hate-filled post.

There is much sickness in our society. You got that right! Much vengefulness too.

What blogs are for.

I find these Monthly Windups very funny. I understand that poking fun at how people are portrayed in the media is not the same as poking fun at the individuals themselves.

One cannot always take oneself so seriously, right BC Mary? ... Well you can in your own blog.

Cultive your own garden I like to say, rather than critisize the garden of another.

;)

Look again, Barnie.

Barnie,

I could've sworn I was taking gordon's topic seriously, as it should be.

Nothing there about myself. Nothing wrong with a little respect either.

Subject of Discussion

BC Mary, perhaps you didn't realize, gordon wasn't the author of this piece, Mark Leiren-Young was.

If you scroll UP a little further you'll see the Tyee article I was commenting on.

Unless I'm mistaken this thread is for commenting on Tyee articles, it's not an IndyMedia blog, that's here http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml .

The Vancouver chapter doesn't seem to be operating, maybe you could do some volunteer work for them to get them back on their feet. They need someone with a good sense of direction.

Ressentiment

That scum should have fried...kill your own baby sister and get CLUB FED,then allowed back into the mainstream to be allowed to SPAWN ???

WHAT A SICK SOCIETY CANADA HAS TURNED INTO!

This quote is almost creepier that Karla herself.

How exactly should the justice system act? Completely arbitrarily following the whims of individuals full of ressentiment?.

Look one more time, Barnie. Try, try again.

Barnie,

gordon wrote the sensitive comment to which I clearly referred. I think you know that. But assuming you didn't realize that, do look again.

Perhaps you're taking yourself a little too seriously.

And if you feel I should only talk about the main article ... and that I can't thank another person (gordon) for his very compassionate comments -- why is that?

So how do you explain taking shots at me for no apparent reason at all?

And really, chum, you don't want me talking about "Britney Shorn! Gay Rev Reborn! No Telus Porn?" No, no. Trust me. You wouldn't like it.

Time to count your blessings. One by one. Slowly.

Mark Leiren-Young, where

Mark Leiren-Young, where have I seen that name before... I think he was writing for the Ubyssey back in the early 80s... cripes I'm old...

No offense to Mark the OP

I added my comments because I felt this was one big overlooked important story. The Story of Betty K and and the death of Harriet.

Both of these very old women are showing more of what it takes to be an engaged human being with a cause to fight and die for than any of us could ever dream of doing. So as easy as it is for some of your keyboard quarterbacks to spout your rhetoric on what happened in the world the day before, remember that your only commenting on what others were actually DOING!

bTW Bettys sentencing continues on Monday March 5 9am at supreme court on smithe in Vancouver. Please if there is any way for you to attend please do, if you can pray about it please do. She will be sentenced on Monday and the crown is asking for for 9-15 months. Harriet died from getting pneumonia while at the Surrey Hell hole pretrial womens facility, Betty might have to spend some time there too, this is a lagacy of shame that all of us bare responsibility for in our inaction.

I pray this factionalization stops and we all see that it is us against them (them being corporations, big business and the goivernments that fund them with our money) and the sooner we unite and are able to send 10,000 to the streets no matter what the injustice in a matter of hours the sooner we will regain our dignity, power base, respect, and the sheer joy of coming together to show who runs the show, unless you really want to be criminalized, driven to the edge of town and dumped like garbage, and believe me they will do it unless you come to your senses and act now.

creative editing

gee...more creative editing by the TYEE proving that FREE SPEECH IS A JOKE ON THIS SITE .

Homollka dealt with the same mentality when she bargained down her plea...THE HOLIER THAN THOU types keeping GARBAGE like KARLA and CLIFFY OLSON nice and warm and SAFE IN THEIR BEDS,all the while ignoring the COSTS to our SOCIETY.

Small wonder only a few people keep posting regularly here,the intelligent ones find solace elsewhere...

wondering where ????????

the balcony rapist is ?????????

i know that there are those that whine about RIGHTS of the CRIMINALS that they Champion Rights for...like karla homollka,clifford olson,paul callow !!!

to bad VICTIMS HAVEN'T THE LAWS ON THEIR SIDE...

Good way to wrap up the month...showing how Vacant some out there really are,by letting them post their rhetoric and letting the GENERAL PUBLIC know how dangerous some posters out there really are .

THEY ARE REALLY OUT....THERE !!!

Eh. We could wish for better

Unfortunately I must agree with Thomas. Law thinks because people who make more than average income are special. How fair is that to the ones who live honest lives?? The thing with Britney Spears, I often wondered if her children were safe either way. You've forgotten, she also tried to hang herself. If no one notices, it's all a stunt for publicity, because she'd spent so much time in the light, and suddenly felt forgotten. It turned heads away from Anna Nicole's death for a short period. But either way, why do they not force her to mental home and take her children? Oh wait, she is one of the lucky ones with lots of money and no brain whatsoever.