the municipal government of a suburb of the city i live in passes a new law creating a CURFEW for anybody under 18. minors are no longer allowed out in public between 1am and 6am.
the bill passed by a vote of 5-3, and the mayor was one of the dissenting voices. "this is a sad and dark day" were her words and she went on to rightly point out that the RCMP is already undermanned and certainly doesn't have time to waste policing a draconian curfew law.
oddly enough the youth population of the city appears to be split on the issue, with support coming in for the law almost as rapidly as dissent. very discomforting when you think about what kind of thought process supporters of a fucking CURFEW must be like.
scary, if people will allow politicians to do this, what won't they allow? amazing how far back our tolerance for the states intrustion into our lives has been pressed. 300 years ago a law like this would've been INSTANT DEATH for any politician that so much as suggested it.
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by Random Name » 4/1/2006, 3:55 pm
Eh. Mount Pearl (which is like a sub-division of St. John's. Really they'd like to think they are their own city but they are located right on top of St. John's and just leach off our resources) has an 11pm curfew. It doesn't really do much other than give people a reason to complain. 1am is really good in comparison.
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by Illusion » 4/1/2006, 4:08 pm
In principle, I disagree with the law (that's the one just passed by Strathcona county, right?). Age descrimination is no different then racism, IMO, and assuming that all young people on the streets at night are going to cause mayhem is seriously misguided.
On the other hand, being over 18 now, I have to admit that I am somewhat apathetic toward the issue. I might have been out protesting a couple years ago, but because it doesn't affect me I just don't really care enough to be vocal.
On the other hand, being over 18 now, I have to admit that I am somewhat apathetic toward the issue. I might have been out protesting a couple years ago, but because it doesn't affect me I just don't really care enough to be vocal.
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by Soozy » 4/1/2006, 4:21 pm
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
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by happening fish » 4/2/2006, 12:43 am
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by I AM ME » 4/2/2006, 2:17 am
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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by I AM ME » 4/2/2006, 2:22 am
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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by Soozy » 4/2/2006, 5:23 am
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
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by Korzic » 4/2/2006, 9:17 am
It seems kind of silly to me.
Having said that no one under the age of 13 should really have any reason to be out that late anyways (barriing exceptional circumstances) I wonder if the clause "unless accompanied by an adult" is inserted in there somewhere. I would assume it is somewhere since a blanket curfew would be absolutely retarded.
Officer, I was escorting my son home from my own 40th birthday party...
I'm sorry ma'am, that's no excuse, you should have locked him in the closet instead FINED!
Having said that no one under the age of 13 should really have any reason to be out that late anyways (barriing exceptional circumstances) I wonder if the clause "unless accompanied by an adult" is inserted in there somewhere. I would assume it is somewhere since a blanket curfew would be absolutely retarded.
Officer, I was escorting my son home from my own 40th birthday party...
I'm sorry ma'am, that's no excuse, you should have locked him in the closet instead FINED!
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