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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: A Letter to Brian
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 17:15:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 13 17:15:19 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 19:01:00 EST
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Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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>It would appear that the 84% of Canadians that support the freeze
>have as about as much say in how things are run as the approximately 
>75% of Canadians that support the return of capital punishment or 
>the majority of Canadians that support removal of Japanese car
>import quotas. Initiatives anyone ?
>
>                                        J.B. Robinson

In today's Globe and Mail (which I don't have in front of me), it reported
that 84% of Manitobans(?) supported the death penalty for premeditated
murder, 82% for killing a policeman, about 70% for sexually molesting
a child, and 35% for causing a fatal accident while under the influence
of alcohol.  (These figures may be off a bit, but they are in the right
ball-park).

We are a bloodthirsty people, aren't we?  Thank goodness we have the
insulation of Parliament and (perhaps) some thought between us and the
wishes of the people.  At least we might solve the population problem
if we listened to the people :-(
-- 

Martin Taylor
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