This story has me going...
In the U.S. we celebrate Veterans Day, a time to remember lost lives, war, hardships, terror and everything that comes along with it. In Canada we have what's called Remembrance Day which is the equivalent.
On Remembrance Day in Canada it is customary to purchase a red poppy from a vet that stands outside in the cold selling them for spare change. The vet then pins the poppy on you and thanks you for your time, consideration and admiration. The money goes to help vets serving everywhere.
So yestersay, a man described as dark skinned, with a mask and all black fatigues invades a vet legion centre trying to steal Remembrance Day proceeds from the 80-year-old men who were counting it. It was estimated that somewhere around 10k the vets had collected was nearly stolen after a masked man ran into the legion, with a gun, and attempted to take off with the cash.
Are you kidding me...stealing from the same vets, soldiers and army personel that have given you the freedoms you experience today?
The best part of this story? The Army vets manage to wrestle the would-be thief to the ground before the thief took off without the money.
My question is...would this happen if the Canadian and American justice systems weren't so weak? Maybe this guy decided to attempt a major theft because he knew if he were caught he'd most likely spend a night and jail and then get a year's probabtion.
Here's my suggestion....how about we gather these individuals, the kind of people that would do something like this, and send them to the northwest territories. Canada has so much uncharted territory and tundra that we would never hear from these people again. Instead of giving them a slap on the wrist why not send them to the arctic? We would give them food and a bit of shelter but it sure as hell might make people think about getting into legal trouble if they knew they were going to subzero temps in the polar regions.
Instead we'll just allow them to keep on stealing, shooting people, and assaulting others while giving them weak sentences and early release.
How about for once we think of the vets that gave their lives for Canada...how about we think of the vets that gave their lives so Canada could retain the Great White North...better yet, how about we send our criminals to the great white north never to be seen from or heard again....
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