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May. 31st, 2006 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingA man serving a life sentence for murdering his wife is asking a federal judge to order the state to pay for a sex-change operation, arguing that denying him the surgery amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
Also,
"Canadian troops in Afghanistan have been told the Geneva Conventions and Canadian regulations regarding the rights of prisoners of war don't apply to Taliban and al-Qaeda"
This change appears to date from December, after Martin's government folded and before Harper's government stepped in - meaning that this is a decision made, by the military, completely without oversight.
Quoth the Defence Minister, correcting said military sorts: Whether it applies or not, you're following it, dumbshits. We're not the USA and have no desire to become them.
Also,
"Canadian troops in Afghanistan have been told the Geneva Conventions and Canadian regulations regarding the rights of prisoners of war don't apply to Taliban and al-Qaeda"
This change appears to date from December, after Martin's government folded and before Harper's government stepped in - meaning that this is a decision made, by the military, completely without oversight.
Quoth the Defence Minister, correcting said military sorts: Whether it applies or not, you're following it, dumbshits. We're not the USA and have no desire to become them.