Child Porn!

Manitoban's could be the first North Americans to face jail time and fines for failing to report suspected cases of child pornography under legislation introduced Wednesday.

The provincial government on Wednesday introduced legislation that, if passed, will amend the Child and Family Services Act to expand the definition of child abuse to include child pornography.

Precise details of the legislation have yet to be released, but under its provisions, anyone caught not reporting suspected cases of child pornography could face up to two years behind bars or a maximum $50,000 fine — the same penalty for those who fail to report child abuse.

"Child porn is not just a picture — it's a sexual assault committed against a child," said Lianna McDonald, director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. "It's an act of child abuse that needs to be stopped."

The agency runs the national tip line for reporting child sexual exploitation that Manitoban's will be asked to call if they notice a possible case of child pornography.

This is all well and good but another example of Government run wild in controlling our lives.

Now don't get me wrong on this! I believe that any case of child porn should be immediately reported just from the fact that it's the right thing to do!

I can't imagine someone learning of a case of child porn and not doing anything, but I do resent the fact that the authorities feel a need to control our lives to the extent that they do.

Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com and the blog "Perspective" at http://God-101.blogspot.com

One little Indian.

One of the reasons I started this blog was to have an outlet for all the stupid stuff that goes on in this world. A good rant might not solve anything but it sure makes me feel better to get this shit off my chest once in a while. I ran across another one today!!!

Let me see if I get this straight and never mind that the Indians here in Canada are flouting the law with their stupid land claims every time they need an injection of cash.

Correctional investigator Howard Sapers said the overall incarceration rate for aboriginal Canadians was nine times higher than for the population at large and the situation was even worse for aboriginal women.(Sob)

Basicaly this means that Indians are 900% more likely to be in jail and the women are 1,000% more likely to be inmates than the general population. (Native population in Canada about 2% - prison population about 20%)

Now, here comes the kicker!

Releasing his annual report into conditions in federal prisons, correctional investigator Howard Sapers said the challenges faced by aboriginal people in Canadian jails amounts to "a national disgrace."

"Despite years of task force reports, internal reviews, national strategies, partnership agreements and action plans, there has been no measurable improvements in the conditions for aboriginal offenders during the last 20 years," said Sapers at a news conference in Ottawa.

Even though everyone in jail is locked up and treated the same, (after all, they are just a part of the prison population, they are not housed seperately) Mr. Sapers tells us that it's the Native population that is so hard done by and mistreated!

"Aboriginal offenders are routinely discriminated against by the corrections system and are far less likely to get parole or be rehabilitated by their experiences in jail." The ombudsman says

Did Mr. Saper ever stop to think that the reason they don't get parole as easily is somehow tied to the fact that they are ten times more likely to get thrown into jail in the first place?

Almost any other ethnic group has integrated into North American society with little or no pain and I don't see why the Indians should be given any special consideration.

You can call these comments racist if you want but my mother always told me you couldn't get in trouble for telling the truth!

Your Scribe;
Allan W Janssen