[DrCaleb]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Lemmy Lemmy:

Don't let facts or common sense get in the way of a CBC-bashing.

Facts?

And how can common sense get in the way of the truth? It's either the truth or it isn't and that's, a fact.

The fact is, the police didn't release the names of the people they were charging. Sure, you can go to the courthouse and find someone charged with similar crimes, but how do you know you got the right people? Unless the police say who is being charged, you can't be sure unless you know there are no other cases of a similar crime. They could have the charges moved to another court, they could be tried at a different date, there are many reasons to get the names of people wrong.

And publishing the story using the wrong names only leads to libel suits. Better safe than sorry. But then again, anyone can go to the courthouse and look up those names, if they wanted to. But hey, it's a conspiracy by the CBC, no one can fact check for themselves here! We can only get the names from the CBC!

And your theory only holds if the CBC never publishes the named of first nations people charged with crimes. But they do, don't they.

[Lemmy]

Yeah, Doc, but you're starting from a false premise. The CBC is not a news agency. It's a leftist propaganda generator. When you get hired on there, orientation amounts to being herded into to the "reeducation camp" in the basement and brainwashed...Red Dawn-like.

[Freakinoldguy]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Lemmy Lemmy:

Don't let facts or common sense get in the way of a CBC-bashing.

Facts?

And how can common sense get in the way of the truth? It's either the truth or it isn't and that's, a fact.

The fact is, the police didn't release the names of the people they were charging. Sure, you can go to the courthouse and find someone charged with similar crimes, but how do you know you got the right people? Unless the police say who is being charged, you can't be sure unless you know there are no other cases of a similar crime. They could have the charges moved to another court, they could be tried at a different date, there are many reasons to get the names of people wrong.

And publishing the story using the wrong names only leads to libel suits. Better safe than sorry. But then again, anyone can go to the courthouse and look up those names, if they wanted to. But hey, it's a conspiracy by the CBC, no one can fact check for themselves here! We can only get the names from the CBC!

And your theory only holds if the CBC never publishes the named of first nations people charged with crimes. But they do, don't they.

Sorry Doc but the fact is, the police didn't release the names of the two men who were "convicted" for illegally fishing. If the CBC and the Police Dept are so inept that they can't find out the proper names of the people involved even when proven guilty and sentenced then they had better get out of the News and policing business because they're a hazard to their chosen professions.

I'd believe what you said if we were discussing people who were being charged for illegal fishing and not people who were convicted of illegal fishing. Big difference. Once is accused the other is guilty.

[Lemmy]

So what were their names? It's so important that you remember them, right?

[andyt]

Not up to the Police to release names of the convicted. That's up to people accessing public records for themselves. But it does seem that since these two were convicted, it's a cop out by CBC to say police didn't release the names. It's now part of the court registry.

[Freakinoldguy]

Lemmy Lemmy:

Yeah, Doc, but you're starting from a false premise. The CBC is not a news agency. It's a leftist propaganda generator. When you get hired on there, orientation amounts to being herded into to the "reeducation camp" in the basement and brainwashed...Red Dawn-like.

Just like Fox News and the Rebel Media are nothing more than right wing propaganda generators where, when you get hired on you have to show your NRA membership and I love Trump button.

[DrCaleb]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Sorry Doc but the fact is, the police didn't release the names of the two men who were "convicted" for illegally fishing. If the CBC and the Police Dept are so inept that they can't find out the proper names of the people involved even when proven guilty and sentenced then they had better get out of the News and policing business because they're a hazard to their chosen professions.

I'd believe what you said if we were discussing people who were being charged for illegal fishing and not people who were convicted of illegal fishing. Big difference. Once is accused the other is guilty.

I agree that not publishing names from a court docket is sloppy reporting, but it's a far cry from a conspiracy to not shame natives for committing crime!

"Never attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by ineptitude."

[Lemmy]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Just like Fox News and the Rebel Media are nothing more than right wing propaganda generators where, when you get hired on you have to show your NRA membership and I love Trump button.

The difference is that your statement is accurate, mine was sarcastic.

And what were the poachers' names again?

[andyt]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Sorry Doc but the fact is, the police didn't release the names of the two men who were "convicted" for illegally fishing. If the CBC and the Police Dept are so inept that they can't find out the proper names of the people involved even when proven guilty and sentenced then they had better get out of the News and policing business because they're a hazard to their chosen professions.

I'd believe what you said if we were discussing people who were being charged for illegal fishing and not people who were convicted of illegal fishing. Big difference. Once is accused the other is guilty.

I agree that not publishing names from a court docket is sloppy reporting, but it's a far cry from a conspiracy to not shame natives for committing crime!

"Never attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by ineptitude."

Nothing to do with Natives, unless they've adopted a whole new naming system:

$1:

Sivakumaran Sellathurai, 37, and Sirpavan Kandasamy, 38 - See more at: http://www.nsnews.com/news/cates-crab-f ... AwKov.dpuf

Must be Tamils, so the cornspiracy must be not to shame brown people.

[Delwin]

They are Tamil names. Of course the 200,000 Tamil people in Canada represent 0.6 percent of the population so Liberals who completely ripped the Conservatives to shreds in the last election are completely dependant on their support and so would never speak poorly of them.

[andyt]

I believe both the Liberals and the Cons sucked up to Tamil groups that were exposed raising funds for the Tigers. Just as in BC we get the local "Liberals" sucking up and marching in parades that honor the "martyrs" for Khalistan. Christ, at some point we'll probably have pols showing up at Muslim even'ts that have pictures of ISIS "martyrs" displayed. Anything for a vote.

[Delwin]

Ive met hundreds if not thousands of Tamils. They are the suppressed majority in their country. The Shringraleze(sp?) are the dominating minority based on politics. It is not democracy.The ones that are here are true refugees and most that i know are successful and ambitious. There are bad ones but in that environment, that is part and parcel.

[andyt]

The Sinhalese are by far the majority in Sri Lanka. The Tamils were imported by the Brits from Tamil Naidu state in India to work on the plantations. They dominated the native Sinhalese during British rule. So they weren't too popular with the natives, guess they got the reverse end of the stick after the end of the Raj. They may be fine people, to to demand to carve out your own homeland, use suicide bombing to get your way, is just not on, no more than the FLQ had my sympathy in Canada.

[Delwin]

My mistake, in Sri Lanka as a whole the Shringraleze represent a majority. The conflict is a result of the overwhelming Tamil populations in the Northern and Eastern province for which they have no say in their own politics. All else stands.

[andyt]

They probably would have done a lot better if they didn't try violent revolution. Of course the Sri Lankan govt is going to come down on them. As I say, analogous situation to Quebec, no sympathy for their revolutionaries either. But, if Sri Lanka was smart, it would try to make peace now, because otherwise this will fester until it erupts again.