No offense intended to individual American friends, but. . .

[velvetpage]

This is to protest the extradition of Marc Emery on drug charges. He sold cannabis seeds online, and Canadian authorities have basically treated it as soon-to-be-made-legal activism, and have done nothing. The U.S., however, wants him extradited. The maximum penalty in Canada would be about two years, if anyone bothered to prosecute. The maximum penalty in the U.S. is life with no parole for ten years.

Comments

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Doing this in plain sight is a part of the activism he was engaging in. If he'd refused to export, he would have lost most of the message he was trying for.

I think he decided to export, knowing there was the possibility of something like this happening. That's no reason why we should let it happen.

[sassy-fae.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Not what I would have done, but I don't have an activist's soul, nor do I feel very strongly on the topic.