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.

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[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Care to write to your congressman, or whoever would have some pull in this? :)

Rabble.ca has an open letter from an American journalist to our justice minister stating that he finds it embarrassing, too. I find it insulting, personally.

[collie13.livejournal.com]

An excellent point. Thank you for the link! ;)