* Police struggle to keep ahead of pot growers -- 'Disturbing trends': Deadly traps being used to protect huge marijuana crops
* OMG: Police attack motorcyle gangs' PR efforts -- OMG's want to be viewed as "businessmen" and "good for business" -- Aug. 22 2004
* B.C.'s H**** Ang***: Rich and Powerful -- Canada is a haven for the outlaw motorcycle gang, with more members per capita than any other country. B.C's Angels have mounted an effective public-relations campaign that portrays them as harmless motorcycle enthusiasts, but they maintain a fearsome reputation in the criminal underworld -- Sept. 11, 2004
* I had no choice but to kill -- A former member of the 'Indo-Canadian mafia' in B.C. admits he had a hit put out on his boss -- "Bal Buttar, now a 28-year-old blind quadriplegic" has "found God", is talking, but not giving the necessary details -- figures not much more can be done to him -- Sept. 17, 2004
* Gang violence hits home -- The Times Colonist and the Vancouver Sun are investigating organized crime in B.C. in a series of stories. Today we examine the threat of Indo-Canadian gangs -- Sept. 18, 2004
* Thought Provoking: Safe strolls and brothels would reduce risks for prostitutes -- Sept. 17, 2004
* Pot laws need thorough overhaul -- Coleman should be pushing Ottawa for change, not harassing B.C.'s municipal politicians -- Sept. 13, 04
There is more wrong in Canada than laws concerning criminals, gangs, prostitution, and drugs. There is a major problem that our children are even interested in drugs and in the fact that making money in this base way appeals to so many of our young. Where is the satisfaction in acquiring a lifetime of material goods?
Criminals, we shall always have with us but what has happened in our society that so many of our young can be enticed to such base activity as what has been mentioned in the above articles?
I feel our government must address crime, criminal gangs, and drugs at this end. It has not helped that creating strong families has been de-emphasized--perhaps dismissed as important--by our government. Strong young people come from strong, stable families. Our government could start by supporting strong families in every possible way,
through family-friendly taxation policies which would allow one parent to actually stay home and parent
through defining marriage by what is best for raising children, not for someone's lifestyle or monetary gain or whatever reasons can be advanced by those who would change marriage and its import for children
by ending the values-neutral education and social engineering that posits that, basically, anything goes, and instead, teaching that there are societal goods that a government must support--that there is a right and wrong, that life is not values-neutral, that our Western Judeo-Christian values and democracy are worth preserving
by ending the criminal level of sexuality and violence in video games, DVD's, television -- bringing in decent programming for families and good documentaries in prime time
by putting money into sporting activities for ALL children, not just for Olympic class athletes and those who aspire to that level; by bringing back physical education every day for ALL children for their health and to give them a healthier focus than internet and other entertainment smut [Stop throwing money at athletes in one particular province and help children and families in ALL provinces! You know to which province I am referring.]; by encouraging competition in sport and in other areas so they develop healthy attitudes toward winning and losing -- and living
et cetera
and by funding security forces so as to get rid of this extremity of gang crime and the people who perpetrate it. To our legislators, do something!
