XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
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    ConsÑ`cons <" Cons"@cdn.ca> wrote:   
      
   > On 1/14/2013 1:11 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > > In article <6m_Is.97896$2v.77461@newsfe05.iad>,   
   > >   ConsÑ`cons <" Cons"@cda.ca> wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> But the "general public" - aka as residents and taxpayers of BC - are   
   > >> not welcome.   
   > >>   
   > >> Yes, that would be the work of the Harper government once again . . .   
   > >   
   > > The public is not welcome to watch in person...   
   > >   
   > > ...but they can watch remotely AND listen to the audio.   
   > >   
   > > And of course, those who are registered to speak are indeed welcome.   
   > >   
   > > Little liar.   
   >   
   > Sorry you didn't understand the message, ya dumb rabbit.   
   > This story might make it a little more clear for you.   
   > Probably not.  Your hate-on for women is showing you up for a fool.   
      
   I understood it fine. Your implication is that because they can't attend   
   in person this equates to some loss of democratic freedom.   
      
   You're wrong. Actually, you know that's not right and thus you're lying.   
      
   > ______________________________________   
   >   
   > CBC News - Posted: Jan 15, 2013   
   >   
   >   
   > Protesters arrested at pipeline hearing in Vancouver   
   >   
   > Public banned from attending community hearings on Northern Gateway   
   > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
   >   
   >   
   > Police in Vancouver arrested 6 protesters who refused to leave a meeting   
   > where closed hearings on the Enbridge pipeline project are being held   
   >   
   >   
   > Police have arrested six protesters who refused to leave the meeting   
   > room at the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings underway in Vancouver   
   > this morning.   
   >   
   > The federal review panel's community hearings are closed to the public,   
   > and only those scheduled to make presentations are permitted in the   
   > hearing room at the Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver.   
   >   
   > Other members of the public have been told to watch the proceedings on   
   > video screens at the Bayshore Hotel, more than a kilometre away, or   
   > listen to the audio that is being streamed online.   
   >   
   > On Monday evening, thousands of people turned up outside the Wall Centre   
   > to protest the start of the closed-door hearings.   
      
   --   
   Alan Baker   
   Vancouver, British Columbia   
   "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall   
   to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you   
   sit in the bottom of that cupboard."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)