Recent content by Kepler

I'm sorry, but this is 100% incorrect. The lap dances were just like any other club in Quebec, in cubicles. The court considered that this was prostitution. This is written in plain English in the links I provided above. This is a notable case because the court has just changed the...

Qc Appellate court's decision, parag. 6: "The ten appellants were tried and convicted of the offence of having been found in a common bawdy‑house without lawful excuse contrary to paragraph 210(2)(b) Cr. C., an offence punishable on summary conviction. The eight female appellants were dancers...

Not exactly. You're talking about a number of cases, some of which went up to the Supreme Court. It's too complicated to explain exactly what happened back then in such a short space here, but you can read the old SCC decisions if you really care. The law (statutes, aka legislation) has NOT...

If you read the QcCA judgment, you'll see that nothing out of the ordinary was happening at that club: Parag. 40: "clients remained dressed at all times, that booths were not closed or private, that no dancer agreed to have sexual intercourse with clients and that the police officers did not...

I'm stunned. It seems that all contact strip clubs ($10 dances) are illegal in Quebec as of this summer. Long story short: In November 2003, strippers, bouncer, and client are arrested for being in a regular contact strip club in Laval. No one was naked, or having sex: they were engaging...

Bof, c'est pas un commentaire raciste, juste idiot. J'aime bien la grammaire française, plus compliquée que l'anglais, mais plus précise (pronoms masculins et féminins, plusieurs façons de conjuguer les verbes avec différents temps). Mais tout comme le français était la langue internationale...

The bottom line, to me, is that if Polanski wants to challenge his conviction he should come back to face trial in the USA. He has enough money to hire good lawyers, and the USA has a better justice system than 90% of countries on earth, no matter how bad some aspects of it are. Once he's back...

I wrote no such thing. My post is unedited for all to see. You're right. But I don't see that as a reason to let him get away. In fact, if rapists (or criminals generally) see that they can escape justice by hiding long enough, it will only encourage more rapes/crimes. Wouldn't you agree...

I should have been clearer: I want him to face a jury for the additional crime of fleeing justice. And to face a judge for the original crime (he had not yet been sentenced). Don't put words in my mouth, I never said or implied that. I only described our system. And I don't see how the fact...

In Islam (eg: Saudi Arabia), victims are allowed to accept 'blood money' and the charges against the guilty are set aside. It's victims' choice. In 'The West', we view things differently. Victims have little or no say in prosecutions, because we think crimes are an assault on the whole...

A great victory for all convicted child rapists! And a lesson too: if you evade justice long enough, Switzerland will keep you safe.

Just because she was the victim of bad parenting and poor choices, doesn't mean she didn't suffer to earn that money. How does taking her money make her life better?

Yes, I know the law. But my point is that it's disgusting to seize the money that a 15 year old girl earned through blood, sweat, and tears.

"Cops discovered £8,000 she had...The money was seized after police..." Great. So not only does she have a hard life and an apparently uncaring family, but now the police took all her money. "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to...

Oka is a nice one. Accessible by car, then a 20 minute walk past a sandy/swampy/forest-type area. Or direct by boat. Crowd: all kinds, from 20 year olds (both bikini wearing or naked), to 70 year old naked guys and girls. Most seem in the 35 to 55 age range. Beach itself: very nice...