Oh, right. Next you'll tell us you don't have frivolous lawsuits in the
USA, the country with more lawyers than any other on the planet.


"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:04:20 -0500, rhys wrote:

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:31:33 GMT, WaIIy
wrote:

We don't want the damn Quebeckers in Florida anyway. Snowbirds, stay
home!!!

And screen a copy of Der Ewige Jude while you're at it!

I invoke Godwin's Law.

You were quick.

Wasn't sure who would get that. You did.

Danke, mein Herr...G

R.

Here's an example of what some Canadians spend their time on....


Good enough for Tonto

Rachel Boomer
CanWest News Service

Tuesday, November 02, 2004



HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission panel spent a full day
watching Lone Ranger episodes before deciding being called kemosabe did
not demean a Mi'kmaq woman.

After its day of reruns and hearing several Mi'kmaq witnesses, the
independent board of inquiry concluded the TV western treated native
Americans in a "demeaning and disrespectful manner."

But, it said, the term "kemosabe" -- Tonto's word for his white friend
the Lone Ranger -- did not really offend the Membertou, N.S., woman.

The board's conclusions were recently upheld by the Nova Scotia Court of
Appeal.

"Tonto is the Lone Ranger's partner and friend. He is clean cut and
well-groomed and, although he speaks a form of broken English, he is
neither dumb nor stupid," Justice David Chipman of the appeal court
writes in an Oct. 6 summary of the board's ruling.

"For the most part, other native Americans in the series are treated in
a demeaning and disrespectful manner. While Tonto is sometimes so
treated by others, he is never so treated by the Lone Ranger."

The complaint dates back to October, 1999, when Dorothy Kateri Moore of
Membertou was working as a clerk at Play It Again Sports in Sydney.

Her boss, Trevor Muller, referred to her and other employees as
kemosabe.

Mr. Muller said it meant "trusty friend." Ms. Moore asked to be called
"nitap," Mi'kmaq for "friend," but the board found Mr. Muller called
everyone "kemosabe" and didn't stop at Ms. Moore's request.

After a dispute over how Ms. Moore treated customers, she quit and filed
a human rights complaint, saying the workplace was poisoned by use of
the word and several other incidents.

On Feb. 17, 2004, the board ruled against her.

"To the contrary, the evidence showed that she was not only treated the
same way as other employees, but was considered a friend, and
accommodated beyond the expectations of a strict employment
relationship," Judge Chipman said, summarizing the board's ruling.

The Mi'kmaq witnesses who testified about the word's meaning were
divided on whether it was offensive.

Mi'kmaq linguist Bernie Francis testified the word probably came from an
Ojibwa or Potowatmi word meaning "sly-looking" or "sneaky."

Two other members of the Membertou band said they would be offended if
called kemosabe.

Another man said it depended on the context, while an Eskasoni man said
he didn't know what the word meant until he was asked to testify.

(Halifax Daily News)

Yup, sad isnt it. We graduate over 40,000 NEW pirrhannas every damn
year. Would be glad to send you some of the surplus (which was
reached in the 1960s). The onlly country that has more shysters per
capita is Chile .... another country that is self destructing due to a
superabundance of greedy lawyers.
Just subtract 7% of the total usa GNP to 'legal charges' .... which
benefits NO ONE 'cept the greedy shysters.

In article _exid.94737$9b.8156@edtnps84, Gordon Wedman
wrote:

Oh, right. Next you'll tell us you don't have frivolous lawsuits in the
USA, the country with more lawyers than any other on the planet.


"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:04:20 -0500, rhys wrote:

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:31:33 GMT, WaIIy
wrote:

We don't want the damn Quebeckers in Florida anyway. Snowbirds, stay
home!!!

And screen a copy of Der Ewige Jude while you're at it!

I invoke Godwin's Law.

You were quick.

Wasn't sure who would get that. You did.

Danke, mein Herr...G

R.

Here's an example of what some Canadians spend their time on....


Good enough for Tonto

Rachel Boomer
CanWest News Service

Tuesday, November 02, 2004



HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission panel spent a full day
watching Lone Ranger episodes before deciding being called kemosabe did
not demean a Mi'kmaq woman.

After its day of reruns and hearing several Mi'kmaq witnesses, the
independent board of inquiry concluded the TV western treated native
Americans in a "demeaning and disrespectful manner."

But, it said, the term "kemosabe" -- Tonto's word for his white friend
the Lone Ranger -- did not really offend the Membertou, N.S., woman.

The board's conclusions were recently upheld by the Nova Scotia Court of
Appeal.

"Tonto is the Lone Ranger's partner and friend. He is clean cut and
well-groomed and, although he speaks a form of broken English, he is
neither dumb nor stupid," Justice David Chipman of the appeal court
writes in an Oct. 6 summary of the board's ruling.

"For the most part, other native Americans in the series are treated in
a demeaning and disrespectful manner. While Tonto is sometimes so
treated by others, he is never so treated by the Lone Ranger."

The complaint dates back to October, 1999, when Dorothy Kateri Moore of
Membertou was working as a clerk at Play It Again Sports in Sydney.

Her boss, Trevor Muller, referred to her and other employees as
kemosabe.

Mr. Muller said it meant "trusty friend." Ms. Moore asked to be called
"nitap," Mi'kmaq for "friend," but the board found Mr. Muller called
everyone "kemosabe" and didn't stop at Ms. Moore's request.

After a dispute over how Ms. Moore treated customers, she quit and filed
a human rights complaint, saying the workplace was poisoned by use of
the word and several other incidents.

On Feb. 17, 2004, the board ruled against her.

"To the contrary, the evidence showed that she was not only treated the
same way as other employees, but was considered a friend, and
accommodated beyond the expectations of a strict employment
relationship," Judge Chipman said, summarizing the board's ruling.

The Mi'kmaq witnesses who testified about the word's meaning were
divided on whether it was offensive.

Mi'kmaq linguist Bernie Francis testified the word probably came from an
Ojibwa or Potowatmi word meaning "sly-looking" or "sneaky."

Two other members of the Membertou band said they would be offended if
called kemosabe.

Another man said it depended on the context, while an Eskasoni man said
he didn't know what the word meant until he was asked to testify.

(Halifax Daily News)