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Think of the children

Feb. 20, 2015, 11:47 a.m.
Posts: 334
Joined: Sept. 18, 2007

Is it only me that scratches my head when the government pushes for incredibly invasive laws and warrantless searches all in the name of "think of the children!" and then goes and pulls a stunt like this?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-porn-policing-program-suffers-from-rcmp-underspending-1.2963885

Feb. 20, 2015, 11:55 a.m.
Posts: 7707
Joined: Sept. 11, 2003

Is it only me that scratches my head when the government pushes for incredibly invasive laws and warrantless searches all in the name of "think of the children!" and then goes and pulls a stunt like this?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-porn-policing-program-suffers-from-rcmp-underspending-1.2963885

The Minister of Public Safety explained it like this "Its not that the RCMP didn't spend the hours watching kiddie porn, they did, but they just didn't report the time spent so it didn't show up in their hours worked, resulting in a net savings to taxpayers."

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