What's the matter with this country? Last week the justice system released into the community a repeat sex offender labeled 'high risk' to reoffend. Ryan Ziegler, 28, is a piece of scum who should be locked away forever, but only after being castrated. Here is his c.v.
1998 -- charged with assault after exposing himself to a nine-year-old girl in an Edmonton church.
February 2001 -- released from jail, 71 convictions to his name at that time
August 2001 -- sentenced to one year in jail for sexually assaulting a woman in a Calgary tanning salon.
July 15, 2004 -- released from jail after serving time for assaulting a 10-year-old girl and a police officer in Nelson in 2003
July 25, 2004 -- arrested for exposing himself and sexually assaulting a woman in Nanaimo
August 25, 2004 -- released when the charges for the July 25 attack were stayed due to the victim becoming emotionally incapable of testifying.
August 26, 2004 -- arrested for failing to report to his parole office in Nanaimo, then released again the next day.
August 31, 2004 -- arrested in Victoria on a charge of committing an indecent act.
September 22, 2004 -- released because he had served all his sentence time
October 2004 -- scheduled to appear in Port Alberni court on charges of causing
a disturbance, indecent exposure, possession of stolen property and fraudulently obtaining food (offences which occurred in Ucluelet in July)
And so our oh-so-enlightened justice system has issued a warning upon Mr. Ziegler's release from Vancouver Island Correctional Centre.
"Ziegler remains under ongoing community supervision ... and poses a high risk to reoffend."
"His target groups are female children and female adults and his has an extensive criminal history, including violent and sexual offences."
And they let him out!? Who calls this justice. Women, watch out. Parents don't let your daughters out. This pervert could be living next door to you!! Oh what a fine country we live in!!!!
Thanks to the Nanaimo News Bulletin for the information about this sexual predator.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Oh Canada!
I live in a fine country and I am happy to be Canadian. I'd rather live here than in many other places around the world. We have a high quality of life, as the United Nations has recognized.
But ... there are serious problems and there is no guarantee that we will remain as we are. Agentina was one of the wealthiest countries early in the twentieth century until bad economic policy brought them down.
I have begun this blog because there is to be a provincial election in my province, British Columbia, this May and there may be a federal election in Canada any time this year. There is political uncertainty.
Many of the arguments I will state on these pages can be found in my own personal political philosophy which is contained within my own website, Life in Progress.
I have chosen to call this blog "Canada Rant" because on these pages, I will rant about the things that make me want to rant. The idiocy. The corruption. The injustice.
The political and economic elites in this fine nation would love us to succumb to complacency and the "I'm all right, Jack" attitude as it serves to entrench their own power and privilege. When it comes to democratic elections, they attempt to frighten us away from change. But we need change.
Our Canadian society, which is so often held internationally as a model, is in fact rife with injustice and this is the greatest barrier to enabling greater happiness. While we are certainly more just than the typical African or Middle Easern nation, we still have a lot to do. Consider this. Is it just that:
* pornography and in particular child pornography flourishes?
* physical, sexual and mental abuse of children and adults (primarily women) flourishes?
* criminals repeatedly are released from prison only to commit crimes (often murder and rape) again?
* youth and native suicide rates have skyrocketed in recent years? * innocent and helpless unborn babies are murdered in the womb in growing numbers with almost no one to defend them?
* there are many people who would like a job that challenges them and values their education, experience and skills, but are relegated to unemployment, underemployment or demeaning employment?
* the average taxpayer must work on average half the year to pay all the taxes from various levels of government?
* native Canadians in large numbers should live in poverty and dependency mired in alcohol and abuse?
* family breakup and the resultant mental pain suffered by the children is so common?
* half of older teenagers should suffer from an STD because they engage in casual sex?
* drug and alcohol abuse is rampant in society and that drug gangs increasingly stir up trouble for the police and society in general?
* various minority groups continue to be unfairly discriminated against?
* tax dollars should be wasted and corruption go unpunished?
* poverty in Canada seems to become increasingly entrenched with the comcomitant homelessness and hunger?
* gambling is the latest addiction to inflict the masses, increasingly to the benefit of government general revenue coffers?
* there are many sick people in Canada who cannot get the healing they need, but are denied the freedom to go outside the government system for the treatment they require?
There is more and all this is only Canada. Expand the perspective to the whole world and it is even scarier. But, lets not fall prey to the holier than thou attitude when there remains so much injustice in Canada even now. Lets focus on the root causes of all this misery in view of eliminating them and establishing the rules and institutions that will not give rise to further injustice. A just society can be created by establishing just institutions and just social and economic practices. The failure of social justice, on the other hand, is a disease that affects not only those in poverty, but all of us.
But ... there are serious problems and there is no guarantee that we will remain as we are. Agentina was one of the wealthiest countries early in the twentieth century until bad economic policy brought them down.
I have begun this blog because there is to be a provincial election in my province, British Columbia, this May and there may be a federal election in Canada any time this year. There is political uncertainty.
Many of the arguments I will state on these pages can be found in my own personal political philosophy which is contained within my own website, Life in Progress.
I have chosen to call this blog "Canada Rant" because on these pages, I will rant about the things that make me want to rant. The idiocy. The corruption. The injustice.
The political and economic elites in this fine nation would love us to succumb to complacency and the "I'm all right, Jack" attitude as it serves to entrench their own power and privilege. When it comes to democratic elections, they attempt to frighten us away from change. But we need change.
Our Canadian society, which is so often held internationally as a model, is in fact rife with injustice and this is the greatest barrier to enabling greater happiness. While we are certainly more just than the typical African or Middle Easern nation, we still have a lot to do. Consider this. Is it just that:
* pornography and in particular child pornography flourishes?
* physical, sexual and mental abuse of children and adults (primarily women) flourishes?
* criminals repeatedly are released from prison only to commit crimes (often murder and rape) again?
* youth and native suicide rates have skyrocketed in recent years? * innocent and helpless unborn babies are murdered in the womb in growing numbers with almost no one to defend them?
* there are many people who would like a job that challenges them and values their education, experience and skills, but are relegated to unemployment, underemployment or demeaning employment?
* the average taxpayer must work on average half the year to pay all the taxes from various levels of government?
* native Canadians in large numbers should live in poverty and dependency mired in alcohol and abuse?
* family breakup and the resultant mental pain suffered by the children is so common?
* half of older teenagers should suffer from an STD because they engage in casual sex?
* drug and alcohol abuse is rampant in society and that drug gangs increasingly stir up trouble for the police and society in general?
* various minority groups continue to be unfairly discriminated against?
* tax dollars should be wasted and corruption go unpunished?
* poverty in Canada seems to become increasingly entrenched with the comcomitant homelessness and hunger?
* gambling is the latest addiction to inflict the masses, increasingly to the benefit of government general revenue coffers?
* there are many sick people in Canada who cannot get the healing they need, but are denied the freedom to go outside the government system for the treatment they require?
There is more and all this is only Canada. Expand the perspective to the whole world and it is even scarier. But, lets not fall prey to the holier than thou attitude when there remains so much injustice in Canada even now. Lets focus on the root causes of all this misery in view of eliminating them and establishing the rules and institutions that will not give rise to further injustice. A just society can be created by establishing just institutions and just social and economic practices. The failure of social justice, on the other hand, is a disease that affects not only those in poverty, but all of us.
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