I won't say who's being stupid, because I don't know the whole story:
'WYRD SISTERS' CANNOT STOP HARRY POTTER
An Ontario judge has dismissed a motion by a Winnipeg band that would have blocked the release of the new Harry Potter movie in Canada.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_wyrd-sisters-20051104
I always knew most telemarketers were evil:
'DO-NOT-CALL' LISTS INEFFECTIVE, SAY TELEMARKETERS
New legislation is supposed to ensure telemarketers will put Canadians on a "do-not-call" list if they ask for it, but some telemarketers in Winnipeg say that's not always the case.
FULL STORY
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_telemarketers-20051104
Modern day pirates are not cool. Storybook tales of adventure, yeah, but not real ones:
PIRATES ATTACK CRUISE SHIP OFF SOMALIA
Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns attacked a cruise ship off Somalia on Saturday, but the vessel managed to evade capture.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/05/pirates-somalia051105.html
All things must eventually crumble and fall, but this is kind of sad:
WALL COLLAPSES AT ROMAN FORUM
A stretch of wall at Rome's ancient Forum has collapsed, raising concerns that the site is no longer safe for tourists.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/06/colosseum051106.html
Another?!? Okay... this seems a bit more reasonable... it looks like what they're trying to do is extend insurance coverage to *all* passengers of a car, rather than blaming the mother:
NEW PUSH FOR FETUS LITIGATION RIGHTS
A New Brunswick woman has new hope that her province will draft legislation to allow her child to sue for injuries sustained in utero.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/11/05/fetus-rights051105.html
I just hope they word any legislation *very* carefully...
1 comment:
Re: the Wyrd Sisters - I think they're being stupid. It doesn't sound like they protested the book with the Weird Sisters in it (and with the difference in spelling, they wouldn't likely have had a case anyway), and if the movie doesn't even mention the band's name (i.e. you wouldn't know if was the Weird Sisters unless you'd read the book), then I don't see the problem at all. I think they're piggybacking on the HP IV movie publicity.
Re: the fetus right thing - they'd definitely have to be careful. It's a fine line between providing for children who were harmed in some way while in utero, and granting a fetus rights. It all comes too close to tampering with abortion rights, for me.
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