Canada: Teen hit by three cars, no one stopped

The Toronto Star ^ | January 4, 2006

[Stoat]

Thanks for the nice (pro-fem) thought. We appreciate you guys too.

(((((BLUSHING))))))   You're welcome.....but it's easy to speak the truth   :-)   And thank you for your kind words as well   :-)

[goldstategop]

Canada doesn't have the death penalty or tough on crime sentencing policies. This family needs to get over being shocked at the culture's indifference to human life. What can you expect from a country in which moral values are going the way of quaint customs?

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[familyop]

I was born in the USA, too, but have relatives up there. All I know is that not many Indians are encouraged to get off of the reservations or get into business. Canada doles a little out to them, and too many of them remain separated from the rest of the society.

Down here, we more often offer them chances to get off of the reservations and into schools and jobs outside of those places. Quite a few people married them in the USA a very long time ago--at least in the eastern half of this country.

[RavenATB]

"No one seems to have noticed or commented on this staggering piece of information. The parent(s) of a sixteen-year-old girl let her stay out all night at a party and then walk home alone? Interesting attitude toward parenting. They can cry and say they're grieved at her death, but they have some responsibility in it."

Hey! This is Canada we're discussing. I thought the Canadians didn't raise their children, but just left them to develop on their own...like snakes.

[RavenATB]

"Sorry if I seem naive about Canada.....I've made it a point to avoid visiting Canada for a great many years because it seems that many of Canada's people and Government officials have not been terribly congenial toward us Yanks."


Ditto

[GeronL]

PM blames Bush and American values, as well as American cars

[1FASTGLOCK45]

It's a sad story. Perhaps they all thought they had hit a deer if it was dark? Another piece of info you guys missed:

"Brittany Bearspaw, an accomplished 16-year-old with dreams of becoming a LAWYER."

I don't think it's funny shes dead, but when i read that part of wanting to be a lawyer, and her being run over by 3 cars on a hiway, i nearly fell off my chair laughing my azz off!

[WasDougsLamb]

No one seems to have noticed or commented on this staggering piece of information. The parent(s) of a sixteen-year-old girl let her stay out all night at a party and then walk home alone? Interesting attitude toward parenting.


--I noticed and I have to agree. That is one of the many differences between us, as parents, and them. No child of mine would have stayed out all night and WALKED home at 16 at 7 am. JMHO

[jocon307]

"I should think that the police would have collected this stuff as evidence to use in catching the people who ran over her."

Yes, that's what I was thinking. It does no good to bury the evidence. If they did this with the poor cousin that died it's no wonder no one was ever caught for it. No lo comprendo.

[kenth]

I was going to post that same thing earlier, but got distracted. Everything I've heard is that Indians are considered, at best, second class citizens, if citizens at all. At worst, they're considered sub-human; not worthy of the attention and rights as everyone else.