PC police strike again - can't anyone take a joke anymore?

Cheers! Coors Light is getting thousands of dollars in unexpected free publicity thanks to what is likely less than a handful of sour pusses who just can't take a joke.

I could almost understand those who complained about Ottawa Virgin Radio's ad campaign a while back... but what do you expect from this sort of station? Whatever happened to "if you don't like it, change the channel", can someone explain that to me? But this?

Thirty. Thirty billboards throughout British Columbia extolling the greatness of Coors Light beer and playing on a never ending east-west (or west-east?) rivalry (remember "SOUTH SIDE SUCKS!" from Ottawa Rough Rider games?) How offensive were these billboards? Here's the text: "Coors Light - colder than most people from Toronto".

Had I driven or walked past one of those billboards I would have laughed to myself and possibly even shaken my head, thinking about how brilliant this simple ad is because it made me (a non-beer drinker) pay attention... in which case the ad did its job.

But nooooooooo... some politically correct idio... I mean individuals complained and as seems to be the case each and every time these years, the big and mighty conglomerate bowed down and opted to pull the billboards down.

Why must we bow down to the individual soul each and every time someone gets "offended"? I mean, I know we're not allowed to make fun of Torontonians here in Ottawa due to a special bylaw authored by Alex Cullen (joke, folks), but it's open season everywhere else in Canada. With all these new Canadians coming over without knowing the first thing about our culture year after year, a whole new phobia of offending anyone has taken us over. Funny thing, though, how I as an individual don't seem to have the right to be offended by the fact that they're offended. That's just not politically correct.

Anyway... on behalf of planet earth and its surrounding moon, I apologize to the (likely) six people across the country who were offended by the funny ad. I do not apologize for thinking that it was funny. That, you call can stick in your ear.

Laugh a little - it'll do you some good!

Oh boy - court says we MUST bring Khadr back!

Bleeding hearts rejoice - "accused" terrorist Omar Khadr must be repatriated. One must love our court system. Can't we repatriate and DEPORT? If scum decides to commit illegal act on foreign soil, shouldn't we let the foreign country deal with said scum? Apparently not.

Come on back "home" little Omar... apparently we want you here. O Canada. Who, again, stands on guard for us? Not our court system, evidently. Oh yeah, I know, bleeding hearts, he was born here. But what was he doing in Afghanistan shooting it out with the US Army, lobbing grenades at a medic? But he's a mis-understood angel. Right.

Would we have been so quick to jump to the defence of the "Canadian" son of a Nazi who had flown to Europe and fight against his country's allies in World War II? Somehow, I don't think so. That is why I am having such a hard time understanding why any Canadian would so adamantly support the concept of bringing an "accused" terrorist, the prodigal son of such a great Canadian family.

I know we can't deport the guy, but must we spend hundreds of thousands if not into the millions of dollars to bring this model citizen back?

We have much more important things to do with our tax dollars. Fortunately, it looks like the federal government will die trying to ensure justice for all. When did "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" see an untimely death? Surely this would be a shining example of this old adage.

Come on, Prime Minister Harper - appeal this decision to the Supreme Court!