The Canadians know how to handle complaints.
Here is an example.
A Canadian female wrote a lot of letters
to the Canadian government, complaining about the treatment of captive
insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional
System facilities. She demanded a response to her letter.
She received back the following reply:
National Defense Headquarters
M Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg., 15 NT
101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2 , Canada
Dear Concerned Citizen,
Thank you for your recent letter expressing
your profound concern of treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists
captured by Canadian Forces, who were subsequently transferred to the Afghanistan
Government and are currently being held by Afghan officials in Afghanistan
National Correctional System facilities
Our administration takes these matters seriously
and your opinions were heard loud and clear here in Ottawa . You
will be pleased to learn, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself,
we are creating a new department here at the Department of National Defense,
to be called ';Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers'; program, or L.A.R.K.
for short.
In accordance with the guidelines of this
new program, we have decided, on a trial basis, to divert several terrorists
and place them in homes of concerned citizens such as yourself, around
the country, under those citizens personal care. Your personal detainee
has been selected and is scheduled for transportation under heavily armed
guard to your residence in Toronto next Monday.
Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud is your detainee,
and is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded
in your letter of complaint. You will be pleased to know that we
will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for
Ahmed are commensurate with your recommendations.
Although Ahmed is a sociopath and extremely
violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his ';attitudinal
problem'; will help him overcome those character flaws. Perhaps you
are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences.
We understand that you plan to offer counselling and home schooling,
however, we strongly recommend that you hire some assistant caretakers.
Please advise any Jewish friends, neighbours
or relatives about your house guest, as he might get agitated or even violent,
but we are sure you can reason with him. He is also expert at making
a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so
you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless in your opinion, this
might offend him. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient
in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items
as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to
demonstrate these skills either in your home or wherever you choose to
take him while helping him adjust to life in our country.
Ahmed will not wish to interact with you
or your daughters except sexually, since he views females as a form of
property, thereby having no rights, including refusal of his sexual demands.
This is a particularly sensitive subject for him.
You also should know that he has shown violent
tendencies around women who fail to comply with the dress code that he
will recommend as more appropriate attire. I';m sure you will come
to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka over time. Just remember
that it is all part of respecting his culture and religious beliefs'; as
described in your letter.
You take good care of Ahmed and remember
that we will try to have a counsellor available to help you over any difficulties
you encounter while Ahmed is adjusting to Canadian culture.
Thanks again for your concern. We truly
appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to
do our job and care for our fellow man. Good luck and God bless you.
Cordially,
Gordon O';Connor
Minister of National Defense