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ENGLISH is the international language of law and commerce. Knowing FRENCH is useful for understanding LEGAL ENGLISH, but FRENCH is not the international language of law and commerce, so we will ignore French speakers who speak to us in the language of a conquered people.

Non.

I understand that you are a proud Québécois, but the people here have nothing but contempt for you because of decades of transfer payments and NONE OF YOU understanding what Quebec sovereignty means. None of you know who Russell Rogers Smith is, and you're too proud and arrogant to teach. Just go away and be Retardier somewhere else.

Volume 4

Nov 29, 2013 7:15 PM

Derek Moran

FINALLY, a journalist who fucking GETS IT!!

"...civil-liberties group says their use of the English language may be key to finding out how their spying affects Canadian citizens...CSEC is relying on a SECRET INTERPRETATION of the law — and “legal” definition of some words — to justify some domestic spying...“What they are claiming is not at all what ordinary Canadian citizens understand of these terms, like “collect,” like “target,…...but had relied on a different definition of “collect” than most people would assume,"

Language key to G20 spying, says civil-liberties group

metronews.ca

Exactly how Canadian and American spy agencies co-operated during the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto is still unknown — but one civil-liberties group says their use of the English language may be key to finding out how their spying affects”

Printed copy · Anthology Volume 5, page 1009
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Printed copy from The Tender For Law Anthology, Volume 5, page 1009 (printed 13 June 2014). Added by this site; not part of the Facebook export.

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