...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

Comedy in the courtroom: Scan the pages of the Globe and Mail, which bills itself as Canada’s “National Newspaper,” and you’ll find nary a mention of ‘roos, sock puppets or show trials held in airless rooms. What you will find is the paper’s designated pit bull, Christie Blatchford, assigned to the trial of the “Toronto 18”, the local lads who had some grandiose ideas which included decapitating the Prime Minister. On the first day of the proceedings, the Blatch has them pegged as a bunch of bumbling clowns. The headline of her article—“Terror trial begins with notes of divine comedy”—no doubt sets the tone for what’s to follow.

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Update: My mistake.The Globe does have an article about the show trial. But it's so puny and innocuous (unlike the Blatch's front page splash) that it was hard to find.

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