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

Compare and contrast: The news that Richard Moon recommended striking down state censorship drew an immediate, not to mention vehement, not to mention splenetic reaction from the Ceej. Compare that to its far milder, not to mention cool as a cucumber, not to mention phlegmatic response to some other news. From the Montreal Gazette (my bolds):

Almost four years after her son pleaded guilty to firebombing a Jewish elementary school, Rouba Elmerhebi Fahd was finally handed her punishment yesterday for her role in the crime - 12 months probation.

The Canadian Jewish Congress called it a mild sentence, but agreed with the judge that Elmerhebi Fahd was caught between her obligations as a mother and her duty as a citizen when she tried to help her son flee the country.

"If someone in your family is a terrorist, you can't help them," said Adam Atlas, vice-president of the CJC.

B'nai Brith spokesperson Moïse Moghrabi was less sympathetic, saying Elmerhebi Fahd "played the system" by delaying the court proceedings for years. He called the sentence nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

Quebec Court Judge Robert Marchi pointed out that Elmerhebi Fahd, convicted of being an accessory after a crime, has no prior criminal record and wasn't the one who firebombed the United Talmud Torahs School in St. Laurent in April 2004. No one was injured, but there was about $500,000 in damage to the school. The library couldn't reopen for eight months.

Her son, Sleiman Elmerhebi, pleaded guilty to that crime and was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Marchi said the firebombing wasn't just vandalism, it was an act of terrorism.

Minutes after police visited Sleiman Elmerhebi at the Canadian Tire store where he worked, and where he bought kerosene to fuel the fire, Elmerhebi Fahd told a travel agency she needed a ticket to Brazil for her son.

She stipulated she didn't want him to fly through the United States and also told her son not to tell anyone about the planned trip.

Marchi pointed out that Elmerhebi Fahd, a mother of three, showed no remorse.

Maybe the Ceej can offer to “mentor” her.

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