ABLONCZY THREATENS TO QUIT ALLIANCE IF TORY MERGER FAILS The Globe and Mail reports that Diane Ablonczy, the Calgary MP seeking the Canadian Alliance leadership, says she will have difficulty remaining in her party if members reject a move to unify with the Tories. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020130/UALLIN3
CHILD PORNOGRAPHER SHARPE WROTE APPROVINGLY OF SEXUAL TORTURE OF CHILDREN John Robin Sharpe, the notorious child pornographer who successfully challenged the Canadian anti-pornography law, putting the law on hold until the case was taken up by the Supreme Court last year, is defending his writings which glamorize the sexual torture of children as “art”. Dr. Shabehram Lohrasbea, forensic psychiatrist experienced with pedophile writings, testified Tuesday that Sharpe’s stories were “at the far end of anything I have read or heard about,” referring to the degree of torture, humiliation and cruelty inflicted on child characters. https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSLaw0201/29_sharpe-cp.html (link valid today only)
PAIN RELIEF DISCOVERY TO ELIMINATE PAIN AS REASON FOR ALLOWING EUTHANASIA Scientists at Queen’s University in Ontario have discovered how to reverse the diminishing effect of pain killers such as morphine so that the drugs retain most of their pain fighting ability, even with prolonged use. https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020130/1282598.html