At the height of his fame Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel. The libel trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency. After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years' hard labour. I often remind people who want to sue for libel of Oscar Wilde. Sometimes it's not prudent to sue:
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Defence Minister Peter MacKay is considering legal action against MPs who accused him of lying about a ride he took aboard a search-and-rescue helicopter.
Opposition members have called for Mr. MacKay to apologize and even to resign over his use of military resources to shuttle him to the airport in Gander from a personal vacation at a remote Newfoundland fishing lodge.
Documents released last week showed some National Defence staff predicted the trip could be perceived badly, with one suggesting the pick-up was only to be under the "guise" of a search-and-rescue exercise. The cost of the flight has been estimated at $16,000.
3 comments:
Tell ya what the word in the street is, to those who ever care.
The Minister got hoisted into a helo off the beach. He da Man.
Plus he is the Minister of Defence...now that Canada is building defence. If he wants to fly a CF-18 on my dime, I say let him!
He did some boot camp that was televised too. He is a competent MoD.
Who are the defence critics for the opposition again? Beats me!
"Word in the street is" ...
Good grief, the Contempt Party is really scraping the bottom of the barrel now for its anonymous Con trolls.
"He da Man" because "He did some boot camp that was televised too."
That is what's known as a photo opportunity, an orchestrated event that Steve's Politburo and its 1500 odd minions toil to create in support of the illusion that the Harper government is competent.
Oh goody! More work for lawyers.
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