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After reading about the new Bill C-15 in Canadian Parliment on reddit I decided to write a letter to Bill Siksay, my local MP. I knew his stance on such bills, one that I agreed with, so I just wrote him a reiteration of what this particular member in his riding thought.

What I wrote him:

Dear Honourable Bill Siksay,

I am writing to you to express strong disagreement to Bill C-15, introduced by The Hon. Robert Douglas Nicholson.

This bill introduces mandatory minimum sentencing, a concept proven to not work as shown by overcrowding in United States prisons. Canadians know the drug war has failed, and 62% support the legalization of marijuana. Please take this into consideration when this bill is put to vote.

I am deeply concerned about the impact that such a law would bring to Canada's justice system and feel that any legislative action to this affect would turn otherwise stalwart citizens into imprisoned criminals.

Here's what he wrote back:

In the many posts on Biolyrics I've made over the years and the many political stances I've made on U.S. and world politics, it occurs to me that I've never spoken about my own past. The events in the Gaza Strip and some people I met today have motivated me to share a bit about myself and to propose my own ideas about the issues surrounding the Middle East.

The military lies

If you're male, live in the United States, and are between the ages of 16-25, you have definitely received a phone-call or some other form of obnoxious solicitation attempting to get you to join the military.

Don't get me wrong, there are cases (though very few) where war is justified -- but the U.S. hasn't met these cases for along time (at least, not in my lifetime). If you're in the lower-classes, then this problem becomes two-fold:

1. Fighting for "freedom" or "your country" is the right thing to do.
2. The military will pay for your school, plus a bonus signing offer.

These are lies.

The fight for "freedom"

Everyone has an inclination to fight for something higher than themselves,everyone wants to fight for a greater good than themselves.
Unfortunately, the military, any military (with the exception of a few extreme scenarios) feeds an idea of defense. In the United States, this is the defense of freedom and liberty.

In Iraq (as is our current dilemma) this defense is of your country and your family's lives. In Iraq, you or someone you know has lost a life, a home, a job, or their dignity to violent "Americans." Though we don't intend this to be the case, sadly it becomes the case: in war people die. The blame of course, will be shifted around, but in the end, it is your fault. As an invading party getting into or supporting the fighting, you hold the blame. Their perception is actually reality.

Iraqi sectarian violence is only the result of  a U.S.presence that creates and catalyzes an uneasiness about those forced into power. It exemplifies the differences and causes war. These people can't go outside without the fear that their head will be separated from their body, that they may never see their children again.

Insurgents do not fight because they fear their own deaths, for why would they commit a suicidal act? No, it isn't the fault of their fear, but a fear of their children and family. They believe that this is the only way to protect their lives and as long as the US remains committed to its war of terror, they are right.