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Stay classy you Americans! American Pie, no thanks.

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  1. Forests Forests is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:22am)

    lol couldn't resist

    can't believe i didn't hear about this when it happened.

    Woman banned from Canada over minister pieing



    MILTON—An American woman is banned from entering Canada for two years for planting a pie in the face of the federal fisheries minister to protest the seal hunt.

    A judge in Milton today convicted Emily McCoy of assault for shoving a tofu cream pie in Gail Shea’s face at an event in Burlington in January.

    Lawyer James Silver says the judge placed the New York City woman on probation for two years with some strict conditions.

    Silver says McCoy is banned from returning to Canada or having any contact with Shea or the fisheries ministry during her probation.
    Silver says the conditions also prohibit McCoy from contact with any Canadian institutions such as embassies or consulates.

    McCoy told the court prior to sentencing that she hadn’t properly considered the consequences of her actions.

    “I never considered the extent of the consequences of my actions in protesting the violent seal slaughter,” McCoy said in her statement. “I assaulted an elected government official,” she said.

    The Crown agreed to the probationary sentence, but Silver said prosecutors made it clear they would have sought jail time except for extenuating circumstances in McCoy’s case.

    “When she was motivated to go in and try and bring attention to this cause that she believes in so deeply, her motivations were well intentioned,” Silver said.

    “The means of implementing those motivations were not only inappropriate, but illegal,” he said.

    The court also considered that McCoy doesn’t fit the usual criminal demographics, Silver said.

    What brought her before the court was a “misguided attempt” to bring attention to the seal hunt, he said.
    “She recognizes now that this is over the line,” Silver added.

    Silver said while the sentence may appear to be a slap in the wrist, it does have far-reaching implications for his client.
    Apart from the criminal record, he said it also bars McCoy from continuing her protest of the seal hunt, even in a peaceful way because of the ban on communication with Canadian officials.

    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...er-pieing?bn=1
    Edited By: Forests Mar 18th, 2011 at 12:23 AM
  2. emcee21 emcee21 is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:23am) in reply to Forests

     
    Originally Posted by Forests View Post

    tofu cream pie

    lol vegans
    Edited By: emcee21 Mar 18th, 2011 at 12:23 AM
  3. Oh Rale Oh Rale is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:25am) in reply to emcee21

    G
  4. whatsup whatsup is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:27am) in reply to Oh Rale

    “I never considered the extent of the consequences of my actions in protesting the violent seal slaughter,” McCoy said in her statement. “I assaulted an elected government official,” she said.

    what a moron. I'm glad they banned her from Canada.
    Edited By: whatsup Mar 18th, 2011 at 12:27 AM
  5. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:30am) in reply to whatsup

    A tofu cream pie? Sounds delicious...
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:41am) in reply to ECUgirl

    Stay classy you Canadiens!

    Suspected Canadian child molester nabbed in Thailand

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_6909053.htm
  7. Hoobangin Hoobangin is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:45am) in reply to Oh Rale

     
    Originally Posted by Oh Rale View Post

    G


    Fail
     
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:45am) in reply to Hoobangin

  9. zeppelinzoso16 zeppelinzoso16 is offline world traveler

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:52am) in reply to Popperhead

    Stay Classy Canada



    Edited By: zeppelinzoso16 Mar 18th, 2011 at 12:54 AM
  10. wantagolf wantagolf is offline Moderator

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:56am) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

    I'm sure that aint the first time she has had her eyes glued shut by an american.
     
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:57am) in reply to wantagolf

    in before americas hat giff.
  12. Forests Forests is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 12:59am) in reply to wantagolf

     
    Originally Posted by wantagolf View Post

    I'm sure that aint the first time she has had her eyes glued shut by an american.

    lol but judging by the pic that may have been the last time
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:02am) in reply to Forests

    Thanks for dropping by, but mainly stay classy.
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:05am) in reply to Waldo38

  15. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:07am) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

    I'll never forget what they did in 1948. never trusting canada again! 100 years and you assholes threw it all away!
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:10am) in reply to norcaljeff

    Stamp should read

    1848 - ???
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:14am) in reply to emcee21

    after what they did? never forget, emcee!
  18. Forests Forests is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:16am) in reply to emcee21

    but seriously, where do you even get a tofu cream pie? why would anyone make that? bananas don't grow on animals
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  19. zeppelinzoso16 zeppelinzoso16 is offline world traveler

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:17am) in reply to Forests

    worse than pearl harbor. that is why God froze 4/5 of their country and gave them flapping heads as punishment
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:19am) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

    definetly thought this was going to be an american pie reunion repost

    lol wanta
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:24am) in reply to ericINtheX

  22. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 1:26am) in reply to saxman

    damn, even a seal isn't scared of a canuckistani! look at him raise up
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 8:41am) in reply to norcaljeff

    ILL CLUB A SEAL IF I DONT SEAL 20 CARS TODAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 9:30am) in reply to Lameass_

    americans are fat and stupid. errmm wat ? thanks
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 2:38pm) in reply to frazze2

    OK, maybe cause I work in theater I don't appreciate the gravity of this, but the whole thing cracks me up. Of all the dangerous/illegal/inappropriate ways to protest something. Putting a pie in the face of an elected official seems like a pretty harmless way of making a point/garnering attention. Frankly I lol'd.
     
  26. sealriver sealriver is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 2:56pm) in reply to whatsup

    That was big news here for a while. Every spring Greenpeace comes to protest the seal hunt. This was a way of grabbing some headlines.
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 2:57pm) in reply to sealriver

    wow, what an over the top punishment. I could maybe understand some form of punishment if she had clubbed that bish to death but a tofu pie? Thats like the pussiest pie ever, No Harm Done!
  28. sealriver sealriver is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 3:02pm) in reply to Clerk

    [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]It’s still assault of an elected official. [/FONT][/SIZE]
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    Mar 18th, 2011 (3/18/2011 3:08pm) in reply to sealriver

     
    Originally Posted by sealriver View Post

    That was big news here for a while. Every spring Greenpeace comes to protest the seal hunt. This was a way of grabbing some headlines.

    Its a great way to sell out hotel rooms with shitting spring weather
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