No problem! Best of luck. ๐
mars
joined 2 years ago
How the people of Saskatchewan keep these clowns employed as their leaders is a mystery. The province is rapidly becoming the Mississippi of Canada.
All bars, all the time.
Personally I don't see any benefits for the loops, and a couple major drawbacks IMHO:
- Loops are less stable and require more physical force exerted by the user in order to gain a minimal amount of stability by pulling the loop taught.
- Loops feel dirtier and far harder to clean. Of course given that it's public transit it's not going to be fully sanitized or anything, but I feel like users can more easily take steps to protect themselves using bars (wiping the bar quickly before grabbing it, or shielding themselves by holding it through a piece of clothing).
Isn't this the plot of The Lorax?
Very cool to see a fediverse alternative to r/place!
Clarity matters a lot in legal documents. Anyone else remember the case of the comma that cost millions?
...which should hopefully be consistent in future cases.
This was my main concern. Legal rulings are built on those that came before, however they can also be reversed by higher courts.
I found this complementary CBC article on this that provides a little bit of clarity:
But part of the immediate significance of the judgment, advocates say, is that it happened in a court that's relatively accessible; the law has been clarified that at the small-claims level, a contract for sexual services is enforceable.
That means that a sex worker who hasn't been paid by a client can now pursue that in small claims court without having to argue the law, so long as they have the supporting facts.
"Now they can bring this judgment and put it on the judges desk and say, 'here it is, there's precedent for it; I want my judgment,'" said Rose.
Note that this is a quote by the plaintiff's lawyer (Jessica Rose). I'm obviously no lawyer myself but I would read this as precedent-setting for the Small Claims Court of Nova Scotia, with the caveat that other provinces' small claims courts and all higher courts are still lacking their own ruling here. Ultimately the law itself needs to be tested in higher courts, which is also referenced in the article:
In 2021, the alliance sued the federal and Ontario provincial governments, arguing that the conditions of criminalization allow exploitation to flourish. That case had its first hearing in October 2022, and is awaiting a judgment. If successful, it could result in the law being struck down, paving the path to full decriminalization of sex work.
Don't get me wrong, this is a win and worthy of setting a legal precedent, however I am skeptical of the first line in the article:
Earlier this year in Halifax, a former sex worker won a precedent-setting case.
If this was Small Claims court, are there examples of rulings from this court actually setting precedent for other courts (e.g. Lower or Superior courts)?
They act like flying taxis then they should be treated as such.
Doc saw his opportunity to diversify out and pursue his lifelong desire to be a preacher ๐
I have no context about why NiceVancouver became its own subreddit, but IMHO community fragmentation is definitely what we don't need, especially with the user base so small.