THEORY OF SETTLING APPLIES TO POT PLAN

Re: Ottawa backs off pot law plans

Ottawa's last-minute retreat from its pot plan would seem to be an example
of comedian Bill Maher's theory of settling.

We wanted legalization. We would have settled for decriminalization. What
we got was a whole new raft of punitive laws aimed at growers and users.

Or maybe the real problem is as follows.

We wanted "the true north, strong and free." We would have settled for "a
nominally independent nation." What we got was, "Canada, the country so
polite it gave George W. Bush veto power in its own Parliament."

Robert Charles Wilson

Concord, Ont.