I read earlier this week about the case of Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian who was accused of terrorism and deported to Syria, despite his Canadian citizenship. He was tortured for the next twelve months, and stuck in a “grave-like” cell between beatings.

No charge was ever brought against him. He had no trial, no chance to defend himself. And despite repeated protests from the Canadian government to free him, he lost a whole year of his life.

I don’t know what the man did or didn’t do, and I frankly I really don’t give a damn. Everyone gets their day in court.

Welcome to the “Land of the Free.”

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

Okay, this World Jump Day is just plain silly.