Reproduced below are some of the more interesting online comments posted on the Web site of the National Post Comment pages, www.fullcomment.com , in reaction to Karen Selick's Dec. 31 column, "Don't extradite Marc Emery to the U.S." Join the debate at www.fullcomment.com

Exgeordie The Harper government will probably send Mr. Emery to his undeserved fate unless courageous Canadians such as Ms. Selick speak out.

The U.S. war on drugs is comparable to their war on terror: completely misguided, totally ineffective and run by idiots.

Snowhater Need someone to drive him to the border? No matter what you call him, Marc Emery is certainly no hero.

Just because gutless Canadian politicians and lawmakers turn a blind eye to his actions, doesn't make his actions right. What Emery does is certainly not heroic, except to fellow potheads without brains enough to think for themselves.

KarenSelick In response to Snowhater's comment that Emery is heroic only to "fellow potheads," please note:

-I am the author of this article;

-I think Emery is heroic;

-I have never used marijuana, or any other illegal drug, in my entire life--never even sampled them.

So you are clearly wrong about this -- and probably about many other things, too.

Prairie Waif Extraditing Marc Emery to the U.S. is tantamount to "extraordinary rendition" by the Canadian government.

This is nothing but a vendetta against Mr. Emery for his activities to promote responsible legalization of marijuana and accessibility for those with medical certification.

APJX 683 Although I usually agree with Ms. Selick's conclusions, on this issue she is dead wrong. Our extradition process is being used correctly to solve the problems for two governments: Ours, which is hampered by an ineffective, almost anarchic judiciary, more interested in a criminal's "rights" than the dispensation of justice; and the American one, which--if Mr. Emery is found guilty -- will award him a sentence commensurate with his crimes.

The U.S. will not attempt to "rehabilitate" him. It will remove and punish the most visible and vocal lawbreaker and advocate of a prohibited substance that infects both our societies. In doing so, it will deter others from undertaking the same illegal activity. If the remainder of these "exporters" know that they are not exempt from the law, it may curtail their activities, or at least limit their ventures to an area (say, Canada) in which they are likely to remain free from prosecution.

It is too bad that we have to rely on the American justice system to solve the problems created by our liberal judiciary, which would rather offer salvation to lawbreakers than protect us.

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