One Commands Respect; The Other Not So Much

Another great story from our comrade Grant Shilling, about an "environmental activist" I'd gladly ford rivers and climb mountains to follow.

I'm not sure I'd cross the street for this one, though. Rod Mickleburgh reports:

"Sending the grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of one to jail for blocking bulldozers, however, has raised the question of whether such sentences are appropriate for peaceful civil disobedience."

If the question is raised at all, my old pal Gerry Bellett reports that Judge Brenda Brown answered it, quite definitively:

Brown said the Crown was seeking a sentence of nine to 15 months but Krawczyk, who represented herself, made no recommendation except saying she wouldn't pay a fine or do community service. "She insists on jail or nothing," said Brown.