http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/18/bc-herpes-disability-claim-rejected.html Since when is an STD an accident? Not that people mean to get them, but when over 50% of sexually active Americans (and assumably Canadians) have an STD, chances are pretty good that if you can't keep it in your pants, you're going to wish you had. Now, while I feel bad that Mr. Gibbens is now paralyzed from the midsection down, I can't really feel bad at how it came about. If it had been a car accident where he'd been hit by a drunk driver, or been tripped and fallen down a flight of stairs, feeling of sorrow may stir within me, but the guy was sleeping around without protection. Not that I'm saying he got what he deserved, but let's face it, it was no accident. I'm a fan of the Supreme Court's comment: "Such a conclusion would stretch the boundaries of an accident policy beyond the snapping point and convert it into a comprehensive insura...
For the ultra-conservative Canadian tired of uneducated liberal soap-boxers who have nothing better to do with their time than run their mouths off about something they know nothing about. For true Canadians whose families have built this country by the sweat of their brow for generations. Conservative Canadians Unite! Speak out! Liberals - shut your pie hole! See Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms at http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/ Welcome to our soap box.