Canada's biggest party in 30 yrs!

[Snakefood]

Death is a Horible thing to party over, but in this case, I will make the exception.

Clifford Olson is DEAD! Finally! I remember growing up in the 80's in Coquitlam, BC, the hunting grounds for the most notoriuos serial killer Canada had ever seen. Targeting children, and doing things still unmentionable 30 years later! As children, we were afraid to leave our homes to play in the playground right outside our homes. No one was allowed to walk to or from school without an adult present. It was like being on lockdown through no fault of your own. As a 5-7 year old, I didn't understand anything except the fear in my mom's eyes.

Then all the years in prison where he still terified the families of his victims and what he called his next string (he always said if ever let out, he would continue his "work") and yet knowing he would never walk out alive, he still made the families face him every year in court from the day of his first parole hearing to the last one in December. Thank GOD, there will not be another.

His reign of teror is over! Finally 30 years later, this book can be closed! Canada is free!

[infernalis]

pity it took so long...

I am a big fan of Swift justice.

[redsided]

Good riddance, sob.

[alessia55]

Good riddance, sob.

I second that

[Freebody]

my folks met him when they were all young, and my uncle watched his cell block during a prison transfer to Ocalla prison years and years ago, the sick thing is, hes supposed to be a real calm and well manard person, blood chilling isnt it. worst part we as tax payers, payed for this guy to live comfortably for all these years. :(

[Snakefood]

yes, that is sick, but IMO better than having him still out there. I'd rather pay the bills to keep him behind bars than let the #'s of his victims keep building.

I was 5 and 6 when he went on his spree and was eventually arrested. His mother lived 2 blocks away from us in Coquitlam, one of the kids bodies was found across the street from my home. It was a terrifying time to live in, especially being so close to his "stomping grounds". Playgrounds were empty, extra staff for recess and lunch were hired to watch the kids who were only allowed outside in small groups, the rest of recess and lunch was spent in the cafeteria or gymnasium. It was like all the kids in Coquitlam and surrounding communities were prisoners in thier own homes and schools. it was a reign of terror I will never forget as long as I live and I was only 6 when he was arrested and charged!

It's just you never forget the look in your mom's eyes as she explains the reason you can't go ANYWHERE alone (or in my case with big bro) is because someone may take you away and she'll never see you again. I remember it like it was yesterday and it tears my heart (especially now that I too am a mother and can understand that fear)

[youngster]

yes, that is sick, but IMO better than having him still out there. I'd rather pay the bills to keep him behind bars than let the #'s of his victims keep building.

I was 5 and 6 when he went on his spree and was eventually arrested. His mother lived 2 blocks away from us in Coquitlam, one of the kids bodies was found across the street from my home. It was a terrifying time to live in, especially being so close to his "stomping grounds". Playgrounds were empty, extra staff for recess and lunch were hired to watch the kids who were only allowed outside in small groups, the rest of recess and lunch was spent in the cafeteria or gymnasium. It was like all the kids in Coquitlam and surrounding communities were prisoners in thier own homes and schools. it was a reign of terror I will never forget as long as I live and I was only 6 when he was arrested and charged!

It's just you never forget the look in your mom's eyes as she explains the reason you can't go ANYWHERE alone (or in my case with big bro) is because someone may take you away and she'll never see you again. I remember it like it was yesterday and it tears my heart (especially now that I too am a mother and can understand that fear)

That sounds horrible, I cannot imagine what growing up with that would be like.

[gonesnakee]

Fact of the matter is there always has been & always will be sickos like him out there.
Best bet is to educate kids etc. not to live in fear.
It can happen anywhere, anytime, just like any other event.
I personally am in favour of Capital punishment as are around 70% of ALL CDNs yet we still harbour these bastards in our prison systems at the cost of the taxpayers.
WHY? Ask our Govt!?!?!?
On a more sensitive note it must have really sucked to have lived in the area during this scumbags reign of terror & I can understand folks feelings towards the whole thing.
I say kill them all & let the Gods sort it all out, Nuff Said Mark

[Snakefood]

Having lived in that area in that day in age, I can't say I disagree with you on Capitol Punishment. I simply cannot understand why we would be worried about the human and civil rights of someone who has removed the right to live from so many. It doesn't compute in my brain.

Yes, it happens everywhere, and bad things happen all the time. BUT actually living directly in the neighborhood where all the kids are going missing from and being found dead in, did create an atmosphere of panic in the parents and caregivers. It was also VERY different for me as my family had just moved to the "city" from a small company town up north, where everyone knew everyone, doors were never locked and the only thing parents had to drill in to the kids minds was "you don't mess with the bears!"

It was like moving to another planet for my brother and I, going from small town to city, from almost complete freedom of movement to severe restriction.