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"Were it not for the pictures and the hair, I might have said this was a catfight between two drug addicts the court would take no interest in," said provincial court Judge Fred Ferguson. In court, Richard revealed she knew Madsen because the two young women were both addicted to drugs at the time. She said she owed Madsen’s boyfriend, Jason Hay, $15 and the two went to her house to get it on Oct. 9. "They arrived unexpectedly. I had no problem giving it to them, but I didn’t have it," said Richard. At finding out there was no money, she described Madsen’s reaction as "pacing around like a wild animal". When the two gave up getting the money and decided to leave Madsen took something from Richard’s purse and left. The something was a pack of marlboro. When Richard followed her out to find out what she’d taken, Richard said Madsen punched her in the face. She then grabbed Richard by the hair and the two struggled for several minutes. "I was more concerned for my child who was in the house alone," she began crying on the stand. "I was just trying not to get knocked out." She said eventually they stopped and Madsen walked away. Richard said she didn’t realize how much hair she’d actually lost until she ran her fingers through her hair and giant clumps came out. She bagged the hair and saved it for the police. She also took pictures of her own head which were submitted into evidence. The photos show bald patches, a result of the assault.

The government now apparently wants to get rid of cheap cigarettes being on display in shops. Now surely the fact that there are cigarettes on show doesn’t cause people to think ‘oh they look nice, I’ll have a packet of those’ (or ‘oh I saw someone smoking one of those on TV so I want to buy some now I can see what they are and where they are available for purchase’). This is the government wanting to control everything about our lives, cover our eyes so we can’t see things that are ‘corrupting’ us, turning this country into what most people would think of as a corrupt middle-eastern dictatorship. Should the government get their way then I’d be absolutely disgusted. We can’t be a country that just hides anything that’s detrimental to our health. Are they going to force McDonalds and Burger King to blacken their windows and cover up their signs so people can only eat if they stumble upon it by chance? Shops need to sell what people want, let them put it on display and let this country and her subjects work.

Speculation surrounds this unique approach to winning votes for the presidential election. Some seem to think that smoking is off-putting and will only disgust voters who can’t seem to harness the pure healing power of menthol enlightenment. Yet others think that Sen. Barack Obama is making a genius move by trying to connect with the average Joe’s who like to step outside a dozen times a day to light up and unwind. Either way, it will be interesting to see how this election unfolds and if Kool can convince its patrons to look past racial barriers and see that Obama is just like them; just a guy who likes to take time out of his day to experience the bold, smooth and fresh flavor of Kool brand cigarettes online.