People magazine stresses Suicide Hotline.

Since recent high-profile suicides, much emphasis has been placed on the availability of suicide hotlines; just two months ago, Randa Jarrar tweeted about Barbara Bush, created a deluge of responses and listed a university in Arizona’s suicide hotline as her office number. This caused the line to be overwhelmed with calls.

Jarrar has faded from public attention, but maybe what the boastful tenured professor did is extremely relevant and needs to be re-visited.

After various elections, we have read or heard some celebrities declare they are moving to Canada. Well, after watching a few episodes of Under Arrest, which my grandson had selected from TV listings, I found myself thinking, “Hey, I need to move to Canada.”

This realization hit me just about the same time my grandson remarked, “They are so polite.” Well, yeah, but not only were the RCMP polite, they were much less likely to send you to the slammer than the police on some US police shows I’ve watched.

We observed more than one person resisting answering a few questions in more than an agitated manner and when they were faced with being handcuffed, reacted with such determination that it often took two policemen to struggle with them to get this accomplished. Then, after they had calmed down and been lectured, the RCMP guys said, “Well, you can go now; you’re free.”

Than there was the man who was driving intoxicated, stopped and picked up a prostitute and then the RCMP knocked on his car window. Because he was drunk, they towed his car and summarily suspended his license for 24 hours, but  then told him he could go and reclaim his car in the morning.

Granted, I only watched a few short episodes, but I was thinking, “Hey, I’m moving to Canada.” Now, this is not to say I am going to drive drunk and pick up a male prostitute . . .