Deirdre’s Musings

  DISCLAIMER: I started writing this post several months ago, so some information might be outdated. I think I’ll do more SSO blogs from now on, to shift my content in a more positive direction as this game does bring me a lot of joy. Here we are again. In light of the recent kerfuffle with the EU, I feel there’s no better time than the present to write about Star Stable once again.  Since Alicia Online is still down, this game has been filling the void for me. Well, sort of. I'm not ashamed to admit that once AO comes back (if it does), I’ll be glued to that game. And so, while I wait, SSO will have to do for now.  It’s been close to six months since the last time I wrote about Star Stable. Since my last post I've experienced the Winter Village (Christmas Event) as well as a couple of Trailblazers which have added new life to the game. Oh yeah, and there was a crackdown on hackers and now SSO is in trouble with the EU consumer board. A lot can happen in six months, it se...

 Inflammatory title, I know. I’ll use this opportunity to state that I will be leaving names out to protect my family and I. This post will be about homicide bereavement and how the Canadian justice system routinely fails victims in order to pander to abusers.  I, for one, am sick and tired of people preaching to me the so-called wonders of “restorative justice” and the “Nordic System” when it comes to violent, abusive people who use manipulation as their weapon to charm enablers and keep the abuse cycle going. The coddling of abusers by the current criminal code is one of the chief things which keep generational trauma going. How do I know this? I’ve seen it with my own eyes.   It’s been over three and a half years since my father was violently murdered by a drug addict with an extensive criminal record of committing violent crimes (including assault and break and enters).  I’ve had to listen and read the perpetrator’s children do whatever they can to paint him as t...