What did you expect? It's the Supreme Court of British Columbia!

Like my anguished neighbours on South Fraser, you're probably scratching your head (or beating it against a wall) as a result of yesterday's verdict in the Air India Trial.

I don't have anything that profound or comforting to say. What I do have to say is this the same BC Supreme Court who in the past few months have:

-Let Todd Bertuzzi walk with a slap on the wrists after brutally assaulting Steve Moore in front of 18,000 paying spectators and hundreds of thousands watching on TV, because Bertuzzi's a star with the hometown Vancouver Canucks.

-Allowed the malicious prosecution of former premier Glen Clark to proceed with evidence that was way more suspect as that which was dismissed in the Air India Trial.

-Refused to disclose information about the December 28 Legislature Raids to the public for fear it will interfere with the upcoming provincial election - the court didn't seem to have a problem holding up Glen Clark's case during the 2001 provincial election.

As we say in the labour movement: "The law is never neutral". Those seeking justice in the Air India case might be wasting their time asking themselves what went wrong, the more pertinent questions may be "Who did we fail to appease" and/or "Who did we cross?"