I heard 'Je Veux Te Voir' on my friend's page and, on a whim, I decided to translate it. I had a tonne of help from wordreference.com and I confirmed/corrected my translation with another because Yelle uses slang I haven't learned in class --and likely never will xD. The song is pretty explicit, so it's behind an LJ-cut.
( NSFW: Je Veux Te Voir )

Rant #1: Weregild
Subject: Compensation for suffering in Canadian politics and, more specifically, in the Maher Arar case
Slant: Monetary compensation is the wrong method from a moral and economic standpoint
More information: Ottawa reaches $10M settlement with Arar
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