The Toronto legal community is aghast and outraged that a fellow member of the Law Society of Upper Canada has revealed some rather unsavoury character traits about himself. They would far prefer that someone with his views not be permitted to practise a profession that they are all proud to be part of. It would remain at the discretion of the LSUC, needless to say, how they would deal with recent revelations about David Da Silva, a criminal lawyer practising with the eponymous firm Da Silva Law.

Mr. Da Silva, made aware of the impression he has made among his colleagues, and certainly among the members of the Toronto Police Association, is strenuously denying he even has a Twitter account. "I do not use Twitter", he insists, threatening "a civil action" against those claiming otherwise, and attributing to him such sentiments as "My favourite two words are: OFFICER DOWN".

Claiming through a series of tweets that "governments have historically been behind almost all such attacks", in reference to the Boston Marathon bombing, and responding to a woman who had recommended that "I hope you get an education" -- "sweet I hope u get cervical cancer". He named her a whore and wrote: "I really am praying that u get violently raped. May cancer be upon u!!!"

The Toronto Police Association has hired a lawyer "to make a complaint to the Law Society" on its behalf. Correction, on behalf of decency and facts, reality and sanity.