tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post4781734946420149340..comments2023-06-27T10:33:35.086-04:00Comments on kirbycairo: A Dark Hour Upon Us. . . . Kirbycairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-11493330443689329692015-09-26T00:26:01.336-04:002015-09-26T00:26:01.336-04:00The reason for hope Kirby, may be the "il Pap...The reason for hope Kirby, may be the "il Papa" effect and the encouragement he is giving to confront the neoliberal idiocy of politicians like Harper. Fear of "jihad and the niquab" is just the sort of crap that Harper and his new hired hate machine would try and propagate. I was shocked to see Tasha Kerridhin's take on the french language debate in iPolitics :<br /><br />"But by winning the debate, Duceppe may help Harper win the election. Duceppe hammered home the niqab issue: when Elizabeth May called it a false debate, he countered: “Not for women and not for the National Assembly.” Duceppe described in full detail the broad social consensus that exists in Quebec on the requirement to deal with government “with an uncovered face”, a proposal the provincial Liberals wish to enshrine in law. But if a voter really wants action on that front, he can’t get it by voting for Duceppe, who will never be prime minister. Harper is the only leader pledging to bring in a law on the topic, and who could be in a position to do so."<br /><br />In reference to your excellent post yesterday, this would be unconstitutional, another Harper piece of legislation destined for the shredder. Mulcair, to his credit, knows how this has played in Quebec but still stood up for the constitutional right to wear the face covering (pending appropriate identity confirmation in private).Askingtherightquestionsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-10024531900410347012015-09-25T19:02:02.174-04:002015-09-25T19:02:02.174-04:00After my morning blog reading I went off to my dai...After my morning blog reading I went off to my daily chores and I reflected on this post today for the duration of my time afield. I had this thought burning in my head all day about what has happened to us and I realized that it is a cyclical thing expressed in the words by Bob Dylan from a song "With God on our side" from his 1963 album "The Times they are a changing"<br /><br />"With God On Our Side"<br /><br />Oh my name it is nothin'<br />My age it means less<br />The country I come from<br />Is called the Midwest<br />I's taught and brought up there<br />The laws to abide<br />And the land that I live in<br />Has God on its side.<br /><br />I haven't included all the verses but it is worth a listen. So dust off your turntable and give it a listenzoombatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-61745964310643952322015-09-25T09:49:58.870-04:002015-09-25T09:49:58.870-04:00I find myself in agreement with your gloomy assess...I find myself in agreement with your gloomy assessment of the human condition, Kirby. While we have certainly experienced social evolution in the past century, it always seem to take very little to rip away the veneer of civilization we encase ourselves in. As you well know, that is why demagogues are so dangerous.<br /><br />We are part of the animal kingdom, something we are reminded of on a daily basis. However, like other animals we do have the capacity or potential to be good and philanthropic. Of that I have no doubt. But that capacity has to be carefully nurtured in order to express itself and grow. Today, we have no one in the political arena willing to do the hard lifting required of leadership that would bring out the best in us. And we, of course, are the enablers of that weak leadership that exploits and manipulatse our passions and our prejudices. <br /><br />In my view, we all are to blame for our abject failures.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-17553142160843861902015-09-25T09:44:06.344-04:002015-09-25T09:44:06.344-04:00"The worst are full of passionate intensity,&..."The worst are full of passionate intensity," Kirby.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5611409863712113861.post-29126510972190368142015-09-25T08:10:39.555-04:002015-09-25T08:10:39.555-04:00Hi Kirby. I do agree with you on many points. It i...Hi Kirby. I do agree with you on many points. It is hard to come to terms with what is happening to society and how it has or hasn't evolved. I think it all comes down to a meaner, cruel and greedy attitude to everyone and everything. A rather basic observance on my part yes, but usually the most simplistic reasons are the best ones to formulate. The politicians get it and have always figured us out. We are weak and unable to notice what is happening to us. Probably too preoccupied with survival or staying afloat. I just read of the IDF shooting a woman at a check point on Tuesday mostly due to a communication issue, or so described by the report. The description of the incident left me cold as the victim was shot in her legs and then fired upon by more than one of the border people. I'm not making a statement here about anyone in particular. It doesn't much matter whether it's an incident like this, a shooting of a black man in a wheel chair or any other horrific event. Our propensity for cruel and malicious behaviour is a very real thing and shows how imbalanced we as a society have become.zoombatsnoreply@blogger.com