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Political correctness dominates monument debate
Barry Artiste Op. Ed
I don't think it is Political Correctness into play, more like who gives a Rats Ass! With the job outlook slowly improving, private donations, especially in this Government town will be few and far between.
Just as the slobbering drivel to have a multi Million "Canada Human Rights Museum" to be built in Ontario, with advertising in the media pleading for donations with the Caveat "For all Proud Canadians to Participate! "Oh give me a Friggin Break and Blow Me!"
If this museum was warranted one could be sure Recent and past Immigrants from Human Rights Abusing Countries would be lining up and throwing Cash for this Museum, well it looks like it's not!
This project seems to be a Vision of some Grandiose Twit who wants Media Attention , to be Director of something, Red Carpet Treatment, along with People to pat him on the Nutsack and say, OHHH you are so Exceptional to do this for Canada! Hey NewFlash, Fruit Loops, how about going to Countries where real Human Rights Abuses are happening and place a Museum there, where it will do the most good, instead of Picking at the Scabs of our Worlds Worst Despots.
Best to Act instead of Look for Money from Us, Act, by Going to the UN and tell them Morons to stop the lip service and put these World Dictators out of business instead of throwing Billions of our AID money their way!
Like I say, Human Rights, Totalitarian despots are a major concern to me, putting up a Monument or Museum accomplishes nothing, except for some to make money, as we all know tickets will be sold to view these venues. So all in all isnt this really just a way to wash guilt for allowing World abuses to continue by erecting a granite structure instead of getting down to brass tacks and doing something more concrete!
How about a Museum on How First Nations gets Screwed? Now there is something to showcase in Canada! But a Museum, much like this Idiotic Victims of Totalitarian Communism Monument serves nothing, when the real problem is thousands and thousands of miles away, and especially when North American Consumers continue to buy every goddam product made by these Communist countries in our Big Box stores.
So stop being so F^ckin Hypocritical, when you say one thing and go right out with your credit card and do another to prop up the communist country you despise, yet somehow want the world to know we Canadians take these issues seriously!
Seriously? Yeah! One problem, The world was'nt born yesterday!
If Immigrants aint buying, neither will we!
Political correctness dominates monument debate NCC concerned about offending communists
By KENNETH JACKSON, Sun Media
Last Updated: 11th September 2009, 6:55amCanada is the land of the free and, if the National Capital Commission’s board of directors is anything to go by, the politically correct.
The board of directors were asked to approve the recommendation of a new national monument called the Victims of Totalitarian Communism on NCC land Thursday.
Ottawa has many monuments and the idea has garnered support all the way up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
But that doesn’t mean the project will be rubberstamped.
Many of the board members expressed concern about the name, a name they say may offend some people.
Helene Grand-Maitre said she was “unsettled” by the name.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (8)
at 05:38 on September 11th, 2009
Barry you certainly have a way with words. I was lmao as I read this, but it is indeed a story that raises some valid points. I controlled my laughter.
at 06:01 on September 11th, 2009
Maybe to get more readers, I should have mentioned Obama in the title?
at 06:08 on September 11th, 2009
True, "Barry has a way with words"!:) Thanks for this, Barry!
at 06:16 on September 11th, 2009
Your welcome Rhonda, in Comedy, there is a smattering of tragedy!
at 11:16 on September 11th, 2009
Have to agree with the words part, I really did LOL.
at 11:59 on September 11th, 2009
Do you have an example of how they ask for money in the media? I'm curious as to how they word it.
at 12:13 on September 11th, 2009
How about a Museum on How First Nations gets Screwed? Now there is something to showcase in Canada!
In our own feeble way, Americans have sought to at least have a museum solely dedicated to the American Indian. It is the National Museum of The American Indian as part of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
at 15:01 on September 11th, 2009
Glad you liked the story everyone, in answer to your question, how they ask for money in thew media, they play on peoples sympathies!