tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post5984909240044421622..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Norman Bethune and the Ghastly ConsSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47436136110409818312012-07-17T01:29:51.686-04:002012-07-17T01:29:51.686-04:00"Ezra Levant is a freak of nature"
And ..."Ezra Levant is a freak of nature"<br /><br />And extremely dangerous he may be running for an MP's seat in Cowtown to then luxuriate himself in Ottawa with a lavish expense account...<br /><br />Hopefully people in Calgary have had enough of the harperites brash bullshit and he gets shut down.<br /><br />In the mean time he has his own squeak show... Oh I meant Harper propaganda caca show, oh wait its actually an Ezera pet myself show...<br /><br />http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/03/16/Ethical-Oil-Rap/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-70940737810247557272012-07-14T11:50:53.607-04:002012-07-14T11:50:53.607-04:00"They become ruthless as savages, brutal as m..."They become ruthless as savages, brutal as madmen, remorseless as executioners." funny ain't eh? How words from the past sum up our prime minister today...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65052918781419750562012-07-14T02:55:03.346-04:002012-07-14T02:55:03.346-04:00hi double nickel...yes, isn't this Red Menace ...hi double nickel...yes, isn't this Red Menace talk ridiculous? Only in Harper's Banana Republic...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-63936149825104183362012-07-14T02:53:58.458-04:002012-07-14T02:53:58.458-04:00hi Beijing...it should be a story to celebrate, an...hi Beijing...it should be a story to celebrate, an amazing tale of a gigantic country's affection for someone from another land. And although much has changed in China, it's great to see that they haven't forgotten him. I have visited the house in Gravenhurst and like many Chinese visitors, I found it a great experience, and it was like visiting a shrine. And I'm glad to say that there is a statue of Bethune in downtown Montreal, and the city recently improved its surroundings. Also, when I was a student and worked a couple of summers at the Royal Victoria Hospital, at night when I roamed the darkened corridors, I felt his spirit around me. Yup, some of us won't forget him...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-45037875729724643272012-07-14T02:46:34.574-04:002012-07-14T02:46:34.574-04:00hi mizdarlin...yes, as I said to Cliff above Bethu...hi mizdarlin...yes, as I said to Cliff above Bethune never lived to see the excesses of the Cultural Revolution, and his fight against the Japanese and the corrupt Kuomintang was perfectly justified. You know for a moment I thought that Canada was finally going to recognize the greatness of the man, but I see that some still seek to blacked his name. Good luck with that one...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-69195359913412005682012-07-14T02:43:03.047-04:002012-07-14T02:43:03.047-04:00hi Cliff...remember that at the time Bethune was f...hi Cliff...remember that at the time Bethune was fighting with the People's Liberation Army the excesses of Maoism hadn't manifested themselves. So as far as he was concerned he was simply fighting the Japanese invaders. He was on the right side in China, just like he was on the right side in Spain.<br />And yes, the right-wing clowns are hypocritical and absurd...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-17884851823811729542012-07-14T02:38:02.019-04:002012-07-14T02:38:02.019-04:00hi John...I have never heard of Bruce Gilley, but ...hi John...I have never heard of Bruce Gilley, but all I ever read in this country is that Bethune was a drunkard, a womanizer, and horrors of horrors a Communist. I know many of us take perverse pleasure in trimming our heroes down to size. But all those little people trying to diminish the achievements and reputation of a giant like Bethune is simply pathetic...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-8630259568022423792012-07-13T19:24:32.103-04:002012-07-13T19:24:32.103-04:00Conservatives, returning us to the 50's one da...Conservatives, returning us to the 50's one day at a time.double nickelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067401914703468252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-26535820525437233982012-07-13T17:33:40.106-04:002012-07-13T17:33:40.106-04:00Absolutely agree with you and Simon. Bethune was a...Absolutely agree with you and Simon. Bethune was amazing and in China, Canadians are (or at least were when I visited over three decades ago) highly respected for being from the same country that gave birth to this highly revered Canadian. Parks Canada has a rather decent history of this Canadian hero. I wonder if it will get scrubbed now that the retrogrades like Anders have been awoken.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-31298443233646916912012-07-13T14:04:19.488-04:002012-07-13T14:04:19.488-04:00There was no "dark side of Maoism" when ...There was no "dark side of Maoism" when Bethune was on the road with soldiers and peasants, and Mao himself, trying to stage a revolution against the corrupt fascists who were in power then...The Kuomintang...<br />Simon, I am so with you on Bethune- an amazing man and human being who is treated with reverence in China, but has his name blackened here in Canada by a bunch of know-nothings who would rather regress to Red-baiting than appreciate the greatness of the man.mizdarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442803514546577849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-23498182221783348542012-07-13T08:53:58.070-04:002012-07-13T08:53:58.070-04:00Was he blind to the dark side of Maoism? Absolute...Was he blind to the dark side of Maoism? Absolutely. But he fought for justice and for life and although his idealism led him down some dark alleys he helped the people he found in them. Will the media rodeo clowns attacking him pay as close attention to the vicious right wing despots various conservative heroes supported and defended over the years? Hollow laugh.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-27683721720583042232012-07-13T06:42:25.472-04:002012-07-13T06:42:25.472-04:00I wouldn’t have expected any better from Anders, b...I wouldn’t have expected any better from Anders, but I’m disturbed by the attitude of “Queen's University's Bruce Gilley, an expert on China's politics”, who apparently remarked, "Bethune was someone we would in our contemporary Western world call a useful idiot. He more or less took leave of his moral compass and senses when he went to China and threw himself into the Communist cause." It seems to me that Gilley, while resorting to the use of this tired old pejorative, “useful idiot”, is making quite an unrestrained assumption about prevailing attitudes in “our contemporary Western world”. It’s hardly what I would expect from a credible scholar. The remark is more consistent with what I would expect from Harper or one of his minions.<br /><br />Who is Bruce Gilley?John B.noreply@blogger.com