tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post8299210988625434394..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Andrew Coyne and the Quebec StudentsSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-512315594138546122012-05-12T14:46:25.657-04:002012-05-12T14:46:25.657-04:00TWO kids lost an eye.
Another kid had a skull fra...TWO kids lost an eye.<br /><br />Another kid had a skull fracture, a face fracture, a concussion and was in ICU for almost 2 days, cose to dying.<br /><br />A young lady had her jaw broken and teeth shattered.<br /><br />Police (SQ) says plastic bullets travel only 100 metres. The most dangerously injured was at 203 metres.<br /><br />*weeps*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62303423630731348752012-05-11T12:56:42.578-04:002012-05-11T12:56:42.578-04:00I love these Quebec students. They're smart, f...I love these Quebec students. They're smart, funny and charismatic and they're addressing an issue (class) that has been ignored for thirty years. Bravo! All we hear about them in the English press is that they're radicals. Hah! The real radicals are the neoliberals. These guys are just standing up to the bullies who are implementing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42342308378215159342012-05-10T10:50:22.120-04:002012-05-10T10:50:22.120-04:00Well-"heeled" - is Coyne's family. :...Well-"heeled" - is Coyne's family. :) As in, wearing really good shoes, heels in good repair. Loaded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37592832276084290442012-05-10T09:08:44.710-04:002012-05-10T09:08:44.710-04:00Coyne is little more than human trash. And as for ...Coyne is little more than human trash. And as for Scott in Montreal, I could not disagree more! Why should Mr. Nadeau-Dubois condemn the violent protests?????? For generations people in the "establishment" have been telling rebels and revolutionaries that they need to give up all violent means, but the state is never willing to give up its violence. Charest can condemn the violent students and BUT WHO HAS THE GUNS AND THE TEAR GAS AND THE RIOT GEAR??????? The answer is, of course, the police. My reply to Mr. Charest would have been "yes, as soon as you give up violence, we will give up violence." In Syria the government tells the people to give up violence as they are shooting and bombing them. <br /><br />When people are mostly peaceful (as 99% were at the G20) they are treated violently anyway! The police are little more than a criminal organization that is wedded to violence in everything they do. Charest only paid attention to the protests when they turned violent, before that he didn't care at all. <br /><br />The state should never be granted a monopoly on legitimate violence. As soon as the state disarms then they can call on others to give up violence. Until then men like Charest are nothing but hypocrites.Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-46496361418845383922012-05-10T01:18:03.355-04:002012-05-10T01:18:03.355-04:00Neither of us have any love lost for Andrew Coyne,...Neither of us have any love lost for Andrew Coyne, but Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is no hero himself. When he needed to clearly send a message that the protests must remain peaceful and free of violence, he balked. The guy is really on a power trip, I'm afraid. And he is from well-healed stock himself, a product of private schooling. I think Charest and his government screwed up by overstating their victory, and too soon as well. But really, this has gone on so long, teenagers I know are losing all faith in the very CONCEPT of higher education. This is not productive. These student leaders got feted grandly in the french media, and quickly started believing in their own hype. Heck, they are young, eh? The high point was the offer made a week ago, http://www.montrealgazette.com/Counter+offer+puzzles+Beauchamp/6550047/story.html and Charest was an idiot not to take that and run. It was sensible and took the high road. The CLASSE weren't behind it, but realistically, their mandate is not as strong as portrayed. Student governments in this province (and I have seen quite a few, and up close and personal) always get their heads puffed up beyond all sense of reality. I am just sad to see a lot of innocent kids who just want to believe in something good and true getting used this way. Same old, same old. Too bad Coyne and Charest are acting so immaturely themselves. At the end of the day, a lot of kids are going to get the shaft under the footsteps of their own student leaders. Sad sad sad.Scott in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702697033209213403noreply@blogger.com