tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3232897276405351218..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper, Rob Ford, and the Little CanadaSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-1719534864836161552013-06-17T03:38:50.344-04:002013-06-17T03:38:50.344-04:00hi Rene...thanks for the info. I'm extremely i...hi Rene...thanks for the info. I'm extremely interested in the plight of the Roma, and what is being done to them in Europe, and in Canada by Jason Kenney and his Con klowns. Picking on the Roma, after all that has been done to them, is simply beyond the pale. The actions of cowards and bullies. If I didn't know better I might start to think of the Cons as sub humans, and give them a taste of their own medicine. But since they are such racists, and they have the nerve to call others racists, I can only conclude they are insane... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-81382944917561086682013-06-17T03:33:00.146-04:002013-06-17T03:33:00.146-04:00hi lagatta...I am aware of the sickening way a lot...hi lagatta...I am aware of the sickening way a lot of Canadians reacted to the decision of a handful of people, to brand everyone in Quebec a racist. I thought of addressing it in the post but decided to simply say what I thought it was; probably not racism just narrow thinking from from a bunch of not very bright sport's bureaucrats. I do hope the whole executive of the QSF resigns after the fuss they caused for no good reason. And yes I'm like you, I have absolutely no time for any religion, but I won't stand by and watch anybody be bullied... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-15394947633666780932013-06-17T03:25:29.453-04:002013-06-17T03:25:29.453-04:00hi anonymous... I don't know what I did to ear...hi anonymous... I don't know what I did to earn that thank you, but I'll take it anyway. And thank YOU... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-71546082171076271642013-06-17T03:24:03.639-04:002013-06-17T03:24:03.639-04:00hi anonymous...I don't know if Harper himself ...hi anonymous...I don't know if Harper himself is secretly gay. I hope not eh? It would be a devastating blow to my self esteem. ;) But yes his inner circle is an all boys club, and they are all bachelors, and with all that's going on I'm pretty sure they are all conflicted...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62662048956954574592013-06-16T20:14:27.192-04:002013-06-16T20:14:27.192-04:00Simon, as to the issue of tolerance of diversity, ...Simon, as to the issue of tolerance of diversity, there is an important test case coming up before the Immigration and Refugee Board in Toronto this Tuesday involving refugee claimant Viktoria Mohacsi, a former member of the European Parliament from Hungary seeking asylum, citing death threats against herself and her family after her own investigation into hate crimes against Roma in 2008-2009 revealed alleged police complicity in the crimes. Not so far fetched given tales of police complicity in crimes against natives in Saskatoon, and similar scandals.<br /><br />What is noteworthy in this respect is that the same individuals shouting out their hatred for Quebec in various media discussion blogs while providing self-righteous lectures on intolerance and minority rights with respect to dress codes regulations in soccer matches - glad that issue is resolved as well - are demanding deportation of this woman, on the basis of absurd prejudices and wild claims, labelling Roma as thieves, scam artists, pickpockets, criminals, welfare leeches, subhuman and the list goes with contributions such as :<br /><br />"Like Somalis they are a criminal race but the politicians who let them in are worse criminals."<br /> <br />"The gypsies will never change, they take their kids out to beg and steal, they do not send their children to school, they are violent, aggressive and lazy...they will bleed the system dry.." <br /><br />"the gypsy a big problem everywhere, nobody want to work, just drink, party, and to steal anybody's stuffs, to break houses, etc.....<br />Oh, of course, and waiting for the welfare money."<br /><br />"If she's allowed to stay be prepared for another political activist marching in our streets, using Canada's free speech laws to support her old EU values and agendas. Not to mention where her living allowance will come from."<br /><br />"She is a test case. If they let her stay then all of the gypsy asylum seekers will be allowed to stay. That would be a disaster with Canada being flooded by eastern European Roma."<br /> <br />"she has been in Toronto, but do not speak english...obviously one needs to learn a language to work. she does not want to work, she is a freeloader. send her back. send all of them back. they are only want free handouts...and have children....just like the useless Muslims."<br /><br />Anyway, you get the idea of the opposition she faces from a hostile Conservative electorate coupled with the fact Harper, Kenney, Ezra Levant and company consider her case to be the important test for their current pogram against Roma refugees, so I believe she deserves some support and a show of solidarity. According to the Reuters article, she volunteers at a local Roma community center in Toronto, where she may be reached..Renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969453615157584548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-12242388274233486082013-06-16T17:19:58.437-04:002013-06-16T17:19:58.437-04:00While I certainly opposed the ban on patkas, and t...While I certainly opposed the ban on patkas, and the article you posted is fine, there is an utter cesspool of bigoted hatred of Québec and Québecois people in the comments. It is even uglier than the original story, which was an act of ignorant stupidity on the part of a sport federation - not usually known for the most forward-looking attitudes. <br /><br />I'm also glad you spoke of bigotry. It was certainly bigotry, ignorance and intolerance, but I'm not sure it was racism. There is a lot of misplaced and extreme intolerance for signs of religious belonging here, and a lot of it stems from our well-deserved loathing of our "own" Catholic Church. <br /><br />I do have no use for fundamentalist religion, which is almost always misogynist and homophobic to the extreme. But that doesn't mean I won't react vehemently if a yahoo calls a Hassid a "dirty Jew" (this has actually happened, and the cretin threatened me as well). <br /><br />lagatta à montréalhttp://www.lemab.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-78938026905555029452013-06-16T10:27:38.369-04:002013-06-16T10:27:38.369-04:00Thank you, Simon.
Thank you, Simon.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-68467417628361292172013-06-16T08:35:57.560-04:002013-06-16T08:35:57.560-04:00Harper is afraid to come out himself for whatever ...Harper is afraid to come out himself for whatever reasons, but his close personal relations and his closest advisers are all younger single men.<br /><br />No small wonder the harpercons are conflicted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com