tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3857309201023511436..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Montreal Massacre and the Great BetrayalSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-89658691989190675582009-12-09T10:27:54.617-05:002009-12-09T10:27:54.617-05:00Simon,
I am sure many fathers, brothers and lover...Simon,<br /><br />I am sure many fathers, brothers and lovers where greatly affected, but that does not change the fact that in every report I read this past weekend only cared about the mothers and sisters. <br /><br />I have two daughters and I want them to have equal oportunities and the same rights as everyone else, but as a strong believer in people cannot be separate but equal the system is out of balance and not a lot of people seem to care. <br /><br />We are at a very cross roads in this country where rigth now the programs that where put into place to equalize the education system so that more women went to university for example worked very well as a matter of fact today in Canada there are more women in university them men. The problem is that a generation of boys was marginalized. While the high school drop-out rates in Canada have continually declined the male drop-out rate has increased. I wonder when the issue becomes much more popular will the same effort to help girls be put forth for boys. The not so ironic part in this is my wife who is a teachers predicted this 10 years ago.<br /> <br />All of the firearms I own are “restricted” so the passage of bill C-391 does has little effect on me. I really had no choice, but to register. If I had the option I would partake in civil disobience, but I cannot. <br /><br />Domestic violence incidents involve a firearm is a very small number. The media does loves a juicy story though.<br /><br />PaulPaulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-84489722721914780512009-12-09T03:32:06.909-05:002009-12-09T03:32:06.909-05:00hi Paul...no I wouldn't want your gun to be ta...hi Paul...no I wouldn't want your gun to be taken away. Since you registered it I have no problem. I might dream of a world with no guns, but I don't want to impose anything on anyone. <br />Also I should point out that many men who were there, or were the friends or lovers of the dead women,were deeply affected by the tragedy. And at least a couple of them committed suicide.<br />And finally I wish that more people would understand the position of police officers, and the paramedics who are with them, when they are called to a scene of say domestic violence.<br />It is useful to know if there is a gun in the house, because trust me the last thing you need when you are trying to treat someone is a guy in his underpants walking around with a rifle. The way I see it everybody has to give a little to live in a safer society...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-68570582971182439392009-12-08T16:05:48.776-05:002009-12-08T16:05:48.776-05:00As a general statement I guess non of the women th...As a general statement I guess non of the women that died on that said day did not have any fathers or brothers just mothers and sisters as this fact was forgotten by the popular media. Im sick of this view that violence is a gendered issue.<br /><br /><br />@CK<br /><br />You mean those statistics that show a drop since the 70's.<br /><br />By similiar logic we need a knief license and registration system as they account for the same number of spousal homicides.<br /><br />These laws came from emotional and where doomed to fail.<br /><br />@Simon so I guess because I live in a city you would see fit to take my legally purchased and registered firearms away.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-22970716142439905832009-12-08T02:00:06.852-05:002009-12-08T02:00:06.852-05:00hi ADHR... actually I don't want to get rid of...hi ADHR... actually I don't want to get rid of all guns. I want fewer guns especially in our cities.<br />I am quite prepared to make special provisions for people who live in the country.<br />If you can figure out how to do that I'm willing to listen. But inconvenience is a pretty flimsy argument.<br />As for Antonia's stats, as logical and unemotional as you are, you can't call them B.S.<br />You can say that maybe the downward trend predicted them, but you can't be sure.<br />And until you can stats are stats. Sorry...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-23936296509608467352009-12-08T01:54:48.187-05:002009-12-08T01:54:48.187-05:00hi Bina...I too am tired of these rollbacks. As an...hi Bina...I too am tired of these rollbacks. As an article about the issue in the NYT said yesterday we are just becoming more like the Americans. We also seemed to have forgotten that resisting the American influence is the only way we can create our own culture.<br />For so long it was the key to our survival, and we will regret it...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-44172145840701444202009-12-08T01:51:55.359-05:002009-12-08T01:51:55.359-05:00hi CK...yes I saw it and I have no doubt that it d...hi CK...yes I saw it and I have no doubt that it does. And I'm still very angry that the wishes of police officers aren't been taken into account.<br />And as for the Islamophobes well they are just pathetic...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-33156198162083713372009-12-07T17:12:20.921-05:002009-12-07T17:12:20.921-05:00Well, Simon, at least you admit you really want to...Well, Simon, at least you admit you really want to get rid of all guns. That's a more honest position than you originally defended. Now, if you could come up with some reasons rather than emotional appeals, that'd be great.<br /><br />CK, you should note that Antonia's argument is BS, as she admits -- although without admitting it. She notes that spousal homicides with long guns (the stat she pulls) were already on a downward trend. Which means that you have to analyze the data in order to tell what's causing the decline, not simply pick on one temporally correlated factor and declare causation.ADHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854569640217600183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14465024530063064912009-12-07T14:25:27.323-05:002009-12-07T14:25:27.323-05:00Moi non plus, Simon.
And CK, that was a great gr...Moi non plus, Simon. <br /><br />And CK, that was a great graphic from Antonia Z. I'm keeping that for the next time I see another stupid pro-gun argument. Ditto the "he was a mooooooozlem!" argument, which you very nicely demolished. <br /><br />I am so sick of all these rollbacks, and that was the main thrust of my posting yesterday. As though women's lives were less important than gun owners' laissez-faire privileges. If THAT is not emotionalistic stupidity, as well as plain bad logic, I don't know what is.Binahttp://www.sabinabecker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-40838975344032018512009-12-06T23:06:54.227-05:002009-12-06T23:06:54.227-05:00Go to Antonia Z's page: she actually shows sta...Go to Antonia Z's page: she actually shows statistics of gun related crimes on the decline since 1974 and that the gun registry certainly does help reduce gun crime: <br />Here's the link: http://thestar.blogs.com/broadsides/2009/12/the-fword.html<br /><br />She cites bonafide stats from Stats Can no less.<br /><br />I remembered in my own way. <br /><br />I have also noticed that the Islamophobes are exploiting this tragedy to promote their racism and ignorance. <br /><br />I illustrated on my page how stupid that was.CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762523064802036223noreply@blogger.com