tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post4999604495075694920..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Quebec and the Betrayal of the YoungSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2850622270340689592012-06-21T01:52:01.085-04:002012-06-21T01:52:01.085-04:00hi Mark...how could I forget that? In fact I'v...hi Mark...how could I forget that? In fact I've got a story for that one too. It's said in the Sherbrooke region that the day Jean Charest became a Liberal his father a died in the wool conservative wept to see his boy turn red. But of course he didn't need to eh? Because as you point out a leopard doesn't change its colours. And a Con is a Con is a Con...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-59905706035081342662012-06-21T01:48:26.982-04:002012-06-21T01:48:26.982-04:00hi anonymous...yes it's true. A young woman on...hi anonymous...yes it's true. A young woman on the subway was arrested for the "crime" of reading the book 1984. I reminds me of a story during the War Measures Act. A couple was arrested after police found books on cubist art, and thought they were terrorist manuals from Cuba !!! Oh boy. History repeats itself and so does the madness...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-56302144228409812602012-06-21T01:44:46.668-04:002012-06-21T01:44:46.668-04:00hi mizdarlin...I'm glad you got your training ...hi mizdarlin...I'm glad you got your training during the sixties, because we're going to need you again. It can't just be the young out there, it's got to be all of us. The student marches in Quebec were impressive enough, but it wasn't until older people joined them that it became a mass movement for social justice. And it was an amazing moment.<br />So c'mon. I'll bring my drum. You bring the sixties tunes and the weed... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2688092284339750772012-06-19T05:45:25.793-04:002012-06-19T05:45:25.793-04:00Let us not forget that Charest used to park his ca...Let us not forget that Charest used to park his car on the same side of the lot as the second most hated politician in Canadian memory. A leopard dosen't change it's spots. MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49002513318788945462012-06-18T19:58:07.326-04:002012-06-18T19:58:07.326-04:00I was in disbelief, a person reading on the subway...I was in disbelief, a person reading on the subway, was arrested for reading a book? Are there certain books, citizens are forbid to read, or what? Perhaps there will be a book burning, of library books, text books, and books from University's.<br /><br />Well in Vancouver, there are statues of Lenin and Mao. Looks like Canada is on a roll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-71762311281633685442012-06-18T11:28:13.055-04:002012-06-18T11:28:13.055-04:00In the 60's, I was one of the people in the st...In the 60's, I was one of the people in the streets, this time in California, for fairness..different times, different economies, but we made progress..in women's issues, contraception, civil rights, etc. all things that people now take for granted..<br />Some of us got our heads beat in, and some of us died (Kent State anti-war protest, shot by their own countrymen in the National Guard) and I continue to try and honour those friends who fought and died in 'Nam, so insane and needless. like Iraq and Afghanistan...<br />Every generation seems to have its issues, and the young must take to the streets, as a rite of passage...<br />As I think back on my own generation's struggles and successes, I can only hope that in Quebec, and the rest of the world, that the youth will ultimately succeed, and show us the way out of this economic and social abyss we find ourselves in, once again....<br />http://leftyinparadise.wordpress.com/mizdarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442803514546577849noreply@blogger.com