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jim said,

August 2, 2008 at 5:40

“I would have” is a really dumb way to start a sentence – makes more sense to just be honest & say “I didn’t” – eh?

I asked the moderator to delete their comments (because they were fanning the flames of hatred against Muslims) but she deleted mine instead. That’s when I deleted my account with the CBC.

Amusing “Ultra-Liberal CBC” anecdote time: back in 1991 I was one of the 20 or so folks at the Peace Camp who were camped out on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery protesting the outset of Desert Storm … & after a night of alternately being threatened by skinheads & a large contingent of obviously eager-to-hurt cops, the CBC Radio crew came by bright & early in the morning “to get our side of the story” – a few of us were smart enough to tell them to bugger off (politely), but we were overruled. They sat there for over an hour asking stock questions & looking totally bored. As soon as one young lady jokingly blurted “it’s is a great excuse not to have to go to school” they acted like they’d just won the lottery, packed up their gear, & promptly scooted back to their studio. Poor kid was heartbroken when she realized what’d just happened. Bonus points for guessing which sound-bite they used that day, eh?”

Oh damn .. you know I always wonder what happened to some of the people I hung out with back then. I was part of that camp for quite some time. Hell they put me on the front of the Province. I think I was one of those kids who uttered that stupid phrase that got so much air time. Of course that was not the reason we were there.. but it made so many of us look like we were just dumb kids who didn’t have a clue.

ahh gotta love the CBC

Neighbours rushed to the woman’s aid, armed with whatever objects they could muster and with little regard for their own safety, when the bear attacked her as she was gardening near her driveway just before 10 a.m.

Frikkin’ socialist cowards, yup.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080807.BCBEAR07/TPStory/National

Well, fuckin’ EH! Go for it! It has a right-the-fuck-on music soundtrack factor too, eh?

True but it was still quite awful.

Kitty Genovese

The myth of the Kitty Genovese incident is that all the bystanders were aware that she was being murdered and did nothing to stop the attack.

The myth is inaccurate, however.

From the wikipedia article:

“Genovese had driven home in the early morning of March 13, 1964. Arriving home at about 3:15 a.m. and parking about 100 feet (30 m) from her apartment’s door, she was approached by Winston Moseley, a business machine operator.[2] Moseley ran after her and quickly overtook her, stabbing her twice in the back. When Genovese screamed out, she screamed, “Oh my God, he stabbed me! Help me!” it was heard by several neighbors; but on a cold night with the windows closed, only a few of them recognized the sound as a cry for help. When one of the neighbors shouted at the attacker, “Let that girl alone!”, Moseley ran away and Genovese slowly made her way towards her own apartment around the end of the building. She was seriously injured, but now out of view of those few who may have had reason to believe she was in need of help.

Records of the earliest calls to police are unclear and were certainly not given a high priority by the police. One witness said his father called police after the initial attack and reported that a woman was “beat up, but got up and was staggering around.”[6]

Other witnesses observed Moseley enter his car and drive away, only to return ten minutes later. In his car, he changed his hat to a wide-rimmed one to shadow his face. He systematically searched the parking lot, train station, and small apartment complex, ultimately finding Genovese, who was lying, barely conscious, in a hallway at the back of the building. Out of view of the street and of those who may have heard or seen any sign of the original attack, he proceeded to further attack her, stabbing her several more times. Knife wounds in her hands suggested that she attempted to defend herself from him. While she lay dying, he sexually assaulted her. He stole about $49 from her and left her dying in the hallway. The attacks spanned approximately half an hour.

A few minutes after the final attack, a witness, Karl Ross, called the police. Police and medical personnel arrived within minutes of Ross’ call; Genovese was taken away by ambulance and died en route to the hospital. Later investigation by police and prosecutors revealed that approximately a dozen (but almost certainly not the 38 cited in the Times article) individuals nearby had heard or observed portions of the attack, though none could have seen or been aware of the entire incident.[7] Only one witness (Joseph Fink) was aware she was stabbed in the first attack, and only Karl Ross was aware of it in the second attack. Many were entirely unaware that an assault or homicide was in progress;”

Really. I was just reading along and then suddenly everyone had been designated a dumbass who cared about unimportant things, like murder.

Yeah, that French Resistance sure were a bunch of pussies, fighting a war behind enemy lines against the most awful people of the 20th century, while America was twiddling their thumbs until Japan blew the crap out of the country we’d annexed.

Meanwhile, I’m betting this motherfucker cries if he gets lost on the highway.

Poor old America has a bit of a inferiority complex when it comes to Canada.. After all.. They are bigger, and on top! The Canadian dollar is worth more, the Canadian healthcare system is far better, (despite this incident) And Canadians enjoy more civil rights and a higher quality of living.

The wingnuts cannot admit that the neighbouring country may be just as good as the yooessay, or perhaps even better. Especially not when Canada’s success has come from taking the opposite political direction to the one the wingnuts preach. It would be denying their doctrine of Americans superiority, and admitting that liberal policies work.

So here they have to trot out their death and destruction fantasies, and their fantasies of being a hero, and manage to get in a dig at those socialist canuck bastards at the same time. They are letting out all the pent up frustration the Unitarian church shooting caused them. THIS time they get to trot out their tired old talking points!

Can anyone honestly say they couldn’t have predicted that response? Ring the tragedy bell, and the right wing dogs of war start drooling.

You hate Americans and you hate Jews. Why the fuck should any of us treat you with the slightest bit of respect?

What happened in Lebanon was horrible, but get it through your thick skull: we didn’t do it. Every single regular poster and commenter would have stopped it if we could, but we don’t have that power.

I realize you think it’s all our faults because we haven’t stormed the Whitehouse with torches and pitchforks. Sorry, but that’s as much a fantasy as Lil’ Debbie’s fantasies about unarmed, half-asleep travelers fighting against a knife-weilding maniac.

Now fuck off and join your ideological allies in al Queda already.

Maybe another time. Also: hey, D.Sidhe. I never had a real picture of some of the things you’re dealing with before.

But I don’t want to hijack anything. Good night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95_PhCYDEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95_PhCYDEw