tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post3835077080532943506..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing But An Unfitness To GovernLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-34514284712533188452015-03-23T16:33:11.292-04:002015-03-23T16:33:11.292-04:00Many thanks for the link, UU4070. It is a powerful...Many thanks for the link, UU4070. It is a powerful article.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53377768356788208692015-03-23T16:01:44.676-04:002015-03-23T16:01:44.676-04:00I may personally not like the niqab, but it is her...I may personally not like the niqab, but it is her choice. And, it is perfectly legal.<br /><br />see also http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/03/19/Niqab-Gave-Me-Voice/<br /><br />UU4077https://www.blogger.com/profile/10350775839411436865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-66011048384585296052015-03-23T15:02:08.100-04:002015-03-23T15:02:08.100-04:00I'm afraid you are right, Dana. This governmen...I'm afraid you are right, Dana. This government, along with other neoliberals in sheep's clothing, has much to answer for.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8106809244648654302015-03-23T14:24:45.204-04:002015-03-23T14:24:45.204-04:00I'm not sure that word 'citizen' has a...I'm not sure that word 'citizen' has any meaningful sense any more, Lorne. Just as the conservative movement has done an excellent job of removing much of the meaning of the word 'society' they have also done to 'citizen' and 'citizenship'. <br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-76678643370532308532015-03-23T13:53:59.818-04:002015-03-23T13:53:59.818-04:00Point well-taken, Dana. Each instance you cite is ...Point well-taken, Dana. Each instance you cite is an abdication of the responsibilities of citizenship in the most meaningful sense of the word.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-26355759104369412992015-03-23T12:44:30.001-04:002015-03-23T12:44:30.001-04:00Willful ignorance is only one reason for that.
T...Willful ignorance is only one reason for that. <br /><br />There's non-willful ignorance too (a much higher percentage I wager), there's bigotry, there's radical political crap (which could also be called ignorance but is at least usually the result of having read something, sometime). People will vote Conservative (or for any other party) because a neighbour/family member/co-worker they don't like is going to vote LPC/NDP/Green. Or they'll vote Conservative because a neighbour/family member/co-worker they do like is going to vote Conservative. They'll vote Conservative (or for any other party) for the vaguest, shallowest, most irrelevant, meaningless reasons and fight you to a standstill to defend their choice as reasoned and valid. <br /><br />As my late sister in law was wont to say, "Feckin' people man."Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8795268351384894522015-03-23T12:22:30.236-04:002015-03-23T12:22:30.236-04:00It is only the willfully ignorant who can endorse ...It is only the willfully ignorant who can endorse an agenda such as Harper's, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-24277565385452240132015-03-23T12:09:22.159-04:002015-03-23T12:09:22.159-04:00We should know who they are by now, Lorne. And we ...We should know who they are by now, Lorne. And we should be ashamed.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com