tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post3172250316644667265..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: "I Am The One Who Knocks"Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19916973265960368942013-09-21T15:10:39.956-04:002013-09-21T15:10:39.956-04:00The lyrics of our national anthem are becoming inc...The lyrics of our national anthem are becoming increasingly ironic, aren't they, Owen?Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-71362516676314195952013-09-21T14:41:01.192-04:002013-09-21T14:41:01.192-04:00Another indication, Lorne, that the powers that be...Another indication, Lorne, that the powers that be -- regardless of political stripe -- will brook no opposition.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-47537448365922949562013-09-21T11:53:54.172-04:002013-09-21T11:53:54.172-04:00I agree, Neil, that things have been taking a very...I agree, Neil, that things have been taking a very disturbing turn in our-so-called open society over the past several years. A strong and armed police presence is perhaps only one of the more obvious outward signs of a much deeper malaise infecting our democracy.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-5292596399413400202013-09-21T11:44:26.780-04:002013-09-21T11:44:26.780-04:00Ahhh, the Ontario Provincial Geheimstaatspolizei. ...Ahhh, the Ontario Provincial Geheimstaatspolizei. Stuffing their troglodytic faces with Tim Bits while they wait on their corporate master's beck and call. It isn't just open demonstration they see as anarchic but the very notion we might give a damn about the health of our world and dare disagree with the parasitic profiteers is enough to get you tagged a terrrrrrrist in their myopic brains. They showed their true, cudgel-armed, nametag-less colours back at the G20, and this is only going to become more overt as the corporatist agenda becomes more deeply entenched and democracy wanes.<br /><br />If Hudak takes power, a lot more innocent lives will be lost, folks wrongfully jailed, and teeth kicked in at the hands of our "Friendly Neighbourhood Praetorian Guard"<br /><br />N.ThinkingManNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233707013338083180noreply@blogger.com