Dave Rodenhiser coined that when we were all talking during a break during hour number two on the show today. Rick's interview with one of the anti-Atlantica protesters sure sparked a number of calls. To me, he just sounded really hypocritical. It's like these people protest everything, but still want to be caught by the social safety net if they're threatened, get sick etc.
Dave called them "morons" today. Personally, I'm still in shock that I agreed with a Charles Moore column. Do you agree that it was cowardly to wear masks and protest and not give their names to police? I sure do. I've mentioned before - quiet diplomacy. You can get really far in life by using your brain. Throwing shards of glass at police isn't what I'm talking about. Go to university, become an economist, lawyer, whatever and change the system. You won't change the system by assaulting police. In fact, with a record, you're pretty much guaranteeing that you'll never be able to get a real job. Where does that leave you? Sucking off the public teat. That is what I call hypocrisy.
I was downtown on Saturday morning and there was a security guard in front of the TD bank. The TD was the hardest hit during the protest. Apparently it took 7 hours to get the paint scrubbed off in front of the building. Nice quote in the paper eh? "Paint balloons versus 9mm Glocks". Like Tim said, no shots were fired by police! I swear, this people are so busy being holier than thou, it's a wonder they find time for work. Exactly.
Onto someone working (smartly) with the system - Joyce Carter. What a lady! I want to nominate her for Hotline Nova Scotian of the year. She's 80 years old and working for other veterans' widows to get fair treatment. She confronted the Prime Minister last week and had him on the ropes! Go get 'em Joyce! She says she's giving the P.M. another month to live up to his election promise and then she's travelling back to Ottawa for another round. Pretty sad state of affairs eh?
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On a completely different and sad note, if you didn't hear, one of our Hotline regulars has died. Reg Knight died Saturday at the Q-E-2.
Here is the link to his obituary.
http://www.herald.ns.ca/announcements/display.php?anntype=obituaries~2007/06/18~16146760
Whenever I picked up the phone and said "Hello, Hotline!" he always said "Reg Knight here" and he was always so friendly, even when he was totally ticked about something. He mostly spoke about roads and about the offshore. We are so sad about this and obviously, our condolences go out to the family. We never met Reg, but when you speak to someone so often, you definitely feel as though you know them. We'll miss you Reg.
Take care,
Amber
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Yes, covering their faces, it was as COWARDLY. As equally as COWARDLY as the Halifax Police SWAT Team with Department of Community Services, Halifax Childrens Aid who wore masks-covered their faces taking down the vulnerable, defenseless INFANT, baby Mona Claire, her parents and her elderly grandmother, who in essence was murdered because Childrens Aid had been informed and aware the stress CAS worker's were inflicting on her family, her infant grandaughter would kill her.
Do You think that example may have given some of the protesters the same idea as Police and CAS used, to mask-cover up their faces while sporting semi-automatic weapons?
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