OftenWrong Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Who is he, most people probably never heard of him, who cares. You can pull all the rabbits out of a hat you want in this. By the way, those of you whom are "history challenged" would do well to realize that most people in the world were just as racist as he was, back in that day. But the idea and insititution he described is considered reprehensible now, in both thought and deed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 It's interesting that Canadians react when there is a shooting of a black man in another country, by protesting in the streets. Even our Prime Minister takes a knee. Yet when there are multiple similar shootings of unarmed natives, as there are now, we hear nothing. Crickets. Not from the people, not from the PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 28 minutes ago, OftenWrong said: Yet when there are multiple similar shootings of unarmed natives, as there are now, we hear nothing. Crickets. Not from the people, not from the PM. You must have missed his comments about Chief Adams In any case, as I have said - individual incidents and the reactions are more politics, not the work to get these things addressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 54 minutes ago, OftenWrong said: It's interesting that Canadians react when there is a shooting of a black man in another country, by protesting in the streets. Even our Prime Minister takes a knee. Yet when there are multiple similar shootings of unarmed natives, as there are now, we hear nothing. Crickets. Not from the people, not from the PM. There have been, to my knowledge, two shootings of natives in the last month, both armed with knives and charging police. Do you have other examples? I've seen no shootings of unarmed natives lately. No doubt you have other sources and can give us the long list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Argus said: There have been, to my knowledge, two shootings of natives in the last month, both armed with knives and charging police. Do you have other examples? I've seen no shootings of unarmed natives lately. No doubt you have other sources and can give us the long list. Ok, the girl in NB had a knife. She was 21 years old, from BC but displaced by the Quarantine. She had a freakout. They needed to protect her from herself, not kill her. There is a big difference between a young adult woman five feet tall, and a 6'6| black man with a record, who was already known by police. I would expect professionals to recognize the situation accordingly. Like shoot her in the knee, or something. But whether you agree with that notion or not, what I'm really saying is the actions of the PM and media are off the deep end. Mr. Trudeau is an empty poser, nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 23 hours ago, OftenWrong said: I would expect professionals to recognize the situation accordingly. Like shoot her in the knee, or something. Like in the movies you mean That's the answer I got from your ilk when I suggested that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 hours ago, eyeball said: Like in the movies you mean That's the answer I got from your ilk when I suggested that. The or something is my out. For you there is no excuse, you are the beyond redemption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 It should be noted that people in the past like Sir John A., who accomplished many great things were notably far more “racist” by our modern widespread snowflake definition. Yet had they not done those great things, create Canada, you would never even be able to have these thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitgeist Posted June 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, OftenWrong said: It should be noted that people in the past like Sir John A., who accomplished many great things were notably far more “racist” by our modern widespread snowflake definition. Yet had they not done those great things, create Canada, you would never even be able to have these thoughts. The big anti-Sir John A. movement relates to his statement that government shouldn't be feeding and housing indigenous. This is taken out of context to try to pin some form of genocide on him, when all he was saying is that it's a moral hazard for government to feed, house, and clothe people. It's a basic debate about whether people should be responsible for themselves and have to work for money to pay for things versus the state taking care of people even if they don't work. The verdict was settled decades ago that creating a culture of dependency is bad for everyone involved, the recipients and the taxpayers. Generally the peoples who have been the recipients of such programs have not faired well over time. One only has to look at the reserve system or public housing to see the truth of this, which isn't to say that a public safety net isn't necessary. We don't let people starve or die in the streets today, and the decision to provide such a safety net evolved over many decades, especially after the Great Depression. Egerton Ryerson, the founder of public education in Ontario, has been another target of protest, based on the idea that he is the founder of residential schools. Of course without the churches and taxpaying public building these schools and providing public education, there would be no public education. Indigenous didn't run schools then. Residential schools were where people who had to leave their communities in order to attend school went to school because there were no local schools. This is still true today when students from the far north leave their communities to attend high school in places like Thunder Bay when there are no local high schools because their home communities are remote and tiny. The main difference today is that now most of these schools are indigenous run and the students are staying with indigenous families. Yet depression, suicide, and substance abuse-related deaths exist today. Read the Seven Feathers about the high school in Thunder Bay. It may be easier for us to look for scape goats to blame for the all the social problems in the world today, and no doubt there were many past injustices. How accountable are present generations for the sins of past generations? This is worth considering as calls for reparations and recriminations abound. Do we seek refunds from the Americans who seized land from the Loyalists who came to Canada? Are the descendants of the first French settlers who lived somewhat peacefully alongside the Algonquins responsible for the various inequities over the subsequent centuries? There is value in reform and it's important to get a fair perspective on past historical figures, but let's make sure we look at the context in which those figures lived and look at multiple viewpoints instead of jumping on a reactionary/revolutionary bandwagon stirred by anger rather than facts. Edited June 15, 2020 by Zeitgeist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, OftenWrong said: The or something is my out. For you there is no excuse, you are the beyond redemption. That Heinekin and Redenbacher comment that really got under your skin didn't it? I'm sorry what was that you said about snowflakes? Takes one to know one or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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