The proposed change which would force people to move 100 meters every 6 hours is disgusting, and more of the same "walking torture" we impose on our most vulnerable citizens. Not only will you find many street folk don't care about your rule (I suppose you'll have to jail them at taxpayer expense), you will also find they will be further pushed to the limit. Expect more blowups and meltdowns when police poke and prod them. Expect a higher risk of suicide, because some out there are looking for a scrap of compassion, and will see this as more exclusion. Expect rebellion and defiance, and don't be too surprised when the progressive voters drop you on your butts next election.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Victoria BC Wants to Move Homeless Along Every 6 Hours
The proposed change which would force people to move 100 meters every 6 hours is disgusting, and more of the same "walking torture" we impose on our most vulnerable citizens. Not only will you find many street folk don't care about your rule (I suppose you'll have to jail them at taxpayer expense), you will also find they will be further pushed to the limit. Expect more blowups and meltdowns when police poke and prod them. Expect a higher risk of suicide, because some out there are looking for a scrap of compassion, and will see this as more exclusion. Expect rebellion and defiance, and don't be too surprised when the progressive voters drop you on your butts next election.
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Of Course Sir John A MacDonald Should be Forgotten, He's Dead!
Of course we should take down the statues of Sir John A MacDonald and move them to a museum. The guy is dead. We will take them down to honour the indigenous people who live among us today. John A doesn't deserve any more recognition than the Voyageurs who mapped out the land. Yes we care about democracy, and we should honour the Constitution that gives us freedoms, but not merely the handful of privileged white guys who happened to be in control when it was drafted.
Some of my ancestors were humiliated and their families destroyed in the process of creating what we call Canada, if anyone should be remembered, it is those people.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Is it Bigotry?
We've all experienced it. You are posting something on social media about the disenfranchised, those in poverty, indigenous, LGBTQ, people of colour, and the "bigot" comes along, telling you that your ideas are daft and radical.
At a first glance, they look like a typical hate-filled racist, sexist, or homophobe, but as you look closer you see evidence that the person does not actually believe what they are saying. They are simply endorsing the oligarchy, and discriminatory policies are seen as "necessary evils." This is the person who says things like "you can't help those Aboriginal folks, they have to help themselves," or "women have the same chance anybody has to make a good living."
They are the "fiscal conservatives," and it seems more difficult than ever to separate the hate from the fiscal prudence.
I've heard many people say that we've made no progress on race issues, and while that seems true, I could have sworn we were getting somewhere until the neo-con alt-right folks started to show up.
Now it seems like half the people are still fighting to include everybody, and the other half seems to hate everybody, but for different reasons. The fiscal conservative wants to "drill baby drill" not because he hates the planet. The neo-con wants to prevent inner city people of colour from accessing education because she thinks it's not financially possible, not because she hates diversity.
It occurs to me that if there are two types of bigotry, there should be two types of anti-bigotry.
Just some quick thoughts, have a great day!