Title: Wrongdoing doesn't justify Post by: editor on June 30, 2006, 08:55:39 am Wrongdoing doesn't justify poor behaviour by protesters By Teresa Rothwell, Port Dover The Hamilton Spectator (Jun 30, 2006) http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1151617837947&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112876262536 Quote “However, any past wrongdoing by the Canadian government does not justify present poor behaviour on the part of the Six Nations. When the letter writer uses the "r" word, he intends to shut down any anti-native sentiment. Righting a few wrongs does not entitle the Six Nations to hold an entire town hostage. If the "good people" of Caledonia are intolerant of your terrorist tactics, they are not racists -- they are reasonable.” When logic fails, historical contracts are broken, when social injustices can no longer be swept under a rug, the only thing left is to beat to drums of morality. To create a diversion, “racists” “good people” though we dismiss truth and honor that plague these issues for two hundred years. There is a song title, “Both Sides of the story by Phil Collins” which I include a couple of Stanzas. ......... Here we are all gathered in what seems to be the centre of the storm Neighbours once friendly now stand each side of the line that has been drawn Theyve been fighting here for years, but now theres killing on the streets While small coffins are lined up sadly, now united in defeat We always need to hear both sides of the story And the lights are all on, the world is watching now People looking for truth, we must not fail them now Be sure, before we close our eyes Dont walk away from here til you see both sides White man turns the corner, finds himself within a different world Ghetto kid grabs his shoulder, throws him up against the wall He says would you respect me if I didnt have this gun cos without it, I dont get it, and thats why I carry one We always need to hear both sides of the story..... “When truth and myth collide we call it a glitch for today it’s all dismissed as a simple pitch. Though healers and politicians inclined to retch their overflowing rhetoric, a pragmatic overstretch of their bounds, their real intent to bewitch the masses, their apathy in the backstretch, while standing naked watching in our gitches, when myth transformed a witch into someone’s need to scratch an itch.” part of a poem “Scratch My Itch” 2004 Donald J. Lester- What do you think...? Send Comments to: ham_editor@yahoo.ca |