Who is keeping them accountable?

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   I always chuckle at the ‘all of us’ comments, and have decided that for the most part the ‘all of us’ they refer to are usually those cloistered in the twilight zone.

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   Deepthroat — 2010.03.2 @ 14:58 —

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   There are two themes which are worthy of discussion in the Canwest story and the responsive comment from cleaning.

   I find myself in a kind of “no man’s land” between the Harper government and their opponents in Greenpeace as regards carbon dioxide emissions and the evident problems of putting more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Don’t take my word for it. Just look at the preparations being made to navigate the northwest passage using commercial shipping as the polar ice cap melts.

   So I am dissatisfied with the response of Mr. Harper’s government. That said, I’m no fan of a bunch of self-righteous daredevils who suspend themselves from public buildings in Ottawa (or anywhere else for that matter) in a juvenile and risk prone attention seeking stunt.

   It sounds comical to me that someone actually had a report prepared and then heaping irony on top of overreaction thinks there should be more Mounties patrolling to stop the dreaded threat of “banner hanging”.

   Did it ever occur to anyone in the review team (yes, team because whenever a big bureaucracy does a study there always has to be a team, and a mandate, and a schedule, and a bunch of other stuff) to just ignore these insignificant little Greenpeace jerks?

   Here’s an alternative. If it happens again in winter just ask a couple of the younger and more fit Commissionaires to go stamp a message in the snow on the lawn which reads something like “Eventually you will get cold, or bored, or hungry, or need to use the bathroom. When you do, we’ll be waiting inside where it’s warm and dry. Then you will be arrested. But for now we are ignoring you. We are going inside for a Tim’s double double and a nice bowl of hot soup. have fun. And if you lose your grip and fall, try not to land on any innocent bystanders. But feel free to kill yourselves if you like.”

   In other words the object of attention seeking jerks is to provoke a reaction. The more we react the bigger their victory. So in the immortal words of my old dad, “Screw ‘em.” See how they thrive on neglect.

   The other theme I want to address briefly is the angry and absurd denunciation my friend makes of the RCMP. For openers, my friend does not speak for me even while presuming to speak for everyone. The message is a bit indistinct here because we are not told if “quite clear to all of us” includes all Canadians, the population of the entire planet, or maybe it even includes sentient beings on Rigel 9.

   And to quote the incomparable “Vince” who sells the Shamwow and Slapchop on late night TV, “but wait!!! There’s more!!!”. My friend concludes in speaking for us all, that “…they are not much good anywhere else…”. Well he is wrong. And it is a silly thing to say. And saying it actually hurts valid criticism and calls for reform. If you want to effect change then your platform succeeds much better if you operate as an honest and ethical observer. If you think there are problems define them accurately and propose solutions if you have them, or invite qualified others to weigh into the debate and offer ideas. But for goodness sake stop with the silly, stark and clearly inaccurate condemnations. Are there some problems? Well I believe there are. Can they be fixed? Again the answer is yes.

   Are there good officers serving with professional dedication and superior results? The answer to that one is a clear yes. A lot of them. I meet a number of them from time to time. My community would be the poorer if we didn’t have their services. And while I am from time to time critical, I would never put myself in your camp of ‘I speak for everyone when I say they aren’t much good anywhere’. My friend didn’t advance the discussion down the field. Instead the discussion just got kicked out of bounds.

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   Social Critic — 2010.03.2 @ 00:23 —

3. Good ideal pull them all back to Ottawa, they are not much good anywhere else these days and I think this message is getting quite clear to all of us.

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   cleaning — 2010.02.28 @ 12:37 —

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