Thursday, August 25, 2005
Just Because You're Anonymous Doesn't Mean You Don't Have to Think
From http://cbclockout.blogspot.com/ : an anonymous CBC lockout blog :
"Anonymous Post 1: Rabinovich's 'Iraq'
Anybody notice a distinct equivalence going on here?
Bush/Cheney/Rice=Rabinovich/Stursberg/Chalmers
I can't help but feel that these two groups got into the situations
they are in for similar reasons. On the surface, it looked like a good
idea...but the intelligence was WRONG.
And it's going south in a BIG hurry.
I'm glad I'm not in 'George' Rabinovich's army right now."
The last thing we need is melodrama, on the picket lines or wherever. I don't like propaganda and I have a distaste for melodrama (but you wouldn't know it by what I write).
The lockout is ridiculous and pointless, and in that way it's similar to most of the moves made by Bush and his cabinet, but comparing US involvement in Iraq (or any other locale) leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It also smacks of sensationalism. The same sort of sensationalism that is fueling speculation on the picket lines. Last week the Toronto Star ran an article suggesting Don Cherry would cross the picket line if he had to and that was not what he said at all. Cherry said he wasn't sure whether he would support the union which is an entirely different kettle of fish altogether. People are looking for sound bites and rallying points and the best way to do that is through sensationalizing the mundane. Is anyone surprised Don Cherry isn't a union man? Should we be surprised that he isn't coming down to Fort Dork to picket? Of course not. That's not news.
From http://cbclockout.blogspot.com/ : an anonymous CBC lockout blog :
"Anonymous Post 1: Rabinovich's 'Iraq'
Anybody notice a distinct equivalence going on here?
Bush/Cheney/Rice=Rabinovich/Stursberg/Chalmers
I can't help but feel that these two groups got into the situations
they are in for similar reasons. On the surface, it looked like a good
idea...but the intelligence was WRONG.
And it's going south in a BIG hurry.
I'm glad I'm not in 'George' Rabinovich's army right now."
The last thing we need is melodrama, on the picket lines or wherever. I don't like propaganda and I have a distaste for melodrama (but you wouldn't know it by what I write).
The lockout is ridiculous and pointless, and in that way it's similar to most of the moves made by Bush and his cabinet, but comparing US involvement in Iraq (or any other locale) leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It also smacks of sensationalism. The same sort of sensationalism that is fueling speculation on the picket lines. Last week the Toronto Star ran an article suggesting Don Cherry would cross the picket line if he had to and that was not what he said at all. Cherry said he wasn't sure whether he would support the union which is an entirely different kettle of fish altogether. People are looking for sound bites and rallying points and the best way to do that is through sensationalizing the mundane. Is anyone surprised Don Cherry isn't a union man? Should we be surprised that he isn't coming down to Fort Dork to picket? Of course not. That's not news.
# posted by Die Brucke @ 6:19 PM 
