Be-E Receptive. B.E.R.E.C.E.P.T.I.V.E…
OK, for those who aren’t aware, the above group of letters is a rather sad reference to a song off Faith No More’s epic 1992 album “Angel Dust,” Be Aggressive. I know, it’s one letter short, what can I say? Except, of course, it seemed like a much wittier idea while lying awake last night, what, with an 80 some odd pound brown eyed Lab, so obliviously, lying on my feet. I couldn’t get him off. So I had to occupy myself somehow…
I’m a thirty something “white” male who has known little else than a truly fortunate existence. I’ve grown up “smack dab” in the “cradle of affluence.” Therefore I was able to take full advantage of everything my “inherent” status has provided.
And by that former statement I’m mainly referring to the fact that I should have died 12 and a half years ago. I’ve faced and grappled with the facts. The initial reason I’m alive today is, at least, based, not on treatment every human should receive, but, rather on who I am and where I happen to live. The irony isn’t lost on me. Believe me. In fact it provides very valuable insight. Life just isn’t fair. Or, more importantly, just.
For those who aren’t aware today, Saturday December the 6th, 2008, marks a very sad day in Canadian history. On this day, 19 years ago, Marc Lépine walked into École Polytechnique in Montréal “armed with a legally obtained semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife, shot twenty-eight people, killing fourteen and injuring the other fourteen before killing himself.” All the people that he managed to murder were women. And, here’s the kicker, those efforts were declared his attempts at “fighting feminism.”
It’s days like today when I’m able to fully appreciate exactly what small minds we humans possess…
We are, what, 7 weeks from a Canadian election, where Stephen Harper won another minority government? Now “the opposition” is looking to dissolve that government through a vote of no confidence in Parliament on Monday December the 8th? For the record I have absolutely no idea what to think…
And in efforts to get up to speed on the circus, mainly by listening to or watching the CBC, I can’t help but wonder why the Bloc Québécois switched from being a sovereign party to a separatist party? Could it simply be the fact they were tired of not having a voice in the government they are supposedly represented by?
So my more relevant question is why is Mr. Harper so against the Bloc being part of a “coalition?” Is it because he has witnessed the success of Israel’s efforts to oppress the Palestinian people, or to a lesser extent White South Africans segregating Black South Africans during Apartheid, and is hoping to duplicate it? Here in Canada? What am I supposed to think?
Well I’ve spent the couple weeks before last trying to plan a book, with absolutely zero success. Then I switched gears hoping for a different and better result, by just starting to write it. That quickly was shown have been an even larger mistake. So, for my sake at least, I’ve decided my efforts would be much better spent focusing on other things.Â