Gay slur

[dancing-loon]

Harper's handling of gay slur MP is key

Prime Minister Stephen Harper must make it clear he rejects an anti-gay slur uttered by one of his MPs, if he doesn't want to see Conservative party support drop, says a pollster.

Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research, told CTV's Question Period on Sunday that the Conservatives have retained support so far by shifting the focus away from social issues.

"Think about the last couple of years where the focus has been: On Afghanistan, the economy, a transparency in government and not a lot on social issues," he said. "That's why Canadians have been able to hold on and that's what makes (Lukiwski) a very important issue."

"The Prime Minister needs to deal with this issue directly and try to put it behind him as soon as possible," Nanos said. "I think the Prime Minister has to personally say, 'I don't accept these comments, I repudiate them and it's not part of the party or the government or where its mind is at on a lot of these issues right now."

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Top...cs_poll_080406
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Sofar Harper hasn't said anything! I think he is barely back from Europe.
We shall see.
Any opinions from you, poster members?

Personally, I feel it is good that their lewd behavior is exposed to the country. It brings them down a couple of notches.

 

[karrie]

I think society's thinking has come far enough in 17 years that no one needs to comment on what was said in that tape. 17 years is a lot of time for views, rights, policies, and people to change immensely.

 

[gerryh]

agreed Karrie...and those that keep digging up this ancient history are the ones that are perpetuating and fomenting anti-gay sentiment.

 

[wallyj]

The remarks were mean-spirited and out of line,but what is really mean-spirited and out of line is the media and politicos not accepting the man's apology and continually attacking him. I'm surprised that the NDP and libs aren't asking for the death penalty to be reinstated so they can hang the guy. They want their pound of flesh and more. The man has been humiliated,his career and reputation have taken a severe beating but they want more. Maybe if he is tied to the speaker's chair and pigroasted by Siskay and Davies(with a strap-on) we can move on.

 

[Walter]

Bloody bundles of sticks.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

Harper's handling of gay slur MP is key

Prime Minister Stephen Harper must make it clear he rejects an anti-gay slur uttered by one of his MPs, if he doesn't want to see Conservative party support drop, says a pollster.

Nik Nanos, president of Nanos Research, told CTV's Question Period on Sunday that the Conservatives have retained support so far by shifting the focus away from social issues.

"Think about the last couple of years where the focus has been: On Afghanistan, the economy, a transparency in government and not a lot on social issues," he said. "That's why Canadians have been able to hold on and that's what makes (Lukiwski) a very important issue."

"The Prime Minister needs to deal with this issue directly and try to put it behind him as soon as possible," Nanos said. "I think the Prime Minister has to personally say, 'I don't accept these comments, I repudiate them and it's not part of the party or the government or where its mind is at on a lot of these issues right now."

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Top...cs_poll_080406
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Sofar Harper hasn't said anything! I think he is barely back from Europe.
We shall see.
Any opinions from you, poster members?

Personally, I feel it is good that their lewd behavior is exposed to the country. It brings them down a couple of notches.

dancing-loon, in medical terms, when a part of the human body has cancer the right thing to do in many cases is to cut the Cancer out. The patient has a better chance surviving than treating it. TOM the bigot should be treated as cancer and booted out of the house. He should run as an independent and let the people decide if this cancer is active or in remission. Nothing else will work here, anything else would be self serving NEO CON politics.

 

[karrie]

dancing-loon, in medical terms, when a part of the human body has cancer the right thing to do in many cases is to cut the Cancer out. The patient has a better chance surviving than treating it. TOM the bigot should be treated as cancer and booted out of the house. He should run as an independent and let the people decide if this cancer is active or in remission. Nothing else will work here, anything else would be self serving NEO CON politics.

Cut out any opposing viewpoint or any flawed humanity? That sounds like an awful way to run a government.... a fascist way to run a government.

But that could just be my view.

(note the use of the term 'fascist' as a form of semantic slanting and anticipatory name calling. I normally try not to stoop to such tactics, but the liberal bandying about lately of the term 'neocon' being screamed in capslocks has made me sink a bit).

 

[Socrates the Greek]

The remarks were mean-spirited and out of line,but what is really mean-spirited and out of line is the media and politicos not accepting the man's apology and continually attacking him. I'm surprised that the NDP and libs aren't asking for the death penalty to be reinstated so they can hang the guy. They want their pound of flesh and more. The man has been humiliated,his career and reputation have taken a severe beating but they want more. Maybe if he is tied to the speaker's chair and pigroasted by Siskay and Davies(with a strap-on) we can move on.

Walley, Tom the bigot is remorseful only because he has been exposed. If this idiot got up one morning and decided to tell the Canadian public that he wants to come clean then I feel his apology is genuine. Now we only see crock tears and we all know what that means. Change happens under the skin not in the surface.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

Cut out any opposing viewpoint or any flawed humanity? That sounds like an awful way to run a government.... a fascist way to run a government.

But that could just be my view.

(note the use of the term 'fascist' as a form of semantic slanting and anticipatory name calling. I normally try not to stoop to such tactics, but the liberal bandying about lately of the term 'neocon' being screamed in capslocks has made me sink a bit).

What are you talking about, Harper is on record telling his rat pack don't talk to the media I want to leave them in the dark. If you know anything about freedom of speech this is a scary way to run a group of educated adults. Harper is treating his cabinet members like as if they were his children. :angryfire:

 

[karrie]

What are you talking about, Harper is on record telling his rat pack don't talk to the media I want to leave them in the dark. If you know anything about freedom of speech this is a scary way to run a group of educated adults. Harper is treating his cabinet members like as if they were his children. :angryfire:

If you want to drag freedom of speech into this, where's your lust for his freedom of speech?

 

[#juan]

Walley, Tom the bigot is remorseful only because he has been exposed. If this idiot got up one morning and decided to tell the Canadian public that he wants to come clean then I feel his apology is genuine. Now we only see crock tears and we all know what that means. Change happens under the skin not in the surface.

There is a slight flavour of a convenient change of attitude. His words of seventeen years ago certainly sounded like he believed what he was saying. He wasn't a young kid when he said them. I think it is everyone's choice whether to believe the guy is born again or not.

 

[gerryh]

no matter what way you lok at it....to drag something up that happened 17 years ago shows how little you actually have on your opposition. It shows how weak you really are. It's a sad comentary, but not on the cons.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

If you want to drag freedom of speech into this, where's your lust for his freedom of speech?

Look karrie, when it comes to some obnoxious loser like Tom the CON bigot who thinks he is above others, that rat doesn't deserve to be respected with freedom of speech. Gays don’t go around making stupid hated remarks about heterosexuals. So when you talk make sure you don't sound like a person who preaches morality and in the closet you furt with your little conservative NEO CON brain, that makes you a hypocrite. I really hope you think this one out.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

no matter what way you lok at it....to drag something up that happened 17 years ago shows how little you actually have on your opposition. It shows how weak you really are. It's a sad comentary, but not on the cons.

All you have to look at is two thinks, whether it was 17 years ego or not the NEO CON mentality caused them on the 93 federal election to be reduced to ruble 2 miserable seats in the house, so insignificant they took 13 years to resurface, and remember on this last federal election they ended up with a chicken little minority because that is all they are worth. First they try to come back with Preston Manning all white blue eye cabinet while the voters said not in your life we will vote for you closet bigots, and we saw what happened to Preston Manning he waisted his time while the conservative rat pack renewed with closet bigot Harpocon Progresive Conservative rat packs. There is not one fiber of progressive with in these idiots. So what are you talking about. The Libs on the last federal election managed to keep chicken little with a minority they got 103 seat a far cry from 2 stupid sits. So what are you talking about, nothing significant. "It was 17 years ago and we should stop complaining. Let me call you a bunch of stupid denigrating names and then I want to move next to your house. Are you going to like me then? For sure not. Are you for real man or a self serving hypocrite like the Harpocon rat pack.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

There is a slight flavour of a convenient change of attitude. His words of seventeen years ago certainly sounded like he believed what he was saying. He wasn't a young kid when he said them. I think it is everyone's choice whether to believe the guy is born again or not.

Cut the self serving chase man. If this loser Tom the conservative bigot was reborn he should have come out of the closet volenterelly and ask for forgiveness from the Canadian voter. But in stead the loser said nothing and if the tapes were never found he would have been on his secret hateful NOE CON mission. How do you validate a loser like that?. "He is reborn", what a pile of self serving bull ****.

 

[CDNBear]

Great now we have two threads devoted to this asinine shyte.

Perhaps I should start a threat on all the anti gay, anti semitic comments by Liberals and see how it fizzles away into internet oblivion.

Hypocrites.

 

[karrie]

Look karrie, when it comes to some obnoxious loser like Tom the CON bigot who thinks he is above others, that rat doesn't deserve to be respected with freedom of speech. Gays don’t go around making stupid hated remarks about heterosexuals. So when you talk make sure you don't sound like a person who preaches morality and in the closet you furt with your little conservative NEO CON brain, that makes you a hypocrite. I really hope you think this one out.

Look Socrates. Freedom of speech applies to everyone. Not only the people I like.

And if you think some gays don't make ignorant comments about straights, then you haven't drank with many. They have the ability, just like straights, to get loud and rude and have chips on their shoulders. Believe it or not. They're kinda human like that.

 

[shadowshiv]

I think society's thinking has come far enough in 17 years that no one needs to comment on what was said in that tape. 17 years is a lot of time for views, rights, policies, and people to change immensely.

Very true. How many of us(honestly) can say that we are the same as we were 17 years ago. Plus, how many of us would say something stupid that we may not even believe if we were drunk? I think this is a case of mud-slinging to the extreme, to be honest.

 

[MikeyDB]

A gay slur....

Shay big fella wanna shwing with da boys...?

 

[coldstream]

If Harper should do anything, its to keep his promises to bring the legitimizing of homosexual marriage before Parliament in anything but the lip service it was given in this Parliament. I'll not give the Conservatives support unless they rededicate themselves to ridding the country of this absurdity, and reformalizing marriage consistent with natural law, divine purpose.. and basic common sense.. that is between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all else. Our current state of disarray and confusion on such a basic element of societal structure.. will have vastly disruptive economic and social consequences in the near and long term.