Parliamentary page sacrifices her job for anti-Harper protest
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I don't read him quite that way, a little sneaky maybe, but basically a cream puff.
More than likey building them for people that he disagrees with. :lol:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/10/price-of-free-speech
A tale of two protesters....oughta drive the lefties crazy.........
Naw, nothing so obvious...........
Although stereotypical Irish traits........you display a definite gift as a wordsmith, a touch of the blarney, as they say.......
And the booze.
And, more than anything, your failure to be swayed from your wicked republican ways by the beauty of my logic and the overwhelming clarity and rightness of my position. With you republicanism is not a reaction to fuddy-duddy ceremony or the remnants of the English class system.......with you it is the accepted norm, .......an accepted universal truth....exactly as monarchy is with me.
You have breathed republicanism like you have breathed air.........whether you know it or not. Even the Americans, despite their revolution, are victim to the romanticism of the English monarchy.....only the Irish have that internal reflex that rejects the institution with such vehemence......polite or not.
We are all in large part what we came from........
rotflmao
(sigh)
Trying to reconcile their defense of DePape with their condemnation of Gibbons.....
Why would the same person defending DePape, condemn Gibbons?
They're both protestors.
They both have the freedom to protest peacefully.
True.... I just can't be bothered with a long post for folk who pick out trigger words to build a misquote around.
You can support both Gibbons and DePape's right to peaceful protest. There's no conflict.
I mean don't get me wrong. I don't agree with the pro-life argument, but you do have the right to peacefully protest.
Ahhh....now that is a rational response.
So I guess you are outraged at the fact Gibbons has spent years in jail for exercising her right to free speech.......
Yes???
Gibbons is allowed her free speech the same as anyone else. Gibbons problem is she kept operating within the restricted zone. How many times was DePape warned not to stop Harper?
I don't know the full extent of her type of protestation. If she was simply holding up a sign and they threw her in jail for that, then yes, it's just as wrong as last year's G8/G20 rampage by our "lawful" protection agency.
Ah. I had a feeling the story was a bit more complicated. Now, I don't know if that warrants jail time, but I'm sure there will be even more to this story than what Colpy and the Sun lead on.
Also, DePape accepted the consequences of her actions. She knew she would get thrown out, so the transaction was complete.
The only argument that the detractors have left is - 'well could you imagine what she had under her skirt instead of a protest sign?' ALARMA!!!
Guy writes like an average forum poster. If I paid for a copy of that Toronto Sun, I'd feel ripped off. Here I am slaving away at a real job when I could just copy-paste what I write here, send it to the Sun and get published! Damnit.
Ah, I'm pretty sure the Irish went crazy over William and Kate's wedding and the Queen's visit just a few weeks ago. As I recall, Irish commentators were gushing over the symbolic "healing" the visit supposedly represented.
Sooooooooo....
If the government declares the land mass of Canada to be a "restricted zone" that's OK with you guys........
You just don't get it.....if there is a right to free speech it does NOT depend on the pleasure of the gov't.
BTW, the Senate during the Throne Speech is definitely a "restricted zone" for pages.
You folks are having a little trouble justifying your positions.....
And, before you even go there, NOBODY I know of has suggested DePape should go to jail......
Nice side step....
Dance much?????
Nice side step....
Dance much?????
Not as much as I'd like. What am I sidestepping though?