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ciroccojDaniel has been getting some stellar home schooling recently. No question is too simple, no request for more information goes unanswered. This is because I am an amazing mom, and put my child's educational needs above my own. And that's all it's about. Nothing to do with the fact that explaining what a B.A.H. is, or helping him to find the Yangtze, or practicing piano with him, is somewhat more entertaining and rewarding than my readings for my Major Paper. OK, make that way more entertaining. As in, it's like being given a choice between eating chocolate cake or cold unflavoured low-fat gruel.
My house is getting pretty clean, too. So is my laundry. And I made bread yesterday!
Somebody stop me before I start covering our home in macrame.
All is not a dead loss with my paper, though. Not really. The topic itself is pretty interesting, and I've been learning lots I didn't know about the October Crisis and Japanese Internment. The Anti-Terrorism Act analyses and the endless hand-wringing from all sides, though... oh god, just shoot me now.
Random quotey bits, from the more interesting articles:
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien expands on Bello's argument, conceding "the western world is getting too rich in relations to the poor world... we're looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits... you cannot exercise your powers to the point of humiliation of others." Mr. Chrétien is not only chastising the United States, but the whole western world including Canada, suggesting that the relationship that the west has with underdeveloped nations need to improve. This will function as a preventive measure to aid in the war against terrorism.
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It is also important to recognize the inevitable ethnocentric bias that exists in western society towards terrorism. The western world tends to be incredibly good at placing their immediate interests above the general interests of the international community, as both Walden Bello and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien have indicated, and subsequently wonder why they are being attacked.
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(Trudeau in October 1970) "The War Measures Act gives sweeping powers to the Government. It also suspends the operation of the Canadian Bill of Rights. I can assure you that the Government is most reluctant to seek such powers, and did so only when it became crystal clear that the situation could not be controlled unless some extraordinary assistance was made available on an urgent basis."
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Of the images that remain, one of the clearest is of that prime minister, as cocky and defiant and tough as a Canadian prime minister has ever been, shrugging when he was asked how far he would go to combat terrorism.
Just watch me, he said.
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The War Measures Act was not without cost. By the end of the year, 468 had been arrested, but 408 were released without charges. Scarcely 10 were convicted.
It is troubling to shrug off the obvious injustice to more than 400 people, troubling to argue ends over means.
But the legacy of that October 30 years ago is the bittersweet recognition that the War Measures Act worked. After seven years of bombs and deaths, there has not been a single resort to violence to achieve political ends since 1970.
Perhaps we will never entirely understand the real cost to Canada's political system, but perhaps in the end there was no cost.
Just watch me, he said, and we did.
My house is getting pretty clean, too. So is my laundry. And I made bread yesterday!
Somebody stop me before I start covering our home in macrame.
All is not a dead loss with my paper, though. Not really. The topic itself is pretty interesting, and I've been learning lots I didn't know about the October Crisis and Japanese Internment. The Anti-Terrorism Act analyses and the endless hand-wringing from all sides, though... oh god, just shoot me now.
Random quotey bits, from the more interesting articles:
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien expands on Bello's argument, conceding "the western world is getting too rich in relations to the poor world... we're looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits... you cannot exercise your powers to the point of humiliation of others." Mr. Chrétien is not only chastising the United States, but the whole western world including Canada, suggesting that the relationship that the west has with underdeveloped nations need to improve. This will function as a preventive measure to aid in the war against terrorism.
...
It is also important to recognize the inevitable ethnocentric bias that exists in western society towards terrorism. The western world tends to be incredibly good at placing their immediate interests above the general interests of the international community, as both Walden Bello and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien have indicated, and subsequently wonder why they are being attacked.
...
(Trudeau in October 1970) "The War Measures Act gives sweeping powers to the Government. It also suspends the operation of the Canadian Bill of Rights. I can assure you that the Government is most reluctant to seek such powers, and did so only when it became crystal clear that the situation could not be controlled unless some extraordinary assistance was made available on an urgent basis."
...
Of the images that remain, one of the clearest is of that prime minister, as cocky and defiant and tough as a Canadian prime minister has ever been, shrugging when he was asked how far he would go to combat terrorism.
Just watch me, he said.
...
The War Measures Act was not without cost. By the end of the year, 468 had been arrested, but 408 were released without charges. Scarcely 10 were convicted.
It is troubling to shrug off the obvious injustice to more than 400 people, troubling to argue ends over means.
But the legacy of that October 30 years ago is the bittersweet recognition that the War Measures Act worked. After seven years of bombs and deaths, there has not been a single resort to violence to achieve political ends since 1970.
Perhaps we will never entirely understand the real cost to Canada's political system, but perhaps in the end there was no cost.
Just watch me, he said, and we did.
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Date: 2006-11-22 10:13 pm (UTC)[cop voice] Put the hemp cord down and back away from the wooden beads, ma'am. Nice and slow. We don't want any trouble here. [/cop voice]
::snerk:: Now, embroidered linens are another story entirely. Wanna do some floss?
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Date: 2006-11-26 03:37 am (UTC)Chris will love this :D :D :D
::snerk:: Now, embroidered linens are another story entirely. Wanna do some floss?
I dunno about floss, but I inherited all my mom's cross-stitch patterns and I am itching to do some. Keeping myself away from them through sheer force of will, and weakening daily. Save me!