POSTED RESPONSES TO AN EDITORIAL IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
A good first year only if you choose to ignore the lying,
the many incompetent acts of ministers, the refusal to take responsibility for
election fraud, the effort to suppress those - such as the former Chief
Statistician - who will not accept manipulation, and a number of others.
This is the most dishonest man ever to hold the office, and
he has set a new low standard for political dirt.
Well, the editorial putz who wrote this piece has good
reason to say otherwise, hasn't he/she?
After all, you endorsed this shabby man.
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"The G+M has
outsourced its editorial writing to the conservative party."
A brilliant comment, right on the mark.
Only one slight correction, I believe the editorial-writing
consultant is a figure from the East Texas Republican Party: our Conservative
Party now is a wholly-owned subsidiary of that group, showing not one moment of
independent thought.
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It is no wonder the Globe no longer features the words of
Junius as its motto:
"The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate
will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures."
I can always respect an honest person whose political views
are different to mine, but the kind of anonymous Republican frat-boy who writes
this kind of public relations swill is beneath contempt.
There is absolutely no analysis here, only praise for a
chief magistrate mired in dishonest practices.
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"Check out the
NYT.
"Posts must make
a relevant, well thought out point, and advance the debate.
"On the other
hand, if you applied these standards to this particular article, you would
probably have fewer than 10 posts, so far."
How very wrong you are, although I agree that the purest
name-calling is not generally permitted there.
But I can accept a little name-calling so long as a good
number of diverse points of view are represented, as they are in the Globe and
as they are not in The Times.
My comments over the years were posted there many times, and
my written letters published many times.
But there is subtle pattern of selection and censorship ongoing
at The Times.
There is an immensely unfair but silent process of editing
Letters to the Editor.
The Letters page is almost a hoax, there are so many edits
and exclusions.
You would only know this if you participated significantly.
I lost all respect and quit reading The Times.
I'll give the Globe top marks for what it does in comments
over every other "quality" paper in English, being familiar with all
of them.
Incidentally, the Toronto Star much follows The Times'
practices, only in a more limiting manner. You rarely will see a quality
comment in The Star disagreeing with their editorial assumptions, and they allow
no space for making important points.
Quite shameful really.
