tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post115471632529383722..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Time to End Boycott of Chapters?truepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-1155065231160250852006-08-08T12:27:00.000-07:002006-08-08T12:27:00.000-07:00Fair enough. I do hope she'll really get involved ...Fair enough. I do hope she'll really get involved in the party and help with campaigning.<BR/><BR/>As someone commented over at Small Dead Animals, it would be nice if she openly endorsed the whole platform in addition to the stance on Israel.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703211940748516632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-1155064258346244812006-08-08T12:10:00.000-07:002006-08-08T12:10:00.000-07:00Kerry, thanks for visiting our blog. After reading...Kerry, thanks for visiting our blog. After reading your post, I disagree with your cynicism for two reasons: 1) we really have little idea as to Heather's motivations, though I certainly believe her when she says it is all about Israel and the Jews. As I said to Nice Comfy Fur after following your link and quoting him -<BR/>"<I>it is important to keep in mind that power is to Canada's parvenu what shit is to flies. They will always be buzzing around government looking for something. We can certainly indulge Heather on Israel as a matter of principle. But if she expects more, just give her a swat.</I><BR/><BR/>-written [by NCF] with all the subtlety of Virginia Woolf. And you know their motivations how? Believe it or not, some Jews really believe that their very existence is again at stake, and nothing else comes close in importance."<BR/><BR/>[I might have added that such an attack on the Jews is also a deep and concerted attack at the very root of western culture.]<BR/><BR/>2) Heather has not shown any serious proclivity to censorship. I was boycotting her because I can't stand any sign of censorship, except in war. But now I'm thinking, why not take her at her word and that she banned the Mo' cartoons from her stores out of fear for her employees. Protecting one's employees is a primary obligation. You and I might disagree with the method, but if so that should become the issue.<BR/><BR/>Everyone in a free society is not only free but encouraged to change their ideas and political allegiances. When someone does so, we might consider that it is as much an act of courage as convenience. Seeing the light about the present global war against Jihadism takes a lot of courage for some people who have spent their lives as liberals. It is coming to see that so much of what you believed is wrong, and that's very tough to do once you reach a certain age. Heather will become a pariah in her old crowd. So give her a chance to find a new home and show her true committments.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-1155054817882939092006-08-08T09:33:00.000-07:002006-08-08T09:33:00.000-07:00I do think it's a little telling that Reisman had ...I do think it's a little telling that Reisman had no use for the Conservative Party -- which has supported Israel from day one -- until it came to power. As I said on my own blog, she's gone from a Liberal who supports censorship to a Conservative who supports censorship.<BR/><BR/>While I respect that others might end their boycotts because of this issue, I'm considering starting my own.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703211940748516632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-1154893459995525332006-08-06T12:44:00.000-07:002006-08-06T12:44:00.000-07:00I have been accused of "flip-flopping" on Heather ...I have been accused of "flip-flopping" on Heather Reisman and the Chapters censorshiop/boycott issue. See <A HREF="http://bcinto.blogspot.com/2006/08/so-much-for-moral-clarity.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> for this and my response.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-1154803358897213512006-08-05T11:42:00.000-07:002006-08-05T11:42:00.000-07:00Wow, Truepeers, what a story. It's genuinely excit...Wow, Truepeers, what a story. <BR/>It's genuinely exciting to be witnessing such large-scale reshuffling, change and (fittingly for this blog) a new Covenant emerging upon our political landscape..!<BR/><BR/>I'm going to be watching very closely, which political party ends up seeming the most attractive to the pro-hezbollah citizens of our nation; their voting with their feet and their wallets will reveal much to the rest of Canada which party really has the "secret agenda": hatred of jews superceding all other concerns. <BR/><BR/>It's a kind of race to the bottom, isn't it; will it be the Liberals or the NDP judged to be the party the most attractive to uncivilized barbarians? And how will more principled members of those parties feel about the new bedfellows they'll find themselves sleeping with?Charles Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168475254263681673noreply@blogger.com