Given the recent package of Olympic bylaws passed for the 2010 Winter Games, one could be forgiven for thinking that the Games were again being held in Beijing, and not Vancouver. In the Chinese capital - the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics - one wouldn't be surprised to see bans on "voice amplification equipment" (such as megaphones) and signs that are not of a "celebratory nature" on city property for the duration of the Games.
Last week, instead of writing this column on time, I visited a friend from residence who recently moved into a nearby apartment. As we got deeper into our cups, we began to reminisce about the first year that we knew each other. His first impression of me was that I was a precocious tot, and mine of him was that he was a cute, brooding sissy.
White supremacist groups like the Aryan Nation no longer advocate race "hatred," they advocate race "pride." "Black people are not bad, white people are just superior." Does this change the racist nature of their message? Of course not. It is a disingenuous attempt to fit hate speech into liberal discourse.
The ad opens with a greyscaled photo of Michael Ignatieff, hands outstretched towards a nameless crowd, a smile on his face. "He considers America 'his country,'" claims the commercial. If he loses the election, he will "ask Harvard to take [him] back." I have been told that attack ads such as this are considered one of the worst aspects of competitive politics.
Last Friday's announcement of US President Barack Obama as the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize has turned heads around the world. There's been an outcry, from the right, the left, and the centre, that Obama - a president barely nine months into his term - doesn't deserve this international honour.
Well done, Choose Life. Re: "Editorial: Choose Life crossed the line with Ruba event" (06.10.09) "Choose Life crossed the line with Ruba event" - not even. The very title of this editorial is absolutely absurd. One would think that in a free and democratic country like Canada, there would be no censorship of an event makings one's position on a certain matter of great social and political importance known.
I used to be pro-Choose Life. When the club was founded last year, I was under the impression that it wanted to reintroduce and reinforce resources for those women who decided to carry a pregnancy to term, whether planned or unplanned, during their university careers.