Pen Meets Paper, Sept. 1, '08

Pen Meets Paper
Opinion by Helge Nome
Word is out that there will be a Federal election shortly. The conservatives, led by Stephen Harper, are hoping to form for a majority government. The Dion Liberals, having launched a misguided plan for a carbon tax, are set for a massive election loss. So what are we going to get from Harper's crew, once they are back in office, backed by a small percentage of eligible Canadian voters?
More of the same, no doubt, with Bills C51 and C52 in the works to restrict the freedom of Canadians to make choices about what they can consume. Bill C51 seeks to restrict access to natural health products and C52 gives “the Minister”authority to send inspectors into your premises and remove whatever they please at your expense with no accountability to the legal system represented by courts and juries and judges. The “Minister”, elevated into his or her position by unknown interest groups, can do what he or she pleases without being accountable to anybody under the proposed legislation.
The liberals brought in Bill C68 which established the gun registry which was supposed to protect us from criminals. Many people voted for the conservatives with the idea of getting rid of that monster. And what did they do? Nothing. And I have been informed by one gun dealer that people who hardly know the front from the rear of a gun have walked out of his shop as the legally registered owner of a fire arm. As we all know, the gun registry has merely established a lucrative black market for guns. Mortality statistics clearly indicate that gang members have no difficulty in arming themselves to the teeth. So why does our government want to know the names and addresses of law abiding citizens who own a gun? So that the people who call themselves the legally elected representatives of Canadians can take all the guns back, if they feel threatened at any time. It is all perfectly logical.
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Pen Meets Paper, Aug 25, 2008

Pen Meets Paper

Opinion by Helge Nome

Have you ever tried to put yourself into the shoes of an aboriginal person in Canada? What would it feel like, walking on the street, going into shops, talking to people? Would you feel at home? You know that any news that appear in the mainstream media are negative news, such as gang shootings, etc. What does it feel like to be a person of mixed heritage, a native person and a European, or Asian, in the same package? Who would you identify with? Whoever it is will ask the other part of you to go into hiding. Whoever you are, you know that the European mainstream culture tried as hard as it could to ethnically cleanse the Native in you from the surface of the earth, using the residential school system. It was done because you did not fit into the culture of the invader of your land. That made you a useless burden on the rest of society, to be discarded as efficiently as possible. You were removed from your parents by force, raised in barracks by hired zealots, and forbidden to use your language at any time.

When the government and academia that created the ethnic cleansing system finally realized how stupid and brutal they had been, they once again allowed you to raise your own kids, having removed all the skills and cultural supports you needed to do the job. Then you were treated with contempt for not being able to raise children in an approved way. So, whatever you do, don't look to the European for help. The result is only hidden contempt. The white man respect those that kick his arse.

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