Here's a fast and easy way to minimize the negative publicity surrounding soldiers' deaths in Afghanistan: Pretend the soldiers don't exist!
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It's like we Canadians never learn. We forget the politicians all start talking nicey nicey and we vote for them, then their super scary side starts coming out. I doubt any voter would have been able to predict this sadistic move huh?
Are we even Canadians anymore?
It's horrifying. If someone had told me when I was a kid that someday, leaders would stop pretending to care about fallen soldiers, I would've laughed. I simply wouldn't have believed it. This has probably always gone on at some level, but fortunately there are people willing to challenge it.
I resent the tact taken by the leaders as one of protecting us and/or the families from more pain and disruption. Yes, families should be allowed private time to mourn, of course; however, they are representing their country and serve for those of us who do not go over so I think it's imperative that their deaths be recognized and mourned publicly, however nasty that makes the whole situation appear. I couldn't believe Harper's take on this. What's next?
Spooky.
I can't imagine any citizen NOT wanting to know what's going on. I think this has deeply upset nearly everyone. It's just so bizarre. It's like peeking behind the Wizard of Oz's curtain. The Harper gov wanted not just to minimize the damage from these 4 deaths, but to subtly mess with our perceptions in the future. Who knows what else he's planning?
Thank God we still have freedom of the press, so the deaths are at least being reported. But I find this disturbing and very self-serving of the gov't. They are trying to keep criticism of their role in Afghanistan to a minimum; I doubt very much this has to do with privacy and protocol. We've officially taken a big step towards further Americanization.
Harper is borrowing a strategy from the US. Here, no one is allowed to photograph the coffins of returning soldiers. Out of sight, out of mind.
Harper is simply Mulroony redux. The timber deal he is trying to foist off on you folks is just more proof that what dangle between Bush's legs is Harper's necktie. Just as with Mulrooney/Reagan.
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