Boxing Day Shoot-out Downtown TO
December 26, 2005 · By kaqchikel
Shots rang out in a downtown Toronto crowded with Boxing Day shoppers today, wounding five people and killing another person,
reports The Star
This is without a doubt a terrible thing, but given the present election campaign, it is likely to take on significant political colour. Since hand guns are already banned, Liberals will likely react by promising to ban boxing day, shopping, shopping malls, or all of the above. Considering that most gangs responsible for this kind of violence come from ethnic communities whose vote Liberals want desperately, it’s easier to ban all kinds of things than to do something concrete about the human associations that produce this sort of violent attack.
Crossposted from Civitatensis.ca
No one seems to ever mention this, but I think we need to look at who we let into this country - and who we have for the past several decades - when discussing criminal violence.
But, of course, that would be “un-Canadian.”
Jim: the Star even has a policy of not mentioning “skin colour” when reporting this kind of thing. It’s best to hide it, from their point of view. I think their colour blindness achieves the opposite goal. It makes people reach conclusions without evidence. Apparently that’s better.