Comments on: Enviro-Bullying and Clear-Conscience Oil

By: dalton

dalton — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:34:08 +0000

“I think this is also why the human rights councils at the UN spend so much time condemning the USA, Canada and Australia for their treatment of aboriginal peoples, while disgusting crimes against women are carried out routinely in places like East Africa with female circumcision and polygamy.”

Now there’s an interesting assertion.

Tell you what, Shane. Care to guess how many working groups at the UN and its agencies are dealing with “crimes against women”, as opposed to Canada’s treatment of Aboriginal people?

Go ahead. Guess.

By: igloogirl

igloogirl — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:19:04 +0000

The ducks, as I understand it, flew into a tailings pond that had not yet been protected against such an incident happening as it was too early in the season. Yes, it was unfortunate but it was hardly a deliberate massacre. How silly of the media to blow this up into more than it is. Thank you Shane for writing about this: this is exactly what I thought when I heard about it.

By: C

Mon, 05 May 2008 18:07:10 +0000

You seem to think that complaining about Iran et al will have no effect:

“It’s about what will actually have an effect.”

At the same time you also seem to feel that there should be less holding Canada et al to account:

“And it keeps us too wrapped up in ourselves, straining to pull the “log out of our own eye” that we never get around to helping out other with their specks.”"

By: Shane Edwards

Shane Edwards — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:40 +0000

Eh? Who’s saying they don’t deserve to be held accountable? I am only offering a suggestion as to why massive human rights violations are ignored by “protesters” while a couple hundred ducks are an international scandal.

By: C

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:45:46 +0000

Ah yes, the old two-wrongs-make-a-right gambit.