Friday, August 04, 2006

Heather Reisman Quits Liberals, Joins Tories

Story here. h/t: NealeNews.com

Yep; she quit the Liebrano$$$ and has joined Stephen Harper's Conservatives. She, a Jewish person and lifelong Liberal, no longer supports the Liberals.

Why? Because of the differing stances on Israel and the Middle East of the Liberals and the Conservatives.

And that's just the beginning. Her husband, Liberal Gerry Schwartz, also supports the Conservative government's position on the Middle East.

Like I said in a recent post, the time has come for Jewish people to leave the Liberal Party of Canada as the LPC doesn't seem to care much for Israel, seeing as it pretty much always had its rep to the UN vote to condemn Israel time after time after time, even when it's been clear that the Islamists were to blame, not Israel.

No one wants a government that bases the foreign policy of Canada on whatever the evil-states-manipulated/controlled UN says. Such would indicate a lack of national sovereignty as to foreign affairs policy, and the Liberal f.a. policies while in power were exceedingly leftist, Dhimmi and anti-Israel, as well as being anti-American, which makes today's Liberal accusations against the Harper Conservatives of being "in lockstep with America" suspect. They claim that just because we, like America, support Israel, it's only because America does... but that's utterly absurd, but is that any surprise? Absurdity is the Liberals' stock in trade. Remember the promise to scrap the Charter's "Notwithstanding Clause", blurted out by then-PM Martin? Remember Martin's contention that property rights would lead to "child labor"? And always remember that the Liberals never make the case for their policies; rather, they implement a campaign of demagoguic sloganeering to curry favor with overworked, easy-to-manipulate Canadians. Fortunately, this practice had a limited shelf life! Thank goodness the Liebrano$$$ are dead in the water and sinking...

Hezbollah Blamed For Kana Deaths: Lebanese Website

Story here. Yet more reason to believe Hezbollah itself created the so-called "massacre" in the village of Kana, Lebanon. Expect more to come to further indicate the deliberate, malicious culpability of the evil, barbaric Islamic jihadist group. (Knowing French will come in handy for that website).

The Lebanese website LIBANOSCOPIE , associated with Christian elements in the country and which openly supports the anti-Syrian movement called the "March 14 Forces," reported that Hizbullah has masterminded a plan that would result in the killing of innocents in the Qana village, in a bid to foil Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's "Seven Points Plan", which calls for deployment of the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon and the disarming of Hizbullah.

(...)

"We have it from a credible source that Hizbullah, alarmed by Siniora's plan, has concocted an incident that would help thwart the negotiations. Knowing full well that Israel will not hesitate to bombard civilian targets, Hizbullah gunmen placed a rocket launcher on the roof in Qana and brought disabled children inside, in a bid to provoke a response by the Israeli Air Force. In this way, they were planning to take advantage of the death of innocents and curtail the negotiation initiative," the site stated.

The site's editors also claimed that not only did Hizbullah stage the event, but that it also chose Qana for a specific reason: "They used Qana because the village had already turned into a symbol for massacring innocent civilians, and so they set up 'Qana 2'." Notably, the incident has indeed been dubbed "The second Qana massacre" by the Arab media.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Kana "Massacre" Likely A Hoax

Story here. h/t: NealeNews.com

Did Hezbollah falsify a "massacre" (a la the thoroughly debunked Jenin "massacre" hoax) in Kana, Lebanon, in line with one of its raisons d'etre, which is to get others to hate Israel and Jews?

The central piece of evidence leading to this conclusion is the fact, mentioned by IDF officials from the very beginning, that the building collapsed a full seven hours after the Israel Air Force bombing. Why, then, would the residents inside not have been evacuated in the meantime? As Brig.-Gen. Amir Eshel of the Israeli Air Force told reporters Sunday night, “It is difficult for me to believe that they waited eight hours to evacuate it.” Without additional evidence, Eshel merely left open the possibility that Hizbullah terrorists, or explosives they left behind, caused the explosion.

"Indeed," writes Robert Spencer for FrontPageMagazine, "it strains credulity that not only did these Lebanese civilians remain in a house that had been bombed for eight hours, but peacefully went to sleep in it after the bombing – since the victims were all apparently sleeping, despite continuing Israeli air bombardment in the area, when the building collapsed."

Gen. Eshel also said that the building was used by Hizbullah to store explosives. This was supported by a letter by Dr. Mounir Herzallah, a southern Lebanese Shiite, who wrote that Hizbullah terrorists came to his town, dug a munitions depot and then built a school and a residence directly over it.

In addition, as Reuven Koret writes for IsraelInsider, the bombing of the area occurred in three waves. The first bombs, according to CNN correspondent Brent Sadler, did not hit the building in question, but rather landed "20 or 30 meters" away. The second strike hit targets further away, and the third strike, around 7:30 in the morning, landed over 400 meters away. The first reports of a collapsed building arrived a half-hour later.
Another CNN correspondent, Ben Wedeman, noted that there was a larger crater next to the building. He observed that the roof of the building was intact and that the building appeared not to have collapsed as a result of the Israeli strike.

Read on! There's more evidence.

So the evidence we have is that the Islamists have once again lied and created a "massacre" that didn't happen at all.

Just read it all... and tell me you believe that what Hezbollah claims to be so is so.

You know, it astonishes the crap out of me that so many folks still believe the lies of the Islamists against Israel and Judaism.

So many folks today seem just like so many German citizens during the "Final Solution". Believing the lies. Falling victim to the mental illness of hatred.

What part of "Never Again" do people fail to understand?! Whatever happened to "Never Again"?

And these folks today want a "ceasefire"? What this really means is that they don't want Israel to win this war... and Israel will win the war this time. Victory over Islamofascists is long overdue. No more pulling punches. No more unnecessary, phony "ceasefires". It's time to finish the job and push Hezbollah into the sea. It's time to wipe Hezbollah off of the face of the planet. Following that, sooner or later it'll be the turn of other Islamofascistic organizations like Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Al Qaeda... to similarly be eliminated.

We, humanity, must stop at nothing to destroy the forces of evil... else they'll destroy humanity.

Make no mistake: Israel is going to destroy Hezbollah. Very soon.

Long live Israel, the only nation in the Middle East where all enjoy human rights without exception.

Long live Israel, the only nation in the Middle East which shares the values of the Free World.




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Leftist Opposition Silences Lebanese Canadian Voices

Story here. h/t: Maz2


Rick Dykstra, M.P.For St. Catharines, ON, Requesting Explanation Regarding Motion Passed By Foreign Affairs Committee

From: "Dykstra, Rick - M.P." Dykstra.R@parl.gc.ca

To: McDonoughA@parl.gc.ca August 3, 2006

Dear Ms. McDonough; I wish to register my strenuous objection to an August 1st motion passed by opposition members of the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. The motion to which I refer and which you spearheaded, prevented Mr. Elias Bejjani, chairman of the Canadian Lebanese Coordinating Council (LCCC) and the Canadian Lebanese Human Right Federation (CLHRF), from speaking during the Committee's Hearing Session on the government's Middle East policy and the evacuation of Canadians from Lebanon. Mr. Bejjani represents the interests and viewpoints of thousands of Lebanese-Canadians and his input at this hearing would have been informative to committee members. As Mr. Bejjani was accepted as a speaker by the Clerk of the Committee, I would like an explanation as to why he and others of similar viewpoints were prevented from delivering testimony. I look forward to your response.

Regards, Rick Dykstra, M.P. St. Catharines, ON



Why did the leftist Opposition of Canada refuse to grant the Lebanese Canadian representatives their right to speak and be heard? Is the leftist Opposition of Canada afraid that Lebanese Canadians might support the decision of the Conservative government to support Israel's inalienable right to engage in war to defend herself against the Hezbollah monsters?

Doesn't the leftist Opposition believe in freedom of expression and equality? Or will the leftist Opposition stop at nothing to hurt Israel and hurt the government of Canada, no matter what they must do?

First, the leftist Opposition condemns the government's rightful support of Israel and justified condemnation of and blaming of Hezbollah for having started the war... now this!

Is the leftist Opposition racist? Fascist? Anti-Semite? Do they, like Iran's Ahmadinejad, want to "wipe Israel off the map"?

This is very, very scary. The Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois... are they bigots?

Is the left, via its political representatives, finally showing its true, ugly, deliberately intolerant face?

The leftist Opposition can't complain about my ripping into them. They asked for this. Their actions are not going to be consequence-free!



LCCC Press Release-Wednesday, 2 August, 2006

The LCCC, an umbrella organization for six non-profit Lebanese Canadian groups, strongly condemns the undemocratic political tactics that the Opposition Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois parties executed yesterday during a hearing session for the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. The session was initiated by the Opposition parties to challenge the Conservative government’s Middle East policy and the evacuation of Canadians from Lebanon. Several groups and individuals applied to be witnesses and were accepted by the Clerk of the Committee. These witnesses traveled to Ottawa from across the country, but were unjustly prevented from delivering their statements. Among them was Mr. Elias Bejjani, LCCC Chairman and the Canadian Lebanese Human Right Federation (CLHRF) Spokesman, (a member in the LCCC coalition). It is astounding that although the hearing pertained to Lebanon, Opposition MPs deemed it appropriate to silence Lebanese witnesses. To read the statement (in Arabic, French and English) that Mr. Elias Bejjani had prepared but was prevented from delivering Click Here


That's right... you can find out what the testimony was going to be by going here. Read it all.

Guess what? The testimony actually THANKS THE GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR LEBANESE CANADIANS. The leftist opposition prevented this perfectly acceptable testimony from being given for purely partisan political reasons. Hurting the government is clearly more important to them than doing their real jobs. Here's an excerpt from the testimony:


This fundamental objective was successfully achieved through the Canadian evacuation operation from Lebanon, whereby thousands of Lebanese Canadians were transferred to safety in a relatively short period of time, from a hostile environment and under very dangerous and complex circumstances. I take this opportunity to declare before your Honourable Committee, loudly and in good conscience, with enormous gratitude and appreciation, and on behalf of the Canadian Lebanese Human Rights Federation, the organizations represented in the Canadian Lebanese Coordinating Council, and all other members of the Lebanese Canadian community whose opinions, fears, and aspirations we express: THANK YOU to the government of Mr. Harper; THANK YOU, to Minister MacKay, and thank you to all the Canadian Ambassador in Lebanon, Mr. Louis de Lorimier; THANK YOU to all Canadian officials and security personnel who contributed to the success in this largest operation in the history of Canada.


Is the leftist Opposition, comprised by the radical left-wing Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois, intolerant of Lebanese Canadians? Do they want to shut up Lebanese Canadians... preventing them from ruining the agenda of the anti-Israel, anti-Semitic left?

For heaven's sake... don't these people understand that the Lebanese, including those not living inside Lebanon, have a stake in what's going on there as we speak?! Are the Liberals, NDP and Bloc insane? Or just bigots with a hidden agenda?

They quite clearly are guilty of discrimination on the basis of nationality. This is contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they attempt to excuse their unconstitutional, mean-spirited, extremely partisan political behavior towards persons of Lebanese descent.

This is shocking. This is appalling.


This is the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Bloc Quebecois Party.


This.
In Canada.
I didn't make this up.
Choose your Canada. Choose tolerance. Choose the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Choose Israel's inalienable right to exist and protect herself from all aggression. Chose full human rights and equality for Lebanese people and Jewish people everywhere, without exception.
Don't vote Liberal, NDP or Bloc. They represent only themselves and other bigots like them.


Yeah... What's So Fabulous?

Story here. h/t: Nealenews.com

Rachel Marsden makes good, valid points, indeed.

Myself, I don't see the point of having an "olympics" if it's really all about sex and being as "gay" and freaky as possible.

The qualification standards for the Outgames can be summarized in one word: Gay. Or, if you prefer, "fabulous" -- which is why there are nearly 400 fabulous swimmers competing in the 100-metre freestyle event alone. Disneyland rides have tougher admission standards.

Hey! This discriminates against straight people and non-"fabulous", normal folks! This is contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms! I hope some straight people haul the "Outgames" before the Human Rights Commission or something and give these fabulous but fascistic folks a taste of their own medicine...

How dare they... exclude athletes from competing... just because they're straight? Not that any self-respecting straight athlete would take this silly event seriously. After all, if everyone gets a medal, why bother? Real athletes are about competing to see who's the best, period. Not to show that they're the silliest idiot of all who can swim, run or jump... who, by the way, happens to have sex with members of their own gender...

I have nothing against gay people, but this event raises a lot of questions. For instance, the Outgames website warns that an athlete can be drug-tested at any time, but everyone gets a medal. Wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose of the drugs?

The games consist of various Olympic sports, along with an event called the "Out-Splash!" -- an aquatic team event with "acrobatics, humour, choreography and costumes." Participants are judged on the following criteria -- pride, "out" and having a "flamboyant, outrageous theme." Doesn't figure skating already have all
this covered?


Hmm... I thought they already had an event for that sort of stuff... it's called a "gay parade". One can't get more flamboyantly "out"rageous than that! Oh, and that reminds me... of course there was a naked guy at the Outgames, streaking... the Outgames wouldn't be complete without a gay guy gaily gallivanting around, proudly showing off his flipping, flopping little frankfurter... same as in the parades!
Despite rocking a tight leather cowboy outfit at last year's Calgary Stampede, Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn't have very many fans in the Outgames crowd. While an international war was raging in the Mideast, he was attacked for not visiting the Outgames, and sending Public Works Minister Michael Fortier instead.

Yeah, Rachel... we're probably in the early going of World War Four... and KD Lang et al think it's still the most critically important thing in the world for the Prime Minister to be present at an event based solely on gayness and about how weird one can look and act while swimming, running and jumping around for no reason other than to do it and get a medal no matter how crappy your performance... I believe Mr. Harper, though he could care less about your private life and mine and anyone else's, has many far more critically important things to do.

And the behavior of the gayfolk towards gov't representative Michael Fortier was intolerant, fascistic, supremacistic, imposing... and totally "out"rageous!

Ok, that's enough about that now... I just had to thump some asshats who think they're the hottest shits on earth... jeez!

What To Call A "Moderate" Moonbat (If There Are Any)

What do we call folks who, although prone to the occassional fit of insane, foaming-at-the-mouth moonbattery, are otherwise normal folks with (usually) realistic, rational views on stuff?


Above: a fartweasel

Might I humbly suggest we call them "fartweasels"?

I like the term "fartweasel" as, just as we all occassionally fart, some folks can occassionally be a weasel. Understand? Hence we have the term "fartweasels"!

We all personally know many such folks. They can be family, friends, coworkers, the bus driver, the plumber, the guy who mows your lawn, the cashier at the supermarket, your insurance agent or bank representative, your professor, the little old lady walking the twin chihuahuas... maybe YOU are one (a fartweasel, not a chihuahua)... these folks are everywhere.

But though they demonstrate occassional intellectual deficiencies, they still don't fall into the same category as such infamous, screeching moonbats as Cindy Sheehan, Howard Dean, Michael Moore, Carolyn Parrish, Svend Robinson, Ward Churchill, etc...

On the other hand, maybe I'm just warming up, having a little fun before getting into the more important, serious matters facing us all...

Oops... excuse me... oh, pee-yew! I just... oh, never mind! Heh...

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Liberals Divided, Losing Jewish Support

Story here. h/t: NealeNews.com

Hmm... why am I not surprised? Of course the Liebrano$ are divided into two halves or even more pieces. And the infighting shows no signs of letting up. It's like the Hatfields and the McCoys or the "War of the Roses"or something like that. Why don't they just get a divorce, anyway? They do believe in divorce, after all... for it was they who liberalized Canada's divorce laws in the first place, sending the message that folks can go ahead and get married without any long-term worries, for getting a divorce would be a piece of cake... no wonder today so many folks not belonging together get married and soon thereafter get divorced (including gays who probably only got married to show that they, too could)... yep, good idea... now, Liebrano$, it's your turn. Break up. End the whole thing. Nobody cares. Just do it!

As for the loss of Jewish support, it's long overdue. I witnessed the Liebrano$ send their little underling to the UN to vote in favor of resolution after resolution condemning Israel for exercising restrained self-defence. And now that the Conservatives have taken the correct, principled, morally-right stance in favor of Israel and against the hateful, murderous Hezbollah, the ball is now rolling faster...

As for the Liebrano$' attitude, they say:


Party officials noted that the Liberal position on the Middle East is exactly the same as it has always been, and it is Mr. Harper who has shifted emphasis.

Come again? "Shifted emphasis"? Whatever does that mean? They don't say. Mr. Harper has always supported Israel. Therefore there's no "shift" in that matter. Whoever knows what Liebrano$ are talking about, anyway?


Moreover, they say, emotions will calm and voters of all stripes will realize that the Liberal Party continues to be the best party to broker internal Canadian opinion. The complexity of the issue means the government's response cannot be black or white, they insist.

Still have no bloody inkling what the feck they're trying to communicate there. Nevertheless, just listen to 'em. They continue, despite being wholly disgraced as a greedy criminal organization that moved to the moonbat left in the last election, to believe that Canadians still have positive feelings about them. Sure, and folks still feel the same about Mel Gibson, notwithstanding his incredibly stupid anti-Semitic utterances!

And the Liebrano$ are dead wrong: of course sometimes the government's response must be unequivocal. Right-thinking Canadians know that Hezbollah must be crushed for once and for all, and our government must take the correct stance, and it has... but only since it's a principled, Conservative government. The Liebrano$ would just condemn Israel at the UN while back in Canada they give us the standard BS psychobabble about taking a "balanced approach" or about "being even-handed, not taking sides". Scary. The Liebrano$ just don't believe in favoring good over evil; they don't wanna take sides!

Ewwww! Liebrano$$$!

*Spit*!

*Spiach*!

Hezbollah Attacks Jews. In Canada. Shades of Nazi Germany?

Story and video of the anti-Semitic violence here. h/t: Maz2, , FreeRepublic, LGF

Excerpt:

Onlookers such as myself were taken aback by odious chants directed at Israel, the United States and the Harper administration. Supporters of Hezbollah, which has been designated a terrorist group by the federal government since 2002, branded pictures of their spiritual leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, as well as a surprising number of the group’s infamous yellow flag that depicts a hand clasping a Kalashnikov machine gun. Meanwhile some of the protesters hoisted other posters that showed the mangled corpses of Lebanese civilian victims under the banner “made by Israel”, while others wearing kaffiyehs displayed a large Israeli flag that was defaced with a swastika
painted over the Star of David.


After having heard countless cries of “death to Israel”, “vive le Hezbollah” and once in Arabic “death to the Jews”, I addressed some of the protesters by shouting back “am Yisrael chai” (the people of Israel live) and “shalom aleichem” (peace to all). The incident then turned violent when a fanatic ran up to me suddenly, punching and strangling me quickly as I fell onto a parked car on Ste. Catherine St. As the attacker was restrained and ushered away I then yelled “Are you crazy? This is Canada, so act civilized like everyone else watching you.” The unknown assailant was then reintroduced by protest-organizers into the crowd to avoid detection by the numerous members of the media and policemen who had witnessed the assault. Other disgruntled anti-Israel protesters then attempted to enter my place of work where I sought refuge yelling “Jewish pig” and “down, down Israel” as police and bystanders sealed the entrance briefly, preventing the mob from breaking the
storefront.

Hmmm... this sounds like something that'd happen in Ramallah, West Bank... not Canada. But here it is, folks, right here in the "most tolerant nation on earth"!

Wonder if next, the Muslims will start throwing rocks all over the place, as they were told to do in so-called "Palestine" by Hamas? Oh, yes, that happened and continues to happen. How many people have to be hurt or killed before Canada stands up and says, "NO!"?

Wonder what the left thinks of this? Hezbollah ideologists screaming anti-Semitic epithets, inciting murder of and literally physically attacking peace-loving Jews. Just for being Jews.

And getting away with it.

In Canada.

I did not make this up.

Choose your Canada. Say "no!" to Islamic fundamentalism. Like we say "no!" to Nazism!

Beware. The hateful, murderous enemy is here. In Canada.

I want to hear the "progressive" left furiously denounce the Islamists for their first-strike, draw-first-blood hatred, violence, murder and war. And support Israel's inalienable right to defend itself against those who want to wipe out the nation, which has an inalienable right to exist without any kind of attacks upon it.

After all, if the left believes in Iran's falsely-claimed "right" to have nukes, well, doesn't this make them look hypocritical and accepting of discriminatory double standards? Why support Iran, a self-avowed genocidal, murderously imperialistic Islamic theocracy while simultaneously attacking and allowing others to attack Israel, a peaceful nation currently exercising absolutely necessary self-defence? I will accept no excuses, for I've examined the excuses the left fabricates and have found them to be ignorantly, prejudicially meritless.

I want to hear the "progressive" left call for the elimination of Hezbollah and all Islamic jihad ideology, prosetylizers and practitioners everywhere... for if we don't wage full, unadulterated war upon those who right now, as we speak, are waging a campaign of jihad to wipe out not only Israel, but the rest of the nonIslamic world, with the ultimate goal of fully Islamicizing the entire planet, we, the Free World, will be finished sooner or later.

It's exactly the same thing as when we wisely fought and crushed the Nazis! They would've gone all the way!

I'm waiting.

Wonder if the left would be more likely to care if, instead of Jews, Hezbollah was doing that to homosexuals? We know they'd really care then. Or perhaps not... perhaps leftists favor Islamofascists over homosexuals, as they look the other way, blissfully ignorant, as the Islamic world executes homosexuals simply for being that way. And I didn't make this up, either. Just ask me to direct you to a post I did about this.

Maybe leftists want to be slaves to Muslims? Maybe they want to wipe Muslim mens' asses? Maybe they want to be fully obedient sex slaves? What do leftists want with respect to them and Islam? I ask this as leftists are very obviously so fond of Islamofascism no matter what they hear, see or experience in the way of the hatred and horrors stemming therefrom...

Is the left even paying any attention whatsoever, or are they so blinded by their prejudice and hatred of Israel that they don't notice any anti-Semitism until it's uttered in a fit of drunken insanity by a very repentant, desirous of being cured of his mental illness, Mel Gibson? Is anti-Semitism not a bad thing, however, when Muslims and leftists are screaming and practicing it?

Where's the leftist protests against anti-Semitism? Why do we only see leftist protests that are anti-Semitic?! How about links to leftist protests in the streets of Canada and America against anti-Semitism to contrast with the ones that are anti-Semitic? Betcha there aren't any links, as I doubt most leftists oppose anti-Semitism. Who can blame me? I call 'em as I see 'em happening in the real world...

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Mad Mel Making Amends Big Time

Story here. h/t: NealeNews.com

Following is Mel Gibson's statement:


There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.

I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.

The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God's child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.

I'm not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.

I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.

This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. Its about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.

-Mel Gibson



I don't know about others, but that sounds like a very remorseful man who wants to do whatever it takes to pay for his great wrong.

I don't see very many folks who utter reprehensible slurs going to such lengths to strongly disavow their utterances as "insanity" and sincerely asking the very folks they offensively slurred if they will help him to repent and heal.

Mel recognizes that there's something wrong with him and says he wants to become well again. Obviously he does have some serious problems and might well have been insane at the time he made those reprehensible slurs. And if so, it can't be ruled out that he might still be... and therefore need help.

I believe that he does indeed have some mental problems, exacerbated by his problem with alcohol and whatnot.

Know what? I now believe that hatred is a mental disease... a potentially curable one, for the human brain is programmable, as we well know. And the human brain can be reprogrammed, no doubt.

He continues to vehemently declare that he is not an anti-Semite and that there can be "no tolerance" for anti-Semitism. To me, that is a start.

Know what? I have seen that it is indeed possible to go from harboring bigoted views to exorcising that demon. I cannot recall any examples off the top of my head, but I do indeed know that humans possess the capability of changing for the better and shaking off the darkness that might afflict them.

Of course, it's up to the individual to want to get better and to do whatever it takes to do so.

I say let Mel heal. Let him make contrition. Let him become well again.

If we don't give him the chance to turn himself around, then we can't give anyone else the chance, either, and that'd be a bad thing for our society and for humanity as a whole. People must be allowed to go from badness to goodness... after all, isn't that the Christian, the humane, the good, the right, thing to do?

Well, that's my perspective at this time. I wish Mel well with his rehabilitation and hope he sticks to the work he needs to do to make himself a good person.

He needs the chance. I don't think it would be very humane of us to deem that he cannot be a good person, ever.

Let the man pay. Let him heal. For the better. Then hopefully many, many more will follow in his footsteps and go from bad to good. For the sake of humanity.


On a related note, I would also allow the same opportunity for sincere repentance and healing for Muslims and others like them who are full of hatred for whatever reason. For we know that millions of Muslims are victims of heinous abuse in which they are indoctrinated in little or nothing but sheer, evil hatred of nonMuslims, particularly Jews, and acutally want to commit murder of them.

They, too, can repent and change from evil to good. In fact, here's a case in point: former "Palestinian" jihadist Walid Shoebat. This guy went from jihadist to a staunch, unyielding enemy of the jihadists. He's no longer anti-Semite, nor anti-Israel, for he has seen the light and has changed... and he's on our side in the war against jihad. I would certainly hope so!

You know, I think this recent happenstance with Mr. Gibson might he a sign. A sign to us that we must remember that, yes, there are many people in the world possessed of the mental disorder, the insanity of hatred. And that it is possible for them to be cured of this disease.

Yes, hatred is a mental disease which can be cured. Does anyone really believe that it cannot? Would anger and contempt... or perhaps even hatred itself... be preventing us from believing that people with this mental illness cannot ever be cured, at least in the sense of "recovering alcoholics"?

So...

For the future of humanity, we must leave the door open to the possibility of curing people of the mental disease of hatred.

Is this not a worthwhile endeavor?

30,000 Visits Since September 2005

Above: graphic as of last night, July 31st, illustrating the rise in visitor activity for The Canadian Sentinel since September 2005.


The Canadian Sentinel will have passed the 30,000th visit mark today. This since Sept. 15th, when Sitemeter was installed. The Sentinel was launced on the morning of September 11th, 2005, partly to mark the infamous anniversary of that dark day in history.
Total "hits", ie., page visits, are higher, by about 1.5 times the number of visits.
Total blog posts now nearly number 500.

I have covered politics, have done my part to help destroy the former, hated "Liberal" regime in Canada, have done my part to help expose the true face of the left and have done my part to expose the true nature of the international threat environment facing us today.
And I've had fun doing so.
I'm pleased to have had so many visitors and so much support and encouragement. I sincerly thank my loyal readers and fellow bloggers for their continued support for my efforts and for their online friendship.
And I plan to continue to "stand on guard for thee", as the Canadian national anthem states we shall.
Let's roll!