maybe this guy isn't as bad as we thought...?
Monday, June 19, 2006
"It is true that somewhere, in some communities we do find promoters of terror, people who use cultural, religious symbols to perpetrate violent crime. They abhor open societies, pluralist societies, democratic societies, because they advocate the exact opposite: a closed, homogeneous, dogmatic society.
"But they and their vision will be rejected. … It will be rejected by men and women of generosity and goodwill in all communities.
That quote was taken from a speech delivered by Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier today, in a decidely non-conservative statement, in response to the recent arrests of 17 people for allegedly plotting to attack public buildings in the Toronto area.
I didn't vote for the guy.
His way right wing conservative religious views made sure that I wouldn't.
I am staunchly against conservatism and all that it stands for: harsher penalties for criminals, greater tax breaks for higher income earners and corporations (at the expense of the lower income majority), the reduction/removal of rights for women and minorities, the use of religion to justify political decisions, etc, etc.
But that being said, either Stephen Harper is mellowing with the realization that he is a conservative leader in a liberal country...
Or at the very least, his speech writer is.
Read the full article here.
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