October 29 2009
I think it is fair to say a lot of people don't understand the dissent over the Olympics issue...It's just sports right?...on a grand media driven scale...tradition...no harm done...if it wasn't happening here it would be happening somewhere else anyway....right?
Sure it would...the big machine would roll on without a doubt...but the fact is IT IS HERE...and it shouldn't be here...not when BC has the highest child poverty rate in all of Canada...why aren't we all ashamed of these numbers? This is BC for christs sake...a province rich with beauty, resources (?), spirit and culture...yet we suck at taking care of the ones who need it most. I am ashamed...we should all be ashamed.
For me, protesting the Olympics tomorrow is about voicing shame. I am embarrassed to live in a province that mirrors the ideals of greed, profit and indifference to basic human needs of its people. I don't think for 1 second Gordon Campbell or his team of greed mongering mouth-breathers is going to give a shit that we are out there full of anger, shame and frustration...I don't think it will do anything to stop the machine...but if it makes one person stop and question wtf they are doing out there RAH RAH RAH'ing a fucking torch relay then it is worth doing. Even if it just triggers 1 person to consider another perspective...totally worth it.
Guy's opinion of this travesty says it all quite simply:
I'm out of humor on this subject. I'm so angry that I can't even joke about it anymore. We can't afford school buses in this province. We can't afford to have a functioning environment ministry. We can't afford humane care for our elders. We can't afford programs to help kids with autism. We can't afford sweet fuck all, but we can afford 4 billion dollars on silly games designed to make real estate speculators rich? FUCK YOU CAMPBELL!
Yeah....that's why Guy should be the Premier. In an ideal world it would be Monty vs Campbell...not in votes (too corrupt) but in a bush-wacking contest...winner gets to run the province...fuck yeah!
So while you fuckers are NOT thinking about anything beyond Olympic hockey tickets, mascot stuffies and fashionable Olympic hoodies try to consider that this is a much deeper issue than a bunch of fun & games...this is the heart of self-serving people running this province, being irresponsible with your money and not having your back at the end of the day. How this sits well with people is beyond me...
