Stop The Big Media Takeover Campaign!

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For the past 3 years, most of my working hours have been taken up by <br />
tracking the significance of the police raid (28 Dec. '03) on the B.C. <br />
Legislature.<br />
<br />
At the time, after a brief flurry of reporting, the CanWest empire went <br />
virtually silent on the topic. As the silence continued, a few people (me <br />
included) thought we'd better do something about that ourselves. <br />
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So three of us started up web-sites. One (because of a death in the <br />
family) has gone silent. One (House of Infamy) has taken a quieter, <br />
wittier, "wait-and-see" approach. And there's mine, The Legislature <br />
Raids, still rolling along 14 months and 317 stories later. <br />
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I mention this today because another startling event has occurred and <br />
another incredible media silence is happening around another topic of <br />
great significance in Canadian political life. <br />
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Anyone interested in how extremism can quietly enter the corridors of <br />
power, should watch for a repeat of the CBC documentary by Terry <br />
Milewsky: "Political Culture."<br />
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If you can't find any reports, drop in at The Legislature Raids, <br />
<a href="http://bctrialofbasi-virk.blogspot.com/">http://bctrialofbasi-virk.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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But I can tell you this: the day after some eye-popping facts were <br />
broadcast on CBC Newsworld's National News last evening (28 June '07), <br />
there's not a word about it in any CanWest newspaper that I've checked.<br />
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And that's no way to keep the public informed of their democratic rights, <br />
dangers, successes, and duties. <br />
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Our media are all traitors and fail to serve the Canadian people who support them and their sponsors.

"Our media are all traitors and fail to serve the Canadian people who support them and their sponsors."

So too are those politicians that manage to become "elected" despite having no significant popular support in the first place.

Yep, I don't know why potential civil servants aren't screened more thouroughly before they become eligible to play politics...at least to the same degree of Tim Horton's applicants.

"Young men [in photo] wear International Sikh Youth Federation T-shirts at a Vaisakhi Parade, April 7, 2007, in Surrey, B.C. The ISYF is banned as a terrorist organization by the governments of Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and India. (CBC)" <br><br> What we've been banned as a terrorist organization? I know we'll just rename our group as the <a href="http://www.sikhfederation.com/policy.htm">"Sikh Federation UK"</a> and we'll be like all legal again!

They should all be forced to pass through the same airport security they've set up for the commoners, but with the extra special treatment reserved for those days when the high school dropout security guard feels like doing a good probing.

Once upon a time, folks with little or nothing to say tended to keep quiet; in the fullness of time places such as this appear - along with providing a venue for civil discussion - to have given those who have nothing to say a place where they can scream such nothings to the world - in a manner of speaking.

I thought the CBC investigation of Sikh extremism and political pandering was important and brave. It takes courage and character to speak up against anger, hate and incoherence.

It deserves to be noted whenever and wherever it occurs. Eventually we may be fortunate enough to find it happening more, rather than less, often.

Thank you BCMary.

With all due respect and Without Prejudice*<br />
Once again there are several levels imbedded within the message, one being the second paragraph. Your courage has been duly noted by me Mary and you know that.<br />
It is the first paragraph that raises concern! Civil discussion has no room for pettiness the pettiness of attacking a person with less abilities than ones self in the constant way you have done about spelling and punctuation. <br />
Your blather about those with nothing to say is an example of one who sees themselves as superior and must go to any length to insult.<br />
I have been advised that perhaps it is a time out for the both of us and have upped the ante on the one too. I have suggested the we make public apologies to each other or face permanent banishment. I have watched you junk-yard dog like viciously attack others in the same manner <br />
And acts such as those belie a deeper psychotic disturbance <br />
Stop IT!! And as if that isn’t bad enough You have marshaled forces and fopund others who buy into your pettiness, eh rural?<br />
So Mary-Mary be quite clear I have and will now again congratulate you on the efforts o visa vi ther Virk Basi thing <br />
Good on you!!!!<br />
But you insulting bullshit is quite separate and needs to be brought to you attention, and drop the whinny “poor me” crap as well, nobody sound of mind is buying it!<br />
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*<a href="http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/without-prejudice.htm?id=1545&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false">http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/without-prejudice.htm?id=1545&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false</a> <br />
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Without prejudice<br />
Definition<br />
The basic meaning is 'without loss of any rights'. It is a term used when two parties are in dispute, and one makes a settlement offer to the other. It puts 'without prejudice' on its offer to make it clear that the settlement offer should not be construed as a waiver of rights. Importantly, communication marked 'without prejudice' cannot be used in evidence in court proceedings if the attempts at settlement fail and the dispute comes to court. <br />
<p>---<br>I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection - Jorge Luis Borges

Dude, I know you mean well, but you two have to put each other on 'ignore', or get a room.

I just don't have enough whisky to be moderating the two of you every day.

Dio, Mary, ignore each other, please!

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The preceding comment deals with mature subject matter, however immaturely presented. Viewer discretion is advised.

Done
I hardly ever ignore personal appeals
PS does this mean i owe you a case of your fav poison?

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I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection - Jorge Luis Borges

One small point I would like to make is this--there are no rules on vive which
say only those with excellent spelling or typing skills can post here; there are
no IQ tests that must be passd; no specific bias or race, gender, religion that
is permitted or not permitted. Everybody is welcome to voice their opinion in
whatever way they can do it best, if people don't appreciate another's point of
view or their language they can vote the comment down.

The issues are not about our writing skills, as anyone could be critiqued for
that at any time, none of us are perfect, but we all have something to say, we
all have a piece of the puzzle and should be encouraged to share it. The more
civil the post, the better the conversation, debate etc. but the poster can
tailor their post to the results they get....vive doesn't show preference for well
written posts...the readers may....but not the moderators

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"aaaah and the whisper of thousands of tiny voices became a mighty deafening roar and they called it 'freedom'!"' Canadians Acting Humanely at home & everywhere

What possible rationale could anyone have for such a coruscating and 'personal' kind of message in a place where the nominal reason for discussion here is: a) The news - especially as it pertains to the future and independence of this country, and b) Ideas? Perfectly reasonable and laudatory objectives to which a wide variety of contributors and commentators ought to be attracted and desirous – even encouraged – of making a contribution. How is it possible that the individual styling him or herself <b>Diogenes</b> does not understand how far he/she has strayed from those objectives? Moreover, how utterly devoid of any positive contribution his or her repetitious offerings have become. I come here less and less frequently and his/her constant personalization and entirely off-topic and mean-spirited contributions make it evident why. If someone in management (<i>Does such a thing actually exist here? </i>) doesn't do something about the poisonous nature of much of this stuff - and its entirely incoherent content and self-congratulatory self-satisfied tone - I'll be coming here a lot less often.

Nice work Dio...for those who have desired an end to the feud, read the
comments in the forum...very nice! This should at least allow others to stop
thinking they need to come to anyone's rescue, as it always takes two to do
combat! thanks

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"aaaah and the whisper of thousands of tiny voices became a mighty deafening roar and they called it 'freedom'!"' Canadians Acting Humanely at home & everywhere

Hello everyone:

This may come as a big surprise.

BC Mary has written only one comment on this thread and it is entirely
concerned with the media in general, and in particular the handling of
the Sikh Separatist Movement story which aired on CBC Newsworld.

One comment, OK? About the media.

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