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Isn't it time for a national anti-bullying strategy in Canada? |
Oct 29 2012 | rabble staff |

We're partnering with our friends at Public Response to raise awareness about the demand for a national anti-bullying strategy.

Does this mean that rabble.ca and unions will fight for right to work legislation and scrapping the closed shop bullying tactics?

What % Of Germans Opposed Hitler But...

The Real Islamophobia

"Islamophobia" is not, as claimed by some critics, just a concept invented by Islamist organizations to distract from their own fundamentalism; it is is a form of prejudice, exacerbated by governments, university faculties, the media and even interfaith groups.

The greatest threat to moderate Islam and its assimilation with democratic values are those people who, too fearful to make a stand against radical Islamists, ignore the pleas of pro-Western Muslims and instead choose to "engage" with the extremists. Real Islamophobes are those who abandon secular Muslims and turn a blind eye to the human rights violations committed against innocent Muslims by Islamist governments and terror groups."

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Birds Of A Feather...

 

Armstrong And McGoonty

"SHE" Shouldn't Have Booked With Air Canada

Trick Or Trick Or ...

Fighting For Equality For "The Designated Groups"...

...is nothing more than a pathway to a Cottage Industry where the only thing accomplished is getting the keys to the public trough!

‘Can’t We All Just Get Post-Racial?’

By Kathy Shaidle on Monday, October 29th, 2012 | No Comments

 

Jim Goad:

Don’t blame black pundits—who make a living by being black and talking about their blackness and how hard it is to be black—for stoking racial tension. Don’t blame the ones who see no irony of accusing Romney of “playing the race card“ while their own words appear under a banner that says “East Central Florida’s Black Voice.”

And don’t for a second think that perhaps many well-meaning whites are finally growing a little defensive after realizing that trying hard not to be “racist” is the most thankless job of all. Brush from your consciousness any suggestion that no matter how open-minded and compassionate you try to be, it never seems to be enough.

Don’t dare contemplate that many Americans have reached Peak Guilt and will start refusing to fit any more guilt into their already guilt-addled bodies.

Don’t think about the idea that tribalism may be a natural instinct and that trying to go “post-racial” is as absurd as trying to go “post-sexual.”

Insult Becomes Bullying With...

...with a  racial, homophobic, etc. touch. Examples;

The “insulting” clause of the insulting law was applied over 18,000 times in 2009, a jolting statistic attached to a Draconian notion that words, mere words, said aloud, and not even necessarily shouted could, in some way, be criminal because they could strike someone, somewhere nearby, as “insulting.”\

Moreover, a victim, in some instances, does not actually need to be a human being for an offence to have occurred, as was the case of Simon Brown, an Oxford University student out celebrating post-exams who was arrested for saying to a mounted policeman, “Excuse me, do you realize your horse is gay?” (Police claimed a passerby could have found Mr. Brown’s equine-aimed wisecrack offensive.)

No dissing please, we’re British: The art of the insult under siege by the law

Mr. Bean's expression speaks volumes...

Let's Revisit When Sandy Has Passed...

Mitt & Barack Don't Want To Debate Kathy And Ann...

The Language Police Are Retarded’

By Kathy Shaidle on Saturday, October 27th, 2012 | No Comments

 

Gavin McInnes finally has a good answer for one of the left’s most annoying faux-questions:

I also know Ann Coulter, and her motives for her quote were clear. (I realize there’s a lot of name-dropping in this piece, but 15 years in media will do that.) She was using rude words to insult the president. Almost every time a fellow New Yorker finds out I fraternize with the Devil they say, “How much of what she says is just for shock value?”

 

I respond, “What exact quote are you talking about?”

They never have an answer so I’m forced to break the silence with, “Ann talks in public the way we all talk in private.” If you had said her “retard” quote to a liberal in a bar that night, he wouldn’t pretend to be offended by the word. He’d be offended by the insult and say, “Obama’s not being a retard. He’s kicking your boy Romney’s ass, you fucking fag!”

That’s how we talk when we’re not scared of having our words twisted by strangers. Why can’t Ann Coulter talk the same way we all talk?

She doesn’t go up to the mentally handicapped and say, “Hiya, retard.” Nobody does. When I tell people that “nigger” is a swear word they always say, “Yeah, well, would you go up to a black guy and say it to his face?” Not if I didn’t know him, but I also wouldn’t walk up to an old lady and yell “cunt” in her face. (…)

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Will Carribean Countries...

...hold benefit concerts, telethones, et al with the funding going to North America. But if nothing else we will find out if we have learned anything since Hurricane Hazel.

AND Our Neighbors To The South Think They Have Problems...

Will "Hells Angels" Start A Recruitment Drive?

Common Sense?

Let’s be honest: e-scooters are really motorcycles

Terence Corcoran: E-scooters clearly do not belong on any bike lane and should be subject to licence and road regulations similar to those governing motorcycles

E-bikes: Love them or hate ‘em, our readers have some strong opinions

The Only Thing Sadder Than Suicide.........

Amanda Todd and the overblown cyber-bully threat: Web scourge has few new victims, psychologist says

Despite high-profile stories like Amanda Todd's suicide, there's no evidence of increased cyber-bullying in the last 5 years, bullying research pioneer Dan Olweus says

 

...is the media and politicians using it to further their self interests; the media to sell advertising and politicians to grandstand in the legislature...

Tory MP Dean Del Mastro says anonymous commenters on news articles should be forced to identify themselves

Del Mastro suggests that the government should look at ending anonymous comments on news articles as a way to combat online bullying

 

...I might support anons when politicians don't have "free speech" protection in the various legislatures or during their campaign.

 

 

Potential Customer For Swampland In Florida

Both these fair weather supporters had THREE chances each to vote in a government that had a track record on fiscal common sense and keeping promises, maybe not ones the leftists wanted BUT...

letters@nowtoronto.com

 Is there the political will to deal with poverty?

Thanks to NDP MPPs Cheri DiNovo and Jonah Schein for caring about the fact that people are forced onto the streets or to choose between shelter and food

The proroguing of the legislature is one more sign that this Ontario government, just like the Harris Tories, has no concern whatsoever for the poverty it helped to create.

I wonder what the chances are that with or without the proroguing, the McGuinty Liberals would have acted on any recommendations of the Social Assistance Review Commission.

Debbie Black

Dalton McGuinty’s pot promise

As Dalton McGuinty brings his 16 years of leadership of the Ontario Liberal party to an end (NOW, October 18-24), people will remember many things about him.

What I remember most is that 15 years ago he expressed his support for the decriminalization of marijuana. (See NOW’s archives, October 16-22, 1997, page 23). Yet he was never able to do anything about it.

It’s too bad.

David Palter
Toronto 

Thousands And Thousands And Thousands..

Usual leftist estimates of Support...

'Maple Tour' kicks off with a bang! Next stop: Toronto

By Ethan Cox

| September 30, 2012

...but the reality

 

Day two of our national speaking tour dawned sunny in London, Ontario -- a good omen for things to come. On day one we spoke to over a hundred people at King's College in London, an active and engaged crowd who kept us half an hour past the end of the event with questions.

Why I am excited for PowerShift |
Oct 25 2012 |
Brigette DePape     
| It was because of people who come from the PowerShift movement that I had the idea for the 'Stop Harper' action, and it was because of their support and guidance that I was able to do it.

 

 

Where Is The Biggest Need For Help?

There is a possible solution..found guilty of or suspected of bullying will be rewarded with a free trip to the mysterious east courtesy of DND and Corrections Canada. Not only IMHO would you see less claims of bullying but it might solve the question of how to deal with convicted GANGSTAS...

Teachers/Parents Get An...

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILTY: 'F'

COMMENTS: You failed as a parent, taxpayer and voter.

What A Way To Run A Country

Only nuance (a slight difference in tone or color) separates Obama and Romney's stances on war against Iran

I Don't Recall This Cyclist Screwing Me Personally BUT,,,

 

...Doolton "No New Taxes/Broken Promises" McGoonty did for two terms and he walks away virtually unscathed and to give the dildo a final turn he took his ball, locked the gates and has gone home.

A Scary Thought For Canadians BUT...

...a day doesn't go by that we don't hear about another government study...I envision this as a cannibal mentally dissecting a captive.

Does BCF Have An Insight Most Of Us Don't...

Ya know giving San Francisco to the Muslims could be a Win Win...

I'm serious.
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Getting Back To Reality

Breaking: Village People Insist Their Songs Not Gay

“People always talk about the double entendres. There was not one double entendre in the music.”

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Mac'N Cheese In Trick Bags Very Appropriate...

 

...and it is probably not too early for tomorrows leaders to

 

 

Social In-Activists And Formation Of Cottage Industries...

Are anti-bullying commissions the new HRCs?

John Gormley joins Anthony Furey to deliver some straight talk about anti-bullying policies in Canada. Can the government solve this problem?

...that has been my position from Day 1!

Thank Gawd...

...for the multitude of caring individuals whose committment and caring goes far beyond a yellow plastic wristband.

You Can Bet Trick Or Treaters Will...

...have high expectations thanks to 10 years of Dulltoon McGoonty.

Parents ARE Responsible...



If your kids are CyberBullies I will bet they are potential bullies in the real world BUT the real culprit is you. Ask yourselves some questions:
*where did your kids get the money to buy the iPhone, iPad, computer?
*have you taken the time to talk to the retailer, ISP, etc. to see how you can control useage, content, etc.
*do your kids spend an inorderinate amount of time online.
*do they have friends over do they spend an inorderinate amount of time online
*do they and their friends drop the names of other kids frequently but you have never met these kids
* would they allow them unsupervised access to a loaded handgun? Not likely so the question is what controls do you have in place for these potentially dangerous weapons...

 

 

A Parent Takes Action To Resolve A Family Problem...

Congrats Paul...

Paul Russell |

Lots of us were bullied

I recently found some provocative pictures of my 13-year-old step-daughter on her computer. She was experimenting with her looks. I made her delete all of the photos right in front of me.

Will the social in-activists, who eventually become cottage industries thanks to government programs/grants, ever tackle the occurances of what they define as "bullying" when it occurs in the adult world?  I doubt it! This would mean being nice to employees in fast food restaurants, shop clerks, Walmart Greeters, etc., etc.

Paul Russell's actions can be discussed BUT as a parent HE took action...

Parent 1   Child 0 
 

Don't Sell Yourself Short Robert...

Robert Fulford |

Last Updated: Oct 20, 2012 12:02 AM ET
More from Robert Fulford

But enough about me

The email letters I get from readers now are more literate and thoughtful than the paper ones were 30 years ago.

I would attribute much of this to Cut & Paste, Spellcheck, Bloggers, and possibly because the National Post is not "free." Want proof? Glance at Comments in The Sun, Now, Metro, et al and remember 30 years ago libraries were not the bastions of many of the unemployed with access to technology and history.

• George Jonas: Death of a newspaper article

Premier Mom Takes A Hike...

leaving the cupboard empty and no food for the kids and not even a thank you for the fools who voted for him twice!

Define Bullying

Bullying is horrible, wrenching, sometimes fatal and... perfectly natural

Jonathan Kay: The reason that bullying has become part of human evolutionary psychology is that, unfortunately, it works — for both males and females — as a strategy to attract the opposite sex

There Is Plenty Of Media And Political Hype But...

...the solution faces us whenever we look in the mirror. The cellphone, the iPad, computers. social networking sites, social in-activists who championed children's etc. have allowed parents to try and shift the blame on society as a whole.

Who is to blame for bullying?

It seems we have a situation where the media is attempting to divide up the responsibility so that no one is particularly responsible for Amanda Todd's death

Religious Freedom...

...has become a mockery!

Too Little Too Late....

 

...where are the tar, feathers, etc?

Line Forms On The LEFT

We need a new term for a new mental psychosis: SELF RACISM’


By Kathy Shaidle on Friday, August 31st, 2012
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Another commenter writes:


Heh. When I lived in Milwaukee, I occasionally met proggs who would lament that the city was “so segregated.” The looks on their faces when I’d mention the “for rent” signs in the black neighborhood where I worked–easily a third what they were paying for similar square footage in their white suburbs, and walking distance to small minority-owned shops!–were priceless.



No, what they wanted was to force other, less “enlightened” white people to move into those neighborhoods, while also ripping blacks out of their established neighborhoods and dispersing them into poor white neighborhoods (leaving their well-off communities intact). No consideration at all that people might not want to live so far from their churches or businesses or favorite restaurants or extended families.

FOR ANYONE WHO CARES...

I have been having problems with just about everything that is linked to social networking and technology and have not been as active as was the case in the past....this will change over the next few days.....

Testing Access

NOW IS THE TIME.......