Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label Izzeldin Abuelaish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Izzeldin Abuelaish. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

A hero of peace meets a wall of indifference in Ottawa

I think it’s fair to say that Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is not an “old-stock Canadian” — to borrow the phrase our oh-so-classy Conservative leader tossed out during last week’s debate.

Not done, Stephen Harper’s people also announced last week — at the urging, I’m sure, of his new campaign Merlin, Lynton Crosby — that Ottawa would seek a stay of a Federal Court of Appeal decision allowing a Muslim woman to wear a niqab while swearing the oath of citizenship. What’s the point of campaigning if you can’t shake loose a few thousand votes by ginning up a few tired old racist tropes?

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