"Truthfully, I didn't know who he was. I asked the Americans, and they said he was a great fighter, and that's why they named me after him. They showed me a video, and it's true, he's a great fighter" said police trainer Mohammed Rasheed.
If you want to see totalitarianism in action, you don't have to travel overseas to some impoverished, politically backward society. Just head over to York University in Toronto.The face of totalitarianism is one Kelly Holloway, president of York's graduate students' association. It was she who pushed for the cancellation of a public debate on abortion. The event had been booked and the fliers printed, but it never happened. "This debate, over whether or not women should be able to have an abortion, is not acceptable in the student centre," said Ms. Holloway. Not acceptable in the student centre? Abortion is among the most controversial issues anywhere. Theologians, ethicists and doctors - not to mention ordinary people - have been wrestling with abortion for many years. Even though abortion is widely available, there is still no philosophical consensus on the morality of killing a fetus.
But Kelly hath decreed that the matter endeth here! Surely this closes the discussion?
It's good that York University started acting like a university again!
Sunday, March 09, 2008
The People - and by "People", I Mean Celebrities - Have Spoken!
Jessica Alba: I would like to see, um, uh cleaner earth for... my child, that I'm bringing into the world very soon.
Done! Obama has already promised that all commercially available potting soil will be required by legislation to contain at least one quarter loam, one quarter leaf mold, and no more than one part per hundred bacterial contaminants, excluding pig and cow excrement!
Ryan Philippe: I think it's time for change... I want a better future for my children.
Yes! Obama will push congress to legislate more change... up to 10 million additional quarters and 5 million additional dimes will be produced by the United States Department of the Treasury every year during an Obama presidency!
Some attractive black woman: I would like our environment to be safe
No problem! Obama has already arranged funding for Al Gore's next movie: An Inconvenient Truth II: Electric Boogaloo
Some attractive hispanic woman: Esto es nuestro America, mi America, tu America
Por supuesto! Viva Obama, el commandante en jefe! viva el socialismo!
Guy who got punched: Someone to actually make a difference in my generation
Obama: People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation!)
Hip guy in interracial couple: I would like to see us in a world without fear
Indubitably! Obama will ask congress to introduce legislation outlawing boogey-men, as well as their more rare variant, bogey-men.
Attractive hispanic woman again: Basically, ooommm, I want the war to end
Obama: War is oooover, if yooou want it
Jessica Alba again: I would like the world to think highly of our amazing country
You got it! Obama has pledged to pursue aggressive diplomatic and/or military action against anyone who does not think highly of the U.S.
Another attractive black woman: I think the thing that inspires me most about Obama is he really is going to be the President of the United States, you know, he's not going to be the president of the top ten percent, or the president of the most powerful corporations, or the president of the most powerful lobbyists, he's going to be our President, he's going to speak for us, cuz we put him there
Obama refuses to be president of the top ten percent, the lobbyists, and the corporations. Immediately following his inauguration, he will have those three groups expelled from the country. Unfortunately, numerous entertainers and hollywood types will need to relocate, since they fall into that first category.
John Leguizamo: That's what Obama is about... unity to this country, and changing America's face to the world
Russia: America, have you had some work done? America: You noticed! China: America, you look just fabulous! Who's your surgeon? America: Dr. Birnbaum... he's in Beverly Hills
George Lopez: Obama es el cambio, que representa esperanza
Obama: Dos cervezas por favor
Will.I.am: This is my America, your America, our America
It's Obama's America, we only live there
Woman of colour: And he stands for... not just black people, but all people... uh, he's almost like a revivalist...
Obama: Hallelujah!
Woman of whiteness: I believe in Barack Obama, because he believes in us
Actually, Obama believes in you because you have the good judgment to believe in him!
