Comments | bice: Rhetoric

bice

Rhetoric - one love

Jul 23, 2008 15:41

I and a whole lot of other people got this flyer in the mail yesterday from our MP:

"The former Liberal government implemented a toothless Youth Criminal Justice Act which sent a terrible message to young people who were at risk of falling into the trap of violence and crime. Lenient laws meant these young punks got a slap on the wrist for their ( Read more... )

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rhetoric! pzed July 23 2008, 20:43:06 UTC

The problem is that crime statistics in Canada keep going down. How can the current system possibly be working if fewer and fewer crimes are reported each year? Surely we need tougher laws, more policy, and higher quotas!

Re: rhetoric! pzed July 23 2008, 20:43:51 UTC

oops, I meant more police...

Re: rhetoric! sionnach_sidhe July 23 2008, 23:32:36 UTC

More policy is amusingly apropos, though...

Re: rhetoric! bice July 24 2008, 10:52:10 UTC

Yeah, I kind of like 'more policy'. And anyway, aren't police forces subject to massive cuts, in order to afford helicopters or tasers or something?

jodibaybee July 23 2008, 21:31:51 UTC

Your MP wouldn't happen to be Jeff Watson, would it? Just wondering.

I've been paying a lot of attention to language lately, and also have been taking others to task a little more for the language they use. If I were you I'd write a letter about this. Hoodlums? Ack. It makes my stomach hurt.

bice July 24 2008, 11:17:46 UTC

Did you actually see a copy of this thing? The picture of the "hoodlums" on the flap is pretty special as well - Raven howled. I admit I was unable to find any of it funny at the time.

Our MP is Dave Van Kesteren. I would like to take whoever wrote this garbage to task for it. On the other hand, I've been paying attention to language and argument for a long time now, and while I don't know if I'll ever stop "tilting windmills" I have to start paying more attention to which ones I charge at. (They're making them bigger now, you know!) There's no way this would have been published without the belief that it will be met with sympathy. I sincerely hope they're wrong, but I'm not sure I'm up to dealing with the likelihood that they aren't.

gulfpirate July 23 2008, 21:54:46 UTC

This rhetoric smacks of the kind of cowardice and Bushian cowboy posturing that are driving this once-great country into the crapper.

I am relieved, though, to see that they specify only *lawbreaking* punks will be targeted. Presumably that should mean that law-abiding punks are perfectly safe, right? I don't want to be put on some government watch list every time i buy an album by The Clash.

What are the NDP circulating for mailbox propaganda? Honestly, I don't think they could do any better for themselves than sending the Conservative one out a second time.

bice July 24 2008, 10:57:31 UTC

LOL - oh, that last cheered me up no end, thank you!

I imagine you're ok buying albums. But then, maybe not... that's kind of old-school, don't you think? Maybe only Hot Topic shoppers are really safe!

bice July 24 2008, 11:19:07 UTC

Whatever happened to "varlets" and "ne'er do wells"? Seriously people, these 'young punks' are NOT GENTLEMEN!!!

heropiatedoll July 29 2008, 15:21:08 UTC

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.........

Oh god. Sorry. I didn't mean to laugh that loudly. If I was back in Windsor I'm pretty sure that something like that would have gone up on my door as a mockery.

If they think that those laws are "toothless" maybe they need to come to Calgary and see what toothless laws are.

I mean, why would I have any qualms about committing armed robbery if I can get out on $5000 bail if by chance I got caught?

I'm sorry. This is digusting, really...but I'm actually really amused by how pathetic it sounds and how halfassed it is.