Hopefully, the Crusade is Over

Let us survey the damage…This week led by Warren Kinsella, many of the pro-Israeli military crowd took it upon themselves to evict any anti-semitism from the Liberal Party. It all started here on Fuddle Duddle. I read Thomas Hubert’s comment. I didn’t remove it because I do not remove any comments (unless it is spam). In Canada we may disagree with people’s opinions freely and besides, I told him myself the comment was dumb.

I had truly forgotten Thomas’ position on the YLCBC exec. Otherwise, I would have convinced him to remove it as it was not the opinion of the YLCBC what he was saying. The boy is 17. I have since explained to him what was wrong with what he said. He agrees it is inflammatory and based mostly on rhetoric, and bad rhetoric at that. At 17, nobody deserves to be dragged over the coals. The crusaders did not blink.

Then there is Borys. I also feel bad for Borys. He was simply misunderstood. Rumour had it one of Bob Rae’s senior Ontario people was with Borys (I wonder if John Mraz watched Borys light himself on political fire?)…man if there was ever a time to not be misquoted, it was when the Crusaders had their verbal swords drawn and ready. Either way, Borys wanted Hezbollah off the list. Now, rather than saying Borys should quit because he supports a different view than the official Liberal position and his responsibilities as a critic dictate otherwise, we tore him to shreds.

I still believe Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. However, I also believe the IRA is a terrorist organization. Yet, the United States and the British both worked out a deal with Sinn Fein, a branch of the IRA. They negotiated with a terrorist organization then…is the Good Friday Peace Agreement illegitimate?

Also, the leading country in the International Force, Italy, does not support the view that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. Neither does the UN, who negotiated directly with Hezbollah to craft the peace agreement. I always believed Canada should support whatever the UN does. I think Jean Chretien made that pretty clear. In terms of our list at home, it basically means anybody deemed to be funding this organization or aiding them will immediately have their assets frozen and/or seized. I agree with that, keep Hezbollah on the list. We don’t want Canadian money sent over there to blow shit up. As for never negotiating with them…Borys, Canada never negotiates with Hezbollah or Lebanon or Israel anyway, let the UN do it. Your idea was slightly misplaced.

To quote Mr. Kinsella, well his grandma, "Once you've decided to clean out one toilet," said she, "you may as well clean out all the toilets." I could not agree more. No use in getting our hands dirty twice. We got rid of discrimination against Jews, now lets work on other discrimination. I emailed Warren Kinsella Shoshanna Berman’s comments toward my Italian Heritage, saying she deserved just as much to be forced to resign for what she said…no response…but I don’t worry, he must have been on the other crusade at the time…Come on Warren, time to do what you say.

Then there is Jason Cherniak. The E-Crusader! When brought a cause different than the Zionist one, the zeal tended to fade a little. While admitting being against civil marriage for gays was discriminatory, when asked if this form of discrimination warranted the same consequence as discrimination against Jews, immediate resignation from the party, offered this response: "While I might argue in five years that people who oppose same sex marriage don't belong in the Party at all, we are not yet at that stage." If that was not enough, he offered more. "We all need to recognize that the right to same sex marriage is a very new concept. We need to give people time to get used to it."

In a recent email conversation with a journalist who reads my blog, we discussed the 5-year statue of limitations on discrimination against homosexuals. Her exact comments were “I hope Jason never runs for Parliament.” Double standards are what discrimination is all about Jason.

I call on Warren Kinsella and Jason Cherniak to turn their crusade against discrimination to all discrimination including those who discriminate against Italians like Shoshanna Berman and to those who discriminate against homosexuals like 32 Liberal MPs and a certain riding association president from Ontario who believes we should only deal with discrimination in 5 years. Apologies will suffice. I do not believe we should run anyone out of the party. I think that has gone on long enough in this party.