I'm trying to summon up some human compassion for "journalist" Heather Mallick, in the sense that I acknowledge her as a sentient being. A bit harsh? Perhaps, but that's exactly my point. Say such things about Ms. Mallick, and it seems almost abusive. But should she say such thing about conservative Canadians, as she did in her August 22 diatribe (http://www.heathermallick.ca/cbc.ca-columns/the-road-to-neo-con-ruin.html), that's supposed to be witty journalism.
When is Ms. Mallick going to wake up and understand that her holier-than-thou ivory-tower ranting doesn't represent real flesh-and-blood Canadians? I suppose she might feel that her comments are perceived by readers as highly intelligent (her columns are dripping with love for her own "intellect"), but for real flesh-and-blood Canadians, she's simply embarrassing.
I have yet to see a single intelligent idea posited in one of her articles, for all her insistence that she is simply smarter than other people. How hard is it to make fun of a Prime Minister's hair or throw stones at an American presidential hopeful (a man, incidentally, who has done more for his nation than Ms. Mallick could ever hope to achieve for hers) because he doesn't read blogs?
Well thought out, Ms. Mallick! Well thought out! As is your assertion that deregulation of telecommunications in Canada is going to drive up cell phone costs. As you have already pointed out, Canada suffers from some of the highest usage rates in the world. How, exactly, is deregulating the industry going to make that worse? Oh, right: you didn't mention a single reason. You simply asserted your point.
And as for your American hate-on, I for one am tired and embarrassed by your so-called Canadian patriotism, which consists of little else besides knocking a good people who have been good neighbors for a very long time. And for all your insistence that they are backward rubes (with "stupid" presidents), it might do well to do a little homework. Americans happen to have more graduate degrees per capita than just about any nation on earth, and have more access to arts and culture per capita than you do sitting in your make-believe ivory tower. Your bigoted characterization of Americans as simple, unsophisticated warmongers is not merely unfortunate; it is a vivid display of your own ignorance.
Opinion pieces used to be thought-provoking. This stuff is embarrassing vitriol.
Yng
