Gary McHale is a Fucking Idiot
... and so are the people who will be following him tomorrow into a rally, protest, whatever the fuck he thinks he's trying to accomplish at the disputed housing development complex in Caledonia. Natives have occupied the site since February, to take back land they say were stolen from them. That forced the Ontario government to purchase the land from developers and open negotiations with the natives. McHale, who's from Richmond Hill -- over 100km away -- got his underwear in a knot over what he see as the natives being above the law. (Check out McHale's site -- this guy and his wife have an incredible hatred for natives.)
There's absolutely nothing wrong with McHale having opinions -- but there's absolutely something wrong with the way he's going about expressing it. Marching towards the occupied housing complex, where the natives continue to camp out, is asking for a confrontation -- one that may erupt. Adding to the stupidity, the government was aware two weeks ago of McHale's intentions, but have chosen to do nothing about it, other than maintaining a police presence. A court injunction would have been enough to keep McHale at bay while negotiations continued. So what is the motivation of the government?
McHale and his ilk need an education in Canadian history. The wrongs of the past haven't been righted, and I for one completely understand the natives frustrations -- frustrations at the pace of compensation; the willingness of the various governments to negotiate in good faith; and lack of momentum to the multitude of outstanding land claims. Those are enough reasons to drive anyone to protest. McHale's reasons? The natives are being treated differently and are above the law. Somebody slap some sense into the idiot!
While I'm on this little rant, check out this article in the Toronto Star on the topic. As someone of Indian descent, I get pissed whenever I see shit like this. Stupid people! Yoo-hoo, stupid people ... native, aboriginal North Americans are not Indians! Indians are from India. Columbus and the mercenary privateers that descended from Europe when the world was still flat, got lost -- they were looking to rape and pillage India, but instead happened on North and South America. Instead of saying, "Ooops, we're lost," they declared the people they found to be Indians. The Nordic people have been traveling to the continent way before and didn't find any Indians -- the natives here weren't cooking curry -- India is on the other side of the fucking world -- stop calling the native North Americans Indians! They have different names. Learn them!
Check out the pompous dumb-ass himself in a couple of videos, being confronted by some folks just fed up with his self-serving shit-distubance.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with McHale having opinions -- but there's absolutely something wrong with the way he's going about expressing it. Marching towards the occupied housing complex, where the natives continue to camp out, is asking for a confrontation -- one that may erupt. Adding to the stupidity, the government was aware two weeks ago of McHale's intentions, but have chosen to do nothing about it, other than maintaining a police presence. A court injunction would have been enough to keep McHale at bay while negotiations continued. So what is the motivation of the government?
McHale and his ilk need an education in Canadian history. The wrongs of the past haven't been righted, and I for one completely understand the natives frustrations -- frustrations at the pace of compensation; the willingness of the various governments to negotiate in good faith; and lack of momentum to the multitude of outstanding land claims. Those are enough reasons to drive anyone to protest. McHale's reasons? The natives are being treated differently and are above the law. Somebody slap some sense into the idiot!
While I'm on this little rant, check out this article in the Toronto Star on the topic. As someone of Indian descent, I get pissed whenever I see shit like this. Stupid people! Yoo-hoo, stupid people ... native, aboriginal North Americans are not Indians! Indians are from India. Columbus and the mercenary privateers that descended from Europe when the world was still flat, got lost -- they were looking to rape and pillage India, but instead happened on North and South America. Instead of saying, "Ooops, we're lost," they declared the people they found to be Indians. The Nordic people have been traveling to the continent way before and didn't find any Indians -- the natives here weren't cooking curry -- India is on the other side of the fucking world -- stop calling the native North Americans Indians! They have different names. Learn them!
Check out the pompous dumb-ass himself in a couple of videos, being confronted by some folks just fed up with his self-serving shit-distubance.
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