So if you were a Tamil Canadian, impressing the hell out of your fellow citizens by blocking traffic in the nation's capital (the other capital, not the Quebec one), how would you welcome "your" Prime Minister home? Maybe you'd try increasing the number of protesters by a huge amount to make Ottawans even less sympathetic to your cause?
Well, kids, it looks like they'll be doing just that tomorrow. As the CTV website reports, "Organizers are predicting as many as 25,000 people in their ranks on Tuesday to coincide with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's return from the Summit of the Americas..."
This editorial hits the nail on the head.
For those bleeding hearts who are whinging that there are more important issues at stake than traffic - think again. The issue here is that whilst there may indeed be some residual sympathy for the oppressed Tamil population in Sri Lanka, their fellow (now Canadian) Tamils do them no favours by parading on Parliament Hill bearing the flags of a terrorist organization (the Tamil Tigers), and spilling out onto our roads to bring our city to a standstill. It is indeed an insult to the country that has welcomed these protesters and helped them establish lives in a safe and pseudo-democratic nation.
So to all you protesters (and their NDP supporters), stop the hunger strikes, get rid of the LTTE flags alongside MY Canadian flag, and then maybe we normal selfish Ottawans will pay your cause a little more respect.
Go Bruins!
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As Lowell Green mentioned on CFRA Ottawa radio, why aren't they demonstrating in front of the Sri Lanka embassy or ambassador's residence.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I sympathize with communters, I find it highly amusing that these protesters are staging these events during hockey season. Do you really think that Canadians in the ROC even know or care about this grievance. They need to get a grip - kinda like having demonstations during World Cup in Europe. They need better pr agents.
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