Blocked! Messrs. Wicary, Murray and McLeod are idiots, a continuing series

The Globe’s Stephen Wicary and the Post’s Steve Murray have blocked me on Twitter, presumably because I had the temerity to object to the fact that they were joking online about Jun Lin’s death.  (The Chronicle-Herald’s Paul McLeod, another MSM jerk who defended making light of Magnotta’s crime, hasn’t, yet, but the day is still young.)

I’ve returned the favour, and blocked them, too.  But they still read (and re-read) what I’ve had to say about them on this web site.  As such, I ask this trio of addled donkeys: Wicary’s employer has published extensively, already, about the Vancouver developments.  So, too, Murray’s.  Also McLeod’s.

So when are you fellows going to continue to make jokes about it?

We’re waiting.

 

 


In today’s Sun: the politics of crime

There’s a reason why so-called law-and-order issues are favoured by conservatives. It’s because, politically, law-and-order issues favour conservatives.

These tragedies tend to follow a sad pattern. First, the crime.

As the whole country knows by now, there was a fatal weekend shooting at Toronto’s crowded Eaton Centre food court, which saw a man killed, many hurt, and a boy critically wounded.

As in the 2005 shooting of teenaged Jane Creba — during a federal election campaign, no less, and a short walk from the latest killing — emotions ran high. There were popular expressions of shock and anger, and the death penalty was up for discussion once again.

Next, the politicians — conservative ones, almost always — seemingly rush to capitalize on it. Thus, Toronto’s mayor and Canada’s prime minister, wasted no time in condemning the violence at the Eaton Centre and promising swift and harsh justice.