Massey Ferguson

I find that as a writer it is always difficult to talk about current world events, because they are so quickly forgotten. The interesting thing about stories is just how dramatically they change when they are presented from another point of view.

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Cops are killing black guys for no reason at all; or so they say

While yet another aboriginal girl is found in a plastic bag

Racism is alive and well; so they say

An American journalist is headless

 It's an all out declaration of war

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History is simply the documented record of the most popular narrative. It kind of makes you wonder how differently things would look if it was possible to integrate cultures seamlessly.  

A lady in Winnipeg inadvertently destroyed her husband’s chance of winning the current mayoral race, because of a comment made several years ago.  She said that she dislikes walking downtown because of all the drunken Indians. The media is in a uproar and the general public is upset that she would make such an insensitive comment.  The truth is that it’s a problem because we have allowed it to be one.

I would hate to be the guy that gets hired for a job on the basis of a mandated ethnic diversity policy; rather than by a  perceived ability to perform the task. However, that's how they pick candidates for university, so I guess there isn't really any difference.

You may point out the brokenness of the justice system and all the ways in which it fails, but you can’t say that it doesn’t have a purpose. It wouldn’t come as a surprise if I were to tell you that selfishness is the most influential motivation of human behaviour.

If it wasn't for religion and politics... we might all have the wherewithal to co-exist in a more harmonious manner. Maturity is simply the ability to comprehend the needs of others as well as your own.

“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human." - Kurt Vonnegut