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June 29, 2005

Downhill on rollerskates

A selection of comments from the teeming chum pool of stupidity and hate into which The Shotgun has degenerated over the last couple of days:

From RightGirl, a Shotgun-sanctioned poster, this geyser of misinformation:

Mormons, who are a mainstream religion of the Christian doctrine, currently permit polygamy. It's not legally recognized, but it is part of their faith. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints recognizes it, without pushing the agenda on you or I.

In the same post, commenter "Old Mother" is at least good for a laugh:

I was a naive prairie girl who ended up living on Davie Street in a predominately homosexual apartment complex. I learned to never leave my "sexy black lingerie" unattended in the washer or dryer. More often than not, it was stolen and I had to knock on several doors to track it down.

More effusive pleasantness from RightGirl:

You picked the wrong forum for your smugness, gayandright. I would suggest those at rabble.ca would love to meet you in the bath house for a celebration, but the rest of us will be working hard to protect what we still have, namely freedom of religion in Canada.

And "Old Mother" again:

These people are incredibly volatile and emotionally labile [hey, me learn new word! –ed.]. Their lives are often a crisis-laden and full of confusion. The antics of Svend Robinson should send shivers down your spine when you think of him being a Mother/Father role model! In my experience, Svend is typical.

And then, "reactionary" responds to "Old Mother":

Fudge-packers rejoice! The family unit which you so loathe is now offically on life support, courtesy of Paul Martin and his gang of thieves.

We are now well on the road to the brave new world of the Benelux social engineers, trashing the basic institutions of civilization in order to appease a a minority of vociferous sexual perverts.

Free speech? Sure. And it's all very informative as an under-the-hood peek at Canada's bigoted extremes, but no serious magazine should be allowing these sorts of "discussions" to go on under its masthead. There are some smart people over there, and for what it's worth, I suggest they be issued usernames and passwords forthwith, to the exclusion of all others.

Posted by Chris Selley at June 29, 2005 09:54 PM