I have often heard it said that each of us are only as strong as our weakest link. God knows I have worked for eternity to bring all of my weak links into strength, it is an ongoing process.
Similarly, one could say that a country, especially one that professes to be a democracy, is only as enlightened and democratic as its most diabolical act.
We have seen diabolical acts in many democracies, Canada included. I think about the internment of the Japanese during the Second World War. Earlier than that, I think about the desolation of the reservation system for our First Peoples that is still in existence today.
The US has a similar history. We all hope that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. But alas, that is not the case.
The latest concentration camp in the US, and the most unkind and diabolical, is located on the border of the US and Mexico where little children, cruelly separated from their mothers and fathers, languish under conditions of filth and desolation. Alone and abandoned.
And this, in one of the most "enlightened" and "progressive" countries in the world! Of course I use these terms lightly as this country is ruled by a fading and desperate patriarchy who, in spite of warnings from every sector, still carries on their tawdry policies of greed, war, avarice and "might".
In this they are in perfect alignment with other countries of like mind and temperament...and we know who they are.
Look at these men, because in the main they are men, memorize them and memorize their actions. Why? Because they belong to the past, and the time of their denouement is rapidly approaching.
They are the dinosaurs of the future, and we will read about them in our history books and visit them in our museums.
Similarly, one could say that a country, especially one that professes to be a democracy, is only as enlightened and democratic as its most diabolical act.
We have seen diabolical acts in many democracies, Canada included. I think about the internment of the Japanese during the Second World War. Earlier than that, I think about the desolation of the reservation system for our First Peoples that is still in existence today.
The US has a similar history. We all hope that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. But alas, that is not the case.
The latest concentration camp in the US, and the most unkind and diabolical, is located on the border of the US and Mexico where little children, cruelly separated from their mothers and fathers, languish under conditions of filth and desolation. Alone and abandoned.
And this, in one of the most "enlightened" and "progressive" countries in the world! Of course I use these terms lightly as this country is ruled by a fading and desperate patriarchy who, in spite of warnings from every sector, still carries on their tawdry policies of greed, war, avarice and "might".
In this they are in perfect alignment with other countries of like mind and temperament...and we know who they are.
Look at these men, because in the main they are men, memorize them and memorize their actions. Why? Because they belong to the past, and the time of their denouement is rapidly approaching.
They are the dinosaurs of the future, and we will read about them in our history books and visit them in our museums.