October 2008 Archives

What if the cure has been around for decades, but that no one (or very few people) knew about it, and for some reason they aren't talking? What if the suffering and deaths of millions of people could have been avoided if people were allowed to distribute this cure? What if you could prove that the cure was hidden away for the most selfish of reasons: personal profit? Would you vote for a party that would prohibit use of this cure, or even research on it?

Let's say that the government and Big Pharma were in cahoots, and that the government was in favour of suppressing this cure because Big Pharma could make lots of cash inventing "treatments" that the government could tax and get its hands on. And let's say that the money spent by the government on "treatment" of cancer was less than what they make from Big Pharma. And let's also assume that the average Canadian benefits from this money through various social programs unrelated to cancer. Would that be acceptable to you? People like to say that they want their government to do the ethical thing, but if it means cutting funding to things that they like or taxing their industry more, then it's a whole different story. Look at all the people working at polluting companies that voted against the Liberals as an example. There were hundreds of thousands of them, I'm sure.

• Pity them. They are so unfortunate. Every one of them. They live in the 13th century (by our reckoning, who knows if they even tell time other than by saying that it's the "rainy season" or something like that).
  
• Remember: Africans are as monolithic an entity as North American black people are. Once you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal.
• Nothing good ever happens there. Nothing. Ever. Unless, of course, a white person helps them. Actually, that's pretty much what happens in North America, too, if you judge black people by most of the film industry through the 1990s and even beyond.

For more details, please read this great article. Here's a taste:

Make sure you show how Africans have music and rhythm deep in their souls, and eat things no other humans eat. Do not mention rice and beef and wheat; monkey-brain is an African's cuisine of choice, along with goat, snake, worms and grubs and all manner of game meat. Make sure you show that you are able to eat such food without flinching, and describe how you learn to enjoy it -- because you care.

Fucking liberals. Shit, did I really just say that??