Stephen Harper government won�t fund Toronto gay pride festival
andyt @ Sat May 08, 2010 4:35 pm
DerbyX DerbyX:
Homos for Hebes?
WTF is Hebes short for?
WTF is Hebes short for?
Hebrews. It's the only alliteration I could come up with.
andyt @ Sat May 08, 2010 4:37 pm
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Oh well then, they should canvass the Palestinian community for funds to support their parade.
Yep, considering most Palestinians are muslim, and considering the muslim view on homosexuality I sure can see THAT working out real well for the gay community
Then again, it might change their POV on the whole thing.
Ah, I got it now. Poofters for Palestine.
EyeBrock @ Sat May 08, 2010 4:48 pm
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Utter bullshit.
How many Pride parades are there in Gaza? Or the West Bank?
Or in any Arab/Islamic country?
Spare me your anti-jew rhetoric.
andyt @ Sat May 08, 2010 4:50 pm
Pansies for Peace. That way they'll get beat up by both sides.
Ass******* for Annexation.
Bodah @ Sat May 08, 2010 4:55 pm
Why don't they have fundraisers to pay for it themselves. I'm sure they could raise the money on their own.
EyeBrock @ Sat May 08, 2010 4:57 pm
I'm all for Pride but I think that it's succesful enough to pay it's own way now.
andyt @ Sat May 08, 2010 5:05 pm
Bodah and EB - same reason other groups seek the govt titty. No reason to exclude one group just because who they like to fuck. Maybe the govt should not be funding any groups, but then that would cost them votes.
kenmore @ Sat May 08, 2010 5:15 pm
The torys not wanting to fund such events shouldn't be any big surprise.. they are the most right wing fundamentalist government we have ever had... thanks to the bible thumping harper and the trash left over from the reform party. His recent decision to stop funding womens groups says it all.. the torys would make farting illegal if they thought there were a few votes in it for them..
EyeBrock @ Sat May 08, 2010 5:18 pm
Come on ken......this has been a big issue in Toronto on the Pride parade and the fact that an overtly anti-jewish group has broke the rules but hasn't been kicked out.
Lemmy @ Sat May 08, 2010 5:37 pm
HaRdLy HaRdLy:
Fuck that, we are taxed to death in this province as it is.
I don't disagree with that and I'm not suggesting NEW taxes, but, without doing any research, I'd guess that the Pride parade is worth several million dollars in economic value to the Province and the City of Toronto. A $400M investment that generates millions in business revenue and tax revenue seems like the sort of event that we'd be foolish to cancel. It's not like it's money frivolously spent. There are lots of places to cut that don't have big-time economic spin-off benefits.
Dragom @ Sat May 08, 2010 6:35 pm
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Oh well then, they should canvass the Palestinian community for funds to support their parade.
Yep, considering most Palestinians are muslim, and considering the muslim view on homosexuality I sure can see THAT working out real well for the gay community
Then again, it might change their POV on the whole thing.
Please, they can barely afford suicide belts anymore and they have no room left for pride.
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Utter bullshit.
How many Pride parades are there in Gaza? Or the West Bank?
Or in any Arab/Islamic country?
Spare me your anti-jew rhetoric.
A man lives in his room. A bad man shoves another man into the room and bars the door. The first man tells the second to leave, the Second man says no. They fight and the first man looses and is locked in the closet. The first man pounds at the closet door, he breaks his hands, rips out his nails trying to tear down the door, his mind splinters and he becomes a horrific caricature of hate.
There are 3 possible outcomes and the safest one for the second man is in killing the first while he's still in the closet.
I'm not saying they aren't hesitant or taking their time. But it's where the whole thing is going.
Richard @ Sat May 08, 2010 7:05 pm
So like a tree falling in the forest...would we be hearing anything about this if it wasn't a special interest group? I think not.
ShepherdsDog @ Sat May 08, 2010 7:16 pm
Dragom Dragom:
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Oh well then, they should canvass the Palestinian community for funds to support their parade.
Yep, considering most Palestinians are muslim, and considering the muslim view on homosexuality I sure can see THAT working out real well for the gay community
Then again, it might change their POV on the whole thing.
Please, they can barely afford suicide belts anymore and they have no room left for pride.
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Utter bullshit.
How many Pride parades are there in Gaza? Or the West Bank?
Or in any Arab/Islamic country?
Spare me your anti-jew rhetoric.
A man lives in his room. A bad man shoves another man into the room and bars the door. The first man tells the second to leave, the Second man says no. They fight and the first man looses and is locked in the closet. The first man pounds at the closet door, he breaks his hands, rips out his nails trying to tear down the door, his mind splinters and he becomes a horrific caricature of hate.
There are 3 possible outcomes and the safest one for the second man is in killing the first while he's still in the closet.
I'm not saying they aren't hesitant or taking their time. But it's where the whole thing is going.
Are you trying to tell us that you are having a difficult time coming out of the closet?
EyeBrock @ Sat May 08, 2010 7:48 pm
Dragom Dragom:
PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Oh well then, they should canvass the Palestinian community for funds to support their parade.
Yep, considering most Palestinians are muslim, and considering the muslim view on homosexuality I sure can see THAT working out real well for the gay community
Then again, it might change their POV on the whole thing.
Please, they can barely afford suicide belts anymore and they have no room left for pride.
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
Dragom Dragom:
Pointing out how close Israel is to committing the most ironic genocide in history could be grounds for refusing a parade.
Utter bullshit.
How many Pride parades are there in Gaza? Or the West Bank?
Or in any Arab/Islamic country?
Spare me your anti-jew rhetoric.
A man lives in his room. A bad man shoves another man into the room and bars the door. The first man tells the second to leave, the Second man says no. They fight and the first man looses and is locked in the closet. The first man pounds at the closet door, he breaks his hands, rips out his nails trying to tear down the door, his mind splinters and he becomes a horrific caricature of hate.
There are 3 possible outcomes and the safest one for the second man is in killing the first while he's still in the closet.
I'm not saying they aren't hesitant or taking their time. But it's where the whole thing is going.
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HaRdLy @ Sat May 08, 2010 7:51 pm
Lemmy Lemmy:
HaRdLy HaRdLy:
Fuck that, we are taxed to death in this province as it is.
I don't disagree with that and I'm not suggesting NEW taxes, but, without doing any research, I'd guess that the Pride parade is worth several million dollars in economic value to the Province and the City of Toronto. A $400M investment that generates millions in business revenue and tax revenue seems like the sort of event that we'd be foolish to cancel. It's not like it's money frivolously spent. There are lots of places to cut that don't have big-time economic spin-off benefits.
If anything that $400M would better spent on things like improving emergency room wait-times, Dr. shortages, nursing shortages, hospital bed closures, ambulance response times, etc, etc.