The Readers are always right
When I asked the question who was GritGirl and the subsequent followup about ToryBoy1 it was pointed out to me by the readers that, quite rightly, I had overestimated the cost and technical expertise needed to produce such videos. Now it has been confirmed by Warren Kinsella that this is a fact. "I am excited by the vid below because someone calling themselves "OneTenGrand" did it. Why is that exciting? Because it means what Grit Girl started is spreading - Liberals (likely young Liberals) are using their acquired computer skills to defeat the discredited Harper regime." To see an example of the latest that Kinsella has posted go the video page.
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It's a Power Point Presentation converted to MPEG. Quick, snappy, and $1.95 to produce.
The assertion at the end of the Kinsella video that the Minister of Science doesn't believe in science is absolutely groundless. "Just because I make an accusation means that the accusation is true." You know better than to put your wind behind that sieve of a sail, Ben.
Clever, cute and entertaining video though. It appeals to the peurile element of our nature -- a form of argument (straw man) that I have indulged in on occasion, to inspire mockery and denigration against the target.
Warren Kinsella is excited by ToryBoy1 because it means that "Liberals ... are using their acquired computer skills to defeat the discredited Harper regime."
What crap is this?! To defeat the discredited Harper regime, all that Liberals need do is stand up and vote the buggers out. Why is it that local elementary school kids can do what middle-aged college profs cannot, namely, stand up against bullying?
Today's Globe & Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090318.GOODYEAR18/TPStory/?query=anne+mcilroy) reports that the Science Minister unequivocably believes in evolution.
This assertion does not contradict anything he ever said earlier. He had never denied evolution. He was never asked about evolution outside the context of religion.
The headline in the March 17 Globe said the minister invoked religion. He did not. It was invoked by reporters who asked him questions about his personal religious beliefs. They were egged on by a handful of disgruntled scientists who had their budgets cut who voiced their SUSPICIONS that the Minister was a Christian creationist. The scientists were interested in pay back, revenge, ignoble reasons. Of course they had diddly to support their unscientific fantasy, but they convinced well-paid reporters eager to out Christians to narrow in on the Minister's personal religious beliefs, something they would be highly reticient to do with a Jew, Muslim, Sikh, etc. (Besides, the Minister is an "old" "white" "guy", and we all know how bigots regard those kind of folks)
The Minister declined to the take the bait, rightly asserting that his personal religious beliefs were none of their damn business, especially in light of the fact that his ministerial responsibilities were carried in a pragmatic secular manner.
However, because the Minister declined to answer the question, the blank page was filled with people's prejudice and/or bigotry. The Minister was pre-judged by prejudiced people. Warren Kinsella exuded his prejudice on this issue when he extolled the video. The creationist of the video also exuded prejudice.
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