Comments on The Burd Report: Monday Council notes on a Sunday

Eighteen or so months ago, the Northumberland Inte...

2009-09-15T11:39:34.760-04:00

Eighteen or so months ago, the Northumberland Interfaith Coalition sponsored a public meeting on the issue of tolerance, which at the time was highly charged following letters to the local gazette by Gordon Gilchrist and others on the subject of immigration and related issues--we all remember those letters, don't we?

Proprietor Gary of the Beamish House offered his dining room for a two-hour discussion on a wintry Sunday afternoon.

Moderated by Carole Payne of the NIC, the meeting was a wonderfully inclusive event in which all attendees participated, including Mr. Gilchrist, who was welcomed.

I attribute the meeting's success to preparation by the NIC, along with, do doubt, the frosty weather, the Sunday afternoon schedule, and the smallish location at the Beamish.

Perhaps the upstairs room at The Cat in Cobourg would make an equally suitable venue for the current issue, given a competent sponsoring group and somewhat cooler weather.

It's quite deep in our nature to be status &qu...

2009-09-14T08:58:55.911-04:00

It's quite deep in our nature to be status " quoters ". Evidence ; the anthropological vignette playing in the friendly little burg. Who's your town ? Cobourg, X-burg, Rota-burg,... pika-burg...?

A public meeting on the Visitors issue would be li...

2009-09-13T16:17:56.157-04:00

A public meeting on the Visitors issue would be like opening a Pandora's Box of Social Evils, featuring intolerance and bickering between the overly entitled closed minded status quo supporters and the rest of us who accept the concept of diversity and respect for the other people we share the planet with.

It will be nasty if it is allowed to happen, and let's face it, the status quo always wins in this town at the end of the day.

It will,however, make great fodder for this frequently brilliant Blog.