tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post3691453053509098207..comments2023-10-12T18:31:14.258-04:00Comments on Trapped in a Whirlpool: Just Watch MeKevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-79135250033799114622012-12-19T09:56:42.038-05:002012-12-19T09:56:42.038-05:00"Contrasting that with what we see today cert..."Contrasting that with what we see today certainly highlights how far we've fallen in terms of openness and communication from our leaders."<br /><br /> Lol, nothing as really changed. Still to this day Canadians only listens when the talking heads mumble words that are recognizable or comprehensible to it's level of political knowledge - guns, thanks, soldier, civil unrest, Canuckism101https://www.blogger.com/profile/05250154852536293685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-38060735140551291522012-12-18T13:43:33.892-05:002012-12-18T13:43:33.892-05:00Stumbling across that vid has awakened so many mem...Stumbling across that vid has awakened so many memories of that time and yeah it was an interesting time for sure.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-73427507553515333092012-12-18T13:19:56.694-05:002012-12-18T13:19:56.694-05:00As a kid at the time, I lived adjacent to the Tran...As a kid at the time, I lived adjacent to the Trans-Canada highway (17). I remember waking up one night to the sound of tanks rolling down the highway from Camp Petawawa to Ottawa. The tank track marks were visible on the highway asphalt the next day, and remained visible for months. It was a surreal, but interesting time for a Canadian kid.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-50829086904585230472012-12-18T10:05:49.392-05:002012-12-18T10:05:49.392-05:00Yes indeed Lorne. My high school history teacher w...Yes indeed Lorne. My high school history teacher would often bring in several newspapers to highlight how an issue can be viewed in different ways then we'd spend the rest of the period discussing the issues of the day. Learning in this way was fun and interesting.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-77399540284465752142012-12-18T09:57:12.911-05:002012-12-18T09:57:12.911-05:00Indeed, that is correct, Kev. Given the current cr...Indeed, that is correct, Kev. Given the current crop of school administrators more interested in their career trajectory than having their teachers inculcate critical thinking skills, political discussions have become largely off-limits.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-2905164777472351702012-12-18T00:35:26.025-05:002012-12-18T00:35:26.025-05:00Yes that is often overlooked now but his response ...Yes that is often overlooked now but his response was indeed widely supported at the time. You also hit on something else that is important. You debated this in school, that is something we did often in those days. Today a teacher would be taking a great risk engaging her/his class in that regard.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-82544693002881449102012-12-18T00:29:18.717-05:002012-12-18T00:29:18.717-05:00I was in high school at the time, and we debated h...I was in high school at the time, and we debated his actions in history class for several days. Almost no one thought he went too far, and we lived as far away from the issues related to separatism as one could possibly get.double nickelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067401914703468252noreply@blogger.com