"Bother" is an understatement
I should likely have called this category "Things that royally piss me off". I mean, if I am going to blog about something negative, it's probably because it has elicited some sort of a visceral reaction from me, right? But I digress...
I seldom post on discussion forums. Occasionally I chime in on advice forums, like at WeightWatchers.ca, if someone needs to know what RDA stands for (recommended daily allowance, for those who are interested), but rarely in my older age do I now post to any other forums. I ascribe to that old maxim about arguing on the internet and the Special Olympics. I'm sure I don't need to repeat it here, but if you're curious, read any Fark thread and the adage is likely to make an appearance.
I figure that most other common-sensicals with internet access must be like-minded and abstain from posting their balanced, well-drafted arguments as well, since the overwhelming majority of comments I read on globeandmail.com and Yahoo! News forums seem to come from the low end of the bell curve.
Case in point: yesterday on Yahoo! On the same day that Capt Mike attended a ramp ceremony to welcome home a fallen Canadian soldier, news broke that a young Canadian medic had been killed by an IED in Panjwayi. While reading of the incident on Yahoo! News, I noticed the most recent comment posted to the article. Some sub-100 whose Yahoo! ID is HannibalHLecter (in case you wish to provide him with any feedback yourself) iterated that since Canada had the gall to build a Tim Horton's franchise in downtown Kandahar, we, the Canadian people, are just gagging for soldiers to die. Yep. Downtown Kandahar apparently has a Timmy's, and a coffee shop is why Al Qaeda hates freedom.
It's funny, I had always been under the impression that the Tim Horton's was actually on Kandahar Air Field, a secure, multi-national military facility, but I will admit that I only arrived at this obviously false conclusion based on what could only be described as propoganda Capt Mike, CBC NewsWorld, and Tim Horton's itself has been feeding me. Also, I had mistakenly assumed that the reasons for Canada's involvement in the war were infinitely more complex than Osama's dislike for double doubles. So thank you, HannibalHLecter, for taking the time from your no doubt busy schedule of downloading and self-gratification to enlighten and educate us. You've really opened my eyes to the fact that sometimes democracy sucks, because y'alls vote does indeed cancel out mine.
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