In Germany in the 1930s gangs of brown-shirted thugs went about terrorizing the population. These gangs created "false terrorist acts" (Reichstag fire, etc.), while doing their own terrorizing with beatings, vandalizing shops, etc.
When I read this blog post this morning, my stomach turned. It is blatantly obvious - although the papers didn't clarify (but the NDP candidate made clear) that it was Liberal homes/property targeted, and it was not NDP or Liberal workers doing the terrorist acts.
This is really sickening. Deplorable. Even for Conservatives - if it is proven so - this is a shameful day. While lawn-sign "vandalism" and defacing has occurred for years (ever since there were lawn-signs, I'm sure), vandalism against homes, cars (including attempted assaults/murder? by cutting brake lines) is a new low, and goes clearly into the realm of organized criminal activity.
This is such a frightening and unsettling turn in events on the national scene, that something NEEDS to be done on the federal level, and the RCMP MUST be involved to ensure that a VERY STRONG message is sent.
I always have a lawn sign, and they have been vandalized (when I lived in Calgary). This new organized criminal up-kick in vandalism is much, much more serious. Someone could be killled or seriously injured...
Time for an investigation on a national scale.
6 comments:
Are you sure? Some of the graffiti was pro NDP?
These acts are deplorable, but you should not point fingers. Nor should you Goodwin yourself.
How do you know it was pro-Conservative vandals? You don't. You can merely smear without proof.
Why would the RCMP get involved? There is the Guelph municipal police and the OPP.
Why don't you try naming some of your "suspects"?
Coward: Not sure what you mean by pro NDP? The NDP candidate indicated that it wasn't Liberals or NDPers who committed the terrorist acts... Makes sense, since it was Liberal targets apparently attacked...
As far as smears, I'm only restating what the media reported. Perhaps you should ask the NDP candidate what he meant?
Grit c'mon now. What would you expect the NDP to say? They will try and capitalize on this for votes without any proof.
This is an escalation of the campaign of sign destruction that has been plaguing all the parties in Guelph.
And why would it make sense that it wasn't the NDP since it was Liberal signs that were attacked? Can the NDP candiate speak for every single supporter? Of course not. NOTE: I am not saying it was the NDP or anyone else. Until someone is caught I won't partake in smears for partisan points.
Reading the Guelph Mercury, the article today said some of the graffiti was pro-NDP. That's what I mean.
Grit c'mon now. What would you expect the NDP to say? They will try and capitalize on this for votes without any proof.
This is an escalation of the campaign of sign destruction that has been plaguing all the parties in Guelph.
And why would it make sense that it wasn't the NDP since it was Liberal signs that were attacked? Can the NDP candiate speak for every single supporter? Of course not. NOTE: I am not saying it was the NDP or anyone else. Until someone is caught I won't partake in smears for partisan points.
Reading the Guelph Mercury, the article today said some of the graffiti was pro-NDP. That's what I mean.
We can't just call it "an escalation" and leave it at that. When people's lives or safety are endangered, this has crossed the line from "election pranks and hijynx" into criminal acts - and organized criminal acts at that...
An investigation is needed. There is more to this than meets the eye. In all my years of campaigning, I've never seen this extent of hostility (the cutting of brake lines). I have seen broken windows, and once someone drove over a lawn to run down a Liberal lawn sign in Regina (in my neighborhood), but never the threat to someone's safety.
This is beyond stupid. It's criminal. Let's not just sweep it aside by calling it a "simple escalation".
Don't put words in my mouth! I never said simple. I articulated my position on this whole debacle already.
I am one of the few if not only BTer to come out and condemn this crap.
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