it really is not worth reading let alone commenting on ezra, but to set some
things straight (although I certainly doubt anyone on this list is gullible
enough to pay attention to ezra, we all might correct any unsuspecting public
we encounter) DSF did this blog
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/panther-lounge/2013/10/false-allegations-pollute-the-well-of-public-discourse/
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:06:27 AM, Steve Kurtz <kur...@ncf.ca> wrote:
Can you imagine the uproar if it was learned that Suzuki's Quadra property had
no septic field, that raw sewage was pouring into Hyancthine Bay?
>>I asked a local diver if I could pay him to take a picture of the effluent
>>pipe. He wouldn't touch it. I also asked a carpenter who worked on the Suzuki
>>property if he would verify the fact that Suzuki had no septic treatment for
>>his waste. No, he wouldn't come forward. The common denominator is fear.
>>Local workers don't want to risk their livelihoods by spilling the beans on
>>Suzuki.
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>>Tim
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>On Oct 15, 2013, at 1:35 AM, Tom Walker wrote:
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>I call BULL SHIT. I'm not a big fan of Suzuki but I've never heard him claim
>to be a "saint". The man has had two very successful careers, as an academic
>and a broadcaster. Suzuki didn't make his fortune preaching abstinence to the
>masses and my impression is that is not the core of his message. What I've
>heard from him is talk about policy change, not personal guilt trips. This is
>the kind of character assassination that is all too typical of fascist smear
>propaganda.
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>>Pay attention to how the smear works. It's not about Suzuki. It's about being
>>critical of the fossil fuel guzzling growth status quo. Secret Suzuki is not
>>the hypocrite in this slimy little fable. It's St. Suzuki who is the
>>hypocrite and by implication anyone who criticizes the status quo. There
>>would be constructive ways of criticizing Suzuki. This is not one of them.
>>This is a Ezra Levant style bizzaro-world inversion of ethical.
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>>Oh, and I wrote that last sentence before checking to see that it is indeed
>>Mr. "Ethical Oil" himself doing the pitch. Shame.
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>>On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Arthur Cordell <denar...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>>>The two Suzukis: There’s Saint Suzuki, the one you see on CBC, and Secret
>>>Suzuki, the capitalist millionaire
>>>· Oct. 11, 2013
>>>· original
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