Fair's Fair
I dunno, after reading an absolutely crazy piece in the National Post lamenting Dr. Henry Morgenthaler's Order of Canada I just have to say - isn't it amazing how fundamentally religious our media actually is - still - in 2008?
Which is ironic because it's also incredibly and unrelentingly sexist, I find, and I was just thinking today how much better off women would be if organized religion had absolutely no say in the politics of our country - instead of more, as it does with this New Conservative Government of Canada. Meanwhile, in our media, a woman's right to reproductive control over her own body is news, but Christian fundamentalists running the government from behind the scenes - isn't. Colour me nostalgic, but didn't our media used to be more secular back in those '70s days?
So, while I'm here with this article: WhatAboutTheUnborn?! let me just lament that Dr. Morgenthaler, a hero to many Canadians, but also a hero by any definition, must share being awarded the Order of Canada with so many recipients who have been named solely for serving the mythical god of their brand name religion while actively campaigning to restrict the human rights of Canadians. So there, Ian Hunter. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on who our heroes are in this life.
