Bambi was deeply troubled to read about the story mentioned in the title of this post in both national and international media (https://tinyurl.com/39fpdacz; https://tinyurl.com/y3pce287).
It seems that a “32-year-old Jewish man was violently assaulted at a Montreal park in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough in broad daylight on Friday afternoon, in an incident captured on video that shows children present during the attack” (https://tinyurl.com/39fpdacz).
This father was transported to the hospital. The police is investigating.
Regardless of the motivation behind this cruelty, Bambi stands in full solidarity with this man and his children.
This is not Canada. This is not Québec. This not Montreal. ENOUGH of violence against anyone, including our fellow Canadian Jewish citizens. For the record, and according to B’nai Brith’s latest audit (2024), “the total number of reported cases of hatred targeting Jews reached an apex of 6,219 incidents in 2024” (https://tinyurl.com/y2982849).
Do you find the above incident, and statistics, acceptable? If not, what can we collectively do to respect and protect each other? What can you and what can Bambi individually do to remain connected to our humanity while honouring our beautiful Canadian values of civility as well as democracy and responsibility? These values are well explained by Dr. Mark Milke in a recent promotional video about the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.
Agreed Fred, unfortunately if you’re a citizen, there’s not much you can do. But these incidents have put on trial this whole idea of unlimited and unbridled multiculturalism. Karl Popper talked about the paradox of tolerance – too much tolerance and you lose it.
But yes, if you’re not a citizen and you display these tendencies, out you go!
There’s internal deportation, too. Make better use of Canada’s geography with the arctic archipelago; Solzhenitsyn would be proud.
Deport Hamas now!