-- BOSTON -- The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.Okay... don't get me wrong here... I'm really, really happy the train operator didn't turn this poor woman into applesauce with his hundred ton cuisinart. But is he really a hero? Conversely... if he hadn't been able to stop in time... would that have made him a coward?
You want heroes? How about the Canadian sapper who was killed recently, after walking up to an IED and attempting to defuse it? How about every Canadian soldier who wakes up every day and goes out on patrol... despite knowing what waits on the other side of that wire?
See, the thing is... part of this guy's job description is not running over people. I know that because... before I discovered the wonderful world of computers... I drove subway trains for a number of years.
This guy may be a competent train jockey... but he's no hero.
And every time some dumbass reporter says something like this... they're spitting on the the reputation and the memory of some very special people.
And they should stop it. Now.
You want brave? You want an actual Canadian hero? Try Tarek Fatah. This guy's got bigger balls than Kathy Shaidle.
"Who will rise to challenge this cancer of segregation seeping into the conscience of Muslim youth? The same clerics who sit at inter-faith and multiculturalism conferences and breakfasts with politicians are the very people who endorse the anti-Jew and anti-Christian message coming from their Saudi masters."**********
"The time has come to call a spade a spade. The question is, are there any Canadians willing to fight this hate … or are they too worried about being accused of Islamophobia?"
RELATED: Let's also not forget Irshad Manji
Of course, she had to install bulletproof windows at her Toronto home... and eventually flee to the United States... but it hasn't stopped her from speaking out...
Admittedly, this is uncomfortable for millions of Canadians to hear. So uncomfortable that, on arresting the Toronto 17, police didn't once refer to “Islam” or “Muslims” during a press briefing. At a second presser, police boasted about avoiding the words “Islam” and “Muslims.” They characterized their omission as an exercise in sensitivity. I considered it an exercise in denial about the role of religion in the alleged plot.*
Later, when I raised my concern at an RCMP conference on communication, assorted staff and members of the force confided that their lawyers prevented them from mentioning the offending words.
