tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post1211274332043287889..comments2023-10-25T04:54:37.147-07:00Comments on Just Right: Glavin on GallowayJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-64675579369241399132009-04-09T22:09:00.000-07:002009-04-09T22:09:00.000-07:00I know I'm a little late in getting around to my a...I know I'm a little late in getting around to my articles of interest, but I'm catching up now.<BR/><BR/>I personally don't care how much "media attention" this twit has been awarded as a result of this whole spat. I really honestly don't.<BR/><BR/>I believe a greater service has been provided through the practice that precipitated the attention.<BR/><BR/>Canada has displayed (through our Border Guards and the related government officials) that it adheres to the rule of law regardless of who is knocking at the door. The fact that 'we' didn't blink in the face of the possibility of bad publicity, increased attention to this man's fluff, etc, says a great deal about the integrity of our country.<BR/><BR/>Whether someone agrees with the decision or not, it can not be said that we will kow tow out of a misguided fear of bad news.Sean Calderhttp://www.thepolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-72333013205490917162009-04-02T00:33:00.000-07:002009-04-02T00:33:00.000-07:00Terry, All good points. I just hated seeing him s...Terry, All good points. I just hated seeing him set up as any kind of free speech martyr. But you're quite right that it was likely the media would have continued the circus had he arrived - whether or not he'd been detained & deported.JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-51793369739418391232009-04-01T20:00:00.000-07:002009-04-01T20:00:00.000-07:00Thank you kindly, JR.A couple of quick points. 1. ...Thank you kindly, JR.<BR/><BR/>A couple of quick points. <BR/><BR/>1. As to whether it would have been "better to let him in," I don't know that I have much of an opinion on the subject because it's hypothetical; no one stopped him from coming in, and the only thing we didn't offer him was an advance exemption from a Canadian law that he has boasted about breaking.<BR/><BR/>2.As for the "publicity" thing, I suspect Galloway would have had been the subject of at least as much publicity had he actually arrived at a Canadian border entry with the intention of making his Canadian appointments. He likely would have been arrested, detained, refused entry and deported to the UK. If Jason Kenney had controversially granted him his special pleading to be above the law, and Galloway had made his speaking engagements and rubbed everyone's noses in it, I am inclined to think, after everything Galloway has been up to lately, that "publicity" would be a very understated way to describe the media barrage that would follow from that.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if any of this would have mattered either way, publicity-wise. They say all publicity is good publicity, but that's showbiz. True, Galloway is roughly two-thirds showman. I would want him to get lots of publicity, and his Canadian acolytes should, too, but of the kind that is based on facts, and capable of noticing the difference between a colorful pacifist-entertainer and a sleazy bagman-publicist for mass murderers.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I expect too much.Terry Glavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888372152979226013noreply@blogger.com