This page spent a three-day weekend out and about around the Lower Mainland, and something caught my attention. First of all, I'm reluctant to chip in on the furor surrounding placing 'Support our Troops' decals on emergency vehicles. My take on it is that really have no place on ambulances, given the number of Muslims from places like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman who work as doctors in the hospitals where the ambulances inevitably end up. As for police squad cars, the police are most likely to identify the most with the military, so telling them not to have 'Support our Troops' decals is not going to go over well. Besides, the police have a lot of guns too.
However, 'Support our Troops' decals have no business going on unmarked police cars. How can it be an 'unmarked' police car if the car is marked with the same sticker as regular police cars? I saw a few police cars like that in Vancouver over the weekend, which would have been a nice tip if my recreational activities were somewhat less legitimate. Patriotism may be the last refuge of a scoundrel, but sometimes it can make it a little easier for the scoundrels to take refuge.
2 comments:
But wait a moment. The minute a yellow ribbon is placed on an unmarked police vehicle, it ceases to be "unmarked" - it is marked with a Support Our Troops magnet. Therefore, your argument fails at the most basic logical level - since it's marked, the police can't be criticized for putting the decal on it. And that's why we need perpetual war against anyone who looks funny at us.
Whatd'ya think? Am I ready for some serious right-wing blogging?
At which point in time did you declare the mission in Afghanistan to be a war on Arabic states?
I am afraid that your logic is flawed, and you would find that a lot of Afghan Canadians sport the same stickers on their cars (at least the ones I know do).
Ahh well... It's your horn... Toot it as you see fit.
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