TORONTO – Canada 2025: weary of Covid-19 aftermath; land of festivals … to commemorate injustices both real and perceived; country of vast dimensions whose inhabitants cannot seem to agree on “common” projects; geopolitical entity where the “rule of law is the ultimate law”; a commercial juggernaut so dependent on one client’s trade (55% of our GDP, and c.80% of all trade) we risk pneumonia when it sneezes; and, so convinced of [our] one true “religion” we ignore two other major events – the appeal of the Pope to youth and Netanyahu’s determination to cleanse the Levant of Palestinians.
TORONTO – Il Canada ha deciso di addentrarsi nella palude di complessità nota come Medio Oriente. Scegliete una “parte”; cinque minuti dopo, è il momento di una rivalutazione, perché gli standard di giusto e sbagliato raramente sono quelli che ci si aspetta…
TORONTO – Canada decided to enter the morass of complexity known as the Middle East. Pick a “side”; five minutes later, it is time for reassessment because the standards of right and wrong are rarely the ones one expects. On moral or ethical grounds, they are unrecognizable to outsiders who may be prone to impose their own sets on others – from a safe distance. There is always “the other factor” (material interest), hidden from view or obfuscated by webs and veils structured to achieve a goal for a purpose that may not be that of the observer.
TORONTO – It is fashionable to beat one’s chest and utter phrases, if not chants, of support for some imagined concept of sovereignty and what “glory” comes from extolling the virtues of being “free”. It is all the more charming if that happens in the context of a cold shower, thanks to the Trumpian puppet master dictating where, what and with whom Canada will engage.
TORONTO – L’organizzazione che gestisce il complesso al 901 di Lawrence Ave e al 40 di Playfair Ave sembra aver sviluppato un talento nell’erodere la reputazione di cui godeva (meritatamente) nella comunità e oltre…
