Shameful Hypocrisy
In 2005, during a Coyotes-Habs game that went down in Montreal, it was alleged by one of the linesmen that Coyotes Forward, Shane Doan uttered a slur along the lines of “fucking Frenchmen” about an official to team-mate Curtis Joseph, when a supposed bad call had been issued. The pending matter had gone to court and Doan was cleared because there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that he had said it and it was entirely possible that it had been uttered by another team-mate entirely.
Fast forward to 2007 and we’ve got the Bloc with its feathers in a ruffle over a supposed comment that was never proven, with the rest of the parliamentary rank and file jumping on the bandwagon like so many lemmings. All four presiding federal parties have united in a show of national loyalty to force Hockey Canada to justify their selection of Shane Doan as the captain for Team Canada.
Yet last year at Turin, where was our federal government when the team trotted out Todd Bertuzzi as a member of Team Canada? Why did the government call that into question? Bertuzzi had sucker-punched Steve Moore, driving him onto the ice.
Sure hockey is violent but how is it justifiable to allow for a person like Bertuzzi to play yet question the selection of Doan? Bertuzzi had plead guilty to the charges, went through trial and was issued a conviction. Doan was cleared but who was questioned? Not the guilty person…
Am I so wrong if I think our politicians should be spending their time on more worthy issues like poverty, welfare reform, progression of women’s rights and other domestic matters that will shape the future of Canada?
If you agree that this is a waste of time, then perhaps you may wish to sign a petition to alert our government to the fact that the voting public believes that this is not a federal matter.
SaveDoan.ca
No innocent bystanders in Doan affair
Stumble It!
May 4th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I guess words are “hate” but checking from behind is “strategy”