Raise the Hammer

Ryan I was very disappointed in how easily you caved in to the veiled threats that were made to you by a local "Rag"!. I do not think their was "A Snowballs Chance In Hell" that they would have risked the "Adverse" publicity it would have brought them,but that was your judgmental call to make. However after that you became very ingratiating to the "Bully" who threatened you with your "Yes Sir,No Sir, Three Bags Full Sir" servile attitude that I have wondered whether you are considering "Selling Out" your past principles to them or angling for employment with them? Regarding MR Butani's comments to a so called local scribe,we all know, but few want to admit that Racism can be conveyed covertly in many ways (Read The Ontario Human Rights Act) as even some of your blogger's "Are" by attacking him for his perception, which is based upon many past experiences. I was a Director of a "Cultural" Board in this City a few years ago and Mahesh was President of it and he personally brought many diverse Ethnic Groups here to entertain the public and enrich our arts.However certain members of the board whist mouthing positive platitudes to him were also in his absence racially denigrating him in a most uncouth manner.These individuals were from the Cities "Elite" and comprised a Lawyer,a Realtor,a local Liberal Party President and a member of the family of the Cities Educational Elite.I saved many E-Mails that they circulated to the "White" members of the Board who they in their arrogance thought would subscribe to their view that we cannot have these "Uppity" Coloreds getting ideas above the Station they had designated for them.He eventually became dispirited and they picked a night when their was not enough of his supporters present to call a vote of confidence and "Can" him.I and others resigned in protest even though I was "Offered" as a way to buy me off the Presidency. Mahesh is aware that I have the "Evidence" but has never asked for it, as he see's his Mission in this City as helping Hamilton to rise above it's past attitudes and look to a more humane and productive future, unlike some on local so called "Inclusive" groups who want to magnify any slight that justifies their agenda. An individual like him is a "Gift" to this city as he has spent much of his money and an inordinate amount of time trying to improve this Blighted City. In closing let me say that in a perfect society we would not need "A Human Rights Code" and we should all work to make it obsolete.