"The violence of Nichols as well as other Black perpetrators, is usually reported as if it gained momentum from nefarious forces or sprang menacingly out of a vacuum and rarely are the underlying causes of this retaliatory violence addressed or examined. Instead the Blacks who become engaged in it are depicted as monstrous and evil. Even if explanations are offered, they place the blame on the supposed moral degeneracy, wickedness and debauchery of the Black antagonist. The injustices of poverty, racism, political isolation, etc are brushed aside as contributing factors and no attention is paid to childhood trauma (as is in the case of White killers) and few are concerned if (or how) social, medical, or economic conditions may have impacted upon behavior."

"...Wadud and the Progressive Muslims are shooting for the stars, leaving behind a sorry planet called earth. Moreover, they are doing it for all the wrong reasons."

"Instead of dying to fit in, Canadian Muslims can contribute tremendously to our multicultural society by speaking out against discrimination and deprivation wherever they occur -- among our First Nations people, refugees, the poor, the needy, children, the sick and the elderly."

"If we were serious about continuing our "civilization" into the indefinite future, we would devise a simultaneous plan to recover ALL endangered species, and the national economy would be scaled back to allow for this recovery and persistence of our native bio-diversity, upon which our national economy should be based. If we insisted on a fair distribution of wealth, the people of America and the world would find that all could be provided for adequately if the previously liquidated resources were distributed more equitably."

"No, it’s not about Bush “bringing” democracy to the Middle East, but rather the unintended consequence of the horrific 9/11 attacks. Whether the US wants to acknowledge it or not, we are finally listening to some of what repressed people in the Middle East have been saying."

"After weeks of promotion, more people disapprove of Bush's privatization plan than did just three weeks ago."

It is grossly biased for the Globe [and Mail] to bring up the subject of Hezbollah’s disarmament without demanding that Israel vacate the Golan Heights and the Sheeba Farms.

For Israel’s media Jews, defending the zionist faith while remaining deaf, dumb and blind to Israel’s holocaust against Palestinians leads them to commit contortions of logic and cognitive dissonance.