The Doane Thing

I didn't want to post on this topic until the competition was over - superstitious, didn't want to put any negativity out there towards our national hockey team. However, now that they have won, this is the way I see it. Whoever brought the complaint to the house did the right thing and everyone who tried to sweep it under the carpet are part of the reason that Quebec wants to be sovereign. The f-word (referring to an amphibian) when used, as Doane is reported to have, against a French Canadian is as powerfully negative as the n-word referring to an African American. Canadians should know that, and the Quebecois have the right to make their concerns known at the political level.

And as for Team Canada's self-righteous defence that somehow Doane being a Christian and having 4 children makes him a paragon of virtue - what a load of claptrap. The long history of Christianity is a history of every sin known to man - hubris and self-righteousness for a start. I hope this is not over - Canada deserves better.