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Category Archives: Politics
The Fiefdom of Bureaucracy
“In any bureaucracy, there’s a natural tendency to let the system become an excuse for inaction” – Chris Fussell A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by a BC reporter, Melanie Green, regarding the conundrum of aging with … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Personal Life, Politics, seniors
Tagged BC Seniors Poverty Report Card, bureaucracy, CARP, Lord of the Rings, Melanie Green, Nazgûl, seniors, SPARC, Strider, Terry Wiens, The Star Vancouver
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Who Is Responsible…We Are
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter” – Winston Churchill I have been watching some of the online news coverage of the March Across America movement and one of the words that is providing … Continue reading
Forgetting How Tyranny Grows
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent” – Thomas Jefferson It is kind of a dull grey day here which is very much the way I am feeling right now with … Continue reading
On Being a Victim
“You can slowly ease into being a victim or you can accept being a victim, the only difference is the level of fight” – Terry Wiens (2018) I had a very hard time falling asleep last night and was plagued … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Personal Life, Politics
Tagged activism, BC Residential Tenancy Act, Colten Boushie, Columbine, First Nations, Florida shooting, groupthink, Kent State massacre, Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School, martyrs, Nanaimo, NRA, Sandy Hook, seniors, social media, survivors, Terry Wiens, victims
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Stereotyping Through Stigma
“The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity – that it’s this or maybe that – you have just one large statement; it is this.” – Chinua Achebe … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Personal Life, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged activism, Chinua Achebe, Death with dignity, Disability, niqab, Sharia law, stereotyping, stigma, Terry Wiens
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A Hostage of Circumstance
“The biggest restriction to independence for the disabled is the perception of retaliation for speaking out” – Terry Wiens (2018) I am so pissed off right now I need to speak out. I have been a hostage of circumstance for … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Disability, Personal Life, Politics
Tagged access, activism, ADA, Disability, Kent Hehr, Nanaimo, polio, Robin Cavendish, Terry Wiens
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