dimanche, janvier 15, 2006
all it took to seal the future
Two bits:
- I really don't get all the fuss about James Frey's mis-representations in his autobiographical novel (see "The Man who Conned Oprah" on the Smoking Gun website). It was a GOOD BOOK, and who cares if some of it wasn't 100% factual...? People have really got some odd priorities these days, in them there United States. What about that other dude named George W. Bush who's been lying about things with much more serious consequences...? James Frey is getting more roasting than he deserves (another editorial bashing in the New York Time today). Sheesh.
- On CBC Radio's Metro Morning show the other day, the topic was "Presumed Consent" in relation to organ donation. I think this is just good sense. Unless somebody has taken steps before dying to record their opposition to being an organ donor, we should assume that their organs are now ready for their life-saving role in a deserving candidate. They interviewed Peter Kormos, a provincial representative of the NDP (yay, that's my party) who has in the past introduced a bill pushing for this new legislation. At the time, it was decided that the Canadian public was not ready for this progressive idea. What? I don't get it. I hope he has better luck this time around; he's preparing to bring it forward again.
