So, I have been ignoring my own blog for a while and my excuse of being remarkably busy is a legitimate, if not a lame one. In the last couple of weeks, my wife and I spent a few days with some of our favorite people at the annual national convention for the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and I had a great time workng for Conoco/Phillips in New Mexico, although I could have done withtout the freak snowstorm. I wanted to take a moment to those unaware that this blog is what I call my venting zone. During my speech, I rarely rant but not because I don’t have stuff to rant about so I save that for here. Honestly, I am 90% positive 90% of the time but sometimes, stuff makes me mad and today, I am furious. I didn’t start out that way and am, in fact, feeling quite festive with Christmas quickly approaching. While in the car this morning, I tuned in talk-radio and I hear a clip from the website of envirnmentalist, David Suzuki. To paraphrase (go to the David Suzuki Foundation website and see for yourself) Suzuki is on camera “live” from the North Pole where he basically asserts that Santa will be homeless and have to move his workshop and home or Christmas will cease to exist. I could just picture young children seeing this threat and imagine their response when Suzuki says, “So please send money for Santa. Of course, he won’t get it but our foundation will use it to Save Santa’s home”!
If this was Rick Mercer satirizing as he is so good at doing, I could see the humour and frankly, I have a great sense of humour but I believe Suzuki has crossed the line and I want to call attention to it! Send money to David Suzuki or Santa’s finished! Has Suzuki become a Soprano? Obviously, adults can decipher the crap behind such a sick idea, but this is clearly aimed at children. Is that not truly pathetic?
So I can pretty much picture the polarized lines forming here. Let me state I love our planet. We have been recycling and composting in our home forever. We belive in a good debate and we believe there is a problerm but who caused it and how is not certain and people like Suzuki use fear tactics like terrorists use IED’s to wreack havoc on an insecure and somewhat ignorant society. They remind me of the bullies I had to tolerate for years of my life and like the bullies, Suzuki has sunk to a low that should not be ignored.
Please send an E-mail to the contact page on Suzuki’s website objecting to this tasteless scam meant to monger fear and paranoia amongst our youth. It really is amazing how such a great Canadian can morph into such a pathetic huckster. While I am at it, please put out the word to anyone you know who may hire speakers and boycott Suzuki just to prove that one can be passionate but when one resorts to this, he should be censored.
Shame On YOU David Suzuki!!!