Real Outrage
Old Conservatives are acting outraged by the Young Greens use of a censored f-word. Well I don't think many young people think the f-word is outrageous here some real reasons why young people are angry:
- Our leaders still think donuts are more important than climate talks.
- Unemployment among young people is at 30-year highs.
- Asthma rates have quadrupled in the last 20 years.
- It's embarrassing that our Prime Minister can't even show up to world leader photo ops.
- In Ontario alone tuition fees have jumped by over 200% since 1990.
- Our tourism minister doesn't know where Georgian bay is.
- Our governing party is intentionally making a mockery or our parliamentary system.
- No matter who we vote for our government doesn't seem to represent us.
- 131 and counting have died in Afghanistan and the conflict is getting worse.
- Canada is facing a record deficit that we're going to have to pay off.
We have reason to be outraged and we are mad. We're so mad we might even use the f-word. The conservatives should stop worrying about our language and start worrying about us showing up to the polls.
References:
Unemployment: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h3YWEtq2kYVHkIT2fle4d8kcA2Eg
Asthma: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/01/27/asthma-report060127.html
Respect for Foreign Leaders: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/612344
Tuition Fees: http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/map-tuition-fees/
Tourism Minister: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/where-exactly-is-georgian-bay-ms-ablonczy/article1302515/
MP Behaviour: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=b8122d51-95e8-4b29-b99b-34217406425d&k=7719
Electoral System: http://www.fairvote.ca/en/orphan-voters-seven-million-of-us
Afghanistan Casualties: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/list.html
State of Afghanistan: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/01/full-comment-podcast-afghanistan-s-uncertain-future.aspx