Thank you, to the Mississauga News for the Mar 24, 2007 editorial "Sticks and stones"
The subject of this editorial is Farzana Hassan-Shahid, a Mississauga woman who The News describes as "an outspoken champion of moderation and president of the Muslim Canadian congress."
The News reports that Hassan-Shahid came home to the chilling words, "I will slaughter you" left on her answering machine.
In addition to this kind of threat, the New reports, that she has also "been heckled, had her home vandalized and threatened with death by those who oppose her approach to peaceful devotion."
The Editiorial then ends with a Call to Arms:
"We must employ every possible tactic to dissuade those who try to silence us with fear and reclaim those who teeter on the brink of radicalism."
Thank you to The Mississauga News for a verbal shield from which citizens can draw courage and comfort.
Edward R. Murrow is my hero and "We must employ every possible tactic to dissuade those who try to silence us with fear" surely would've struck a chord in him for he too stood up to those who would silence others through intimidation.
"We must employ every possible tactic to dissuade those who try to silence us with fear" --The Mississauga News
"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." --Edward R. Murrow
Same message. Different words.
I prepared a video and posted it to Google just waiting for the right time to Blog it.
So. This video is dedicated with my gratitude to The Mississauga News for its support of "free speech, freedom of association and worship" and all that is Canada.
(To Farzana Hassan-Shahid, I just want to say, you have far more courage than I do. Thanks to you also)
"The terror is right in this room". I'm sure feelin' it. --Ursula Bennett
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