tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post1314330006851734671..comments2023-07-14T03:26:19.215-07:00Comments on The Iceman: True Patriot AbandonmentThe_Icemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-64407473945588502512009-05-02T01:51:00.000-07:002009-05-02T01:51:00.000-07:00And no, I have not nor will not read any of his bo...And no, I have not nor will not read any of his books because that would require me spending money on his books. Just as I am sure that 95% of Canadians won't read any of his books. Sadly, I am restricted to reading the excerpts that Ignatieff is releasing to the media, which I'm sure he considers to be the parts that he most wants Canadians to read.The_Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-46458423824904541272009-05-02T01:46:00.000-07:002009-05-02T01:46:00.000-07:00regardless of which side of the family the "4 gene...regardless of which side of the family the "4 generations" comes from, Ignatieff professed to choosing the Russian roots.<br /><br />“Between my two pasts, the Canadian and the Russian, I felt I had to choose,” Ignatieff wrote. “I chose the vanished past, the past lost behind the revolution. I could count on my mother’s inheritance: it was always there. It was my father’s past that mattered to me, because it was the one I had to recover, to make my own.”The_Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-6781394328130947812009-04-29T15:20:00.000-07:002009-04-29T15:20:00.000-07:00"He resents that his ancestors were forced to beco..."He resents that his ancestors were forced to become Canadian, and as evidenced by the sub-title “Four Generations in Search of Canada”, he confesses that his ancestors spent an inordinate amount of time trying to decide if they even liked it here."<br /><br />The "four generations" in the title are the Grants, not the Ignatieffs; being 'in search' of Canada is a romantic notion of looking for the idea. Obviously, since they lived there to great success, they liked it.<br /><br />"My ancestors did not resent that they had to leave their homeland; they were not angry that they had been overthrown from a position of entitlement and power."<br /><br />You have obviously not read <I>The Russia Album</I>. Ignatieff is fascinated by his family's history (justifiably; its quite interesting), and proud of many of their accomplishments, but it is not a paean to the Romanovs. Much of it is about the fundamental flaws in the system his family was blind to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-9290564361799734302009-04-26T10:54:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:54:00.000-07:00I do agree with Ignatieff's "lesser evil" philosop...I do agree with Ignatieff's "lesser evil" philosophies of pre-emptive wars, coerced interrogation, indefinite detention of enemy combatants, and especially targeted assassinations. Hugo Chavez is a Bolshevik, and there is a high probability that Ignatieff's condemnation of Marxists and support of political assassination would suggest that he would support sending a few snipers on "special assignment" in Venezuela...Sadly though, since Iggy refuses to make any policy announcements other than raising taxes, I doubt that he would ever come out and say lets shoot Chavez in the head…The_Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-25162039351942142102009-04-26T08:29:00.000-07:002009-04-26T08:29:00.000-07:00" Does anyone doubt that had Paul Martin won a maj..." Does anyone doubt that had Paul Martin won a majority in 2004 that Michael Ignatieff would still be living in Boston telling people he’s an American? " no shit . gotta save that line . thats it in a nutshellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-5964729854630043892009-04-26T08:13:00.000-07:002009-04-26T08:13:00.000-07:00Good analysis. Iggy is the type of "Canadian" who...Good analysis. Iggy is the type of "Canadian" who disgusts me. He's a Canadian of convenience.<br /><br />A Canadian is someone who want to be here, regardless of whether they were born here, and work to contribute to making Canada a great country. Iggy is not such a person.Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601342147663575029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-78138988697046718952009-04-26T08:01:00.000-07:002009-04-26T08:01:00.000-07:00This is very well written. There has been a fair a...This is very well written. There has been a fair amount written about this, the past few days and your evaluation, reads like a 'first time' for me. Excellent!Bechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197428781361903395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-38673968120797710132009-04-26T07:55:00.000-07:002009-04-26T07:55:00.000-07:00It is so obvious why Iggy wrote the book and had i...It is so obvious why Iggy wrote the book and had it published now. Promotion. Win the people over. Get interviews such as Alan Gregg of TVO who almost swooned.<br /><br />Frankly, it worked for Obama and it might for the Patriot.<br /><br />Edmund Onward James<br />www.onwardjames.comEdmund Onward Jameshttp://www.onwardjames.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com