Difference between Pride and Hate

August 27, 2007

By Gary McHale – www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

With all the talk about Supremacy groups, whether White or Native, what exactly is the difference, if any, between Pride in one’s culture, one’s history, one’s people, and Hate?

I believe we can all agree that Pride in one’s race, history, language, culture is truly a great thing. As people we need to have a sense of Pride in ourselves and our heritage. This has been denied to Aboriginal people for some time and the cost in human suffering of any people without Pride can be seen in many ways.

Therefore, we affirm Aboriginal people’s Right to Pride – as Humans we all need Pride.

In Toronto, we can have many events that celebrate the Pride people have in their own group, race, etc. We have Caribbana which is well attended and eagerly anticipated by many in Toronto. We have a city that has a Greek celebrations, Asian celebrations, Italian celebrations, etc.

All groups should be encouraged to take Pride in the accomplishments of their people. This includes sports, music performers, movie personalities, their artists, their leaders and their heroes of the past. This is all healthy Pride and is needed in every society for the well-being of its people. 

How does Pride become Hate?

 In Canada we have Hate Crime Laws and as such we are talking here about a legal understanding of Hate. 

In short, Pride becomes Hate when the Pride is expressed in such a way as to degrade another group and/or incite violence towards another group. One can express a lot of Pride in one’s race, history, culture etc., without ever belittling another group. One can talk about all the great doctors their race has produced, but if at the same time you talk about another group as the disease carriers of society then you have crossed over the line from Pride to Hate.

Aboriginal Pride and Hate

There is no doubt Aboriginals in Canada have a lot to be Proud about. Their history and culture goes back thousands of years. Throughout Canada they celebrate their culture and history in many ways including Pow Wows, their art and music, etc.

These are all healthy and add to the multicultural flavour of Canada and therefore, is something we can all take pride in.

But we see another Native Pride Movement that isn’t Pride at all but pure Hatred. To them all whites are Evil. They label all whites as Nazis or members of the KKK. They make generalized statements that are clearly designed to belittle and degrade all whites.At the same time they quote or present images of violence as the answer to the ‘white’ problem. In many ways they present their message as a solution to the ‘white’ problem.

To further their message they wrap themselves up in their history, culture and flag as a means to spread their Hate Pride. All Supremacy groups must do this in order to create a movement and the added touch of spirituality to the movement gives the needed justification to use violence against another group.

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Brantford Developer Told to Stop or be Occupied

August 28, 2007

A Brantford developer who is developing land along Grand River Avenue in Brantford has been ordered to stop all development by Six Nations natives or face occupation of his land. 

The order from Six Nations came on Thursday, August 23, 2007. The developer, who is developing houses in a residential area was ordered by Six Nations to stop the construction of all housing units. 

On Friday, August 24, 6 members of Six Nations came to the site and told the developer that if he did not stop all building they would send 20 to 30 natives to occupy his land stating he had no right to do any development as the land did not belong to him. Six Nations claims it is their land.

He contacted the police and the government, but was told to wait until after the Confederacy meeting on Saturday to see what the outcome of that would be.

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Another Native Occupation in Brantford

Here We Go Again 

By Christine McHale

August 28, 2007

Another one bites the dust!

Yes folks, it’s happened again. This time in Brantford, go figure!

A developer in Brantford was contacted by Six Nations last Thursday and told he had to stop all development of a housing sub-division because the land he bought wasn’t his. It belongs to Six Nations. Sound familiar?

The developer of Mayberry Homes, Mike Quattrociocchi, says he did everything right, everything he was supposed to do. He bought the land, got the land title, got the building permits, then made the fatal mistake of thinking all was good for go and he was in the clear. Never mind the fact that by that time, even before any ground was broken, before any basement was poured, before he did anything else, he would have spent millions already.

Now, after being told to stop all development, he is frustrated. Now that’s an understatement.

And, as if that weren’t enough, last Friday, six natives paid him a visit and told him that if he didn’t stop all development they would get twenty to thirty more natives to come and occupy land he had legally purchased, and legally had received all necessary land title, deed, and building permits for. Lock, stock and barrel!

So who runs this province anyways? Not the spineless McGuinty government, a government that would fail to recognize leadership if it bit them in the you-know-what!

The police perhaps? Nope!

So far, not one single developer, not one single police force, not one single McGuinty government MPP has stood up for justice.

To be sure, the developers, and they are a growing number, have made noise, but to no avail. Development has been stopped in Caledonia, Dunnville, Hagersville, to name a few, and now in Brantford, again.

Spineless, leadership clueless governments have enabled radical natives to thwart development and progress. Any why not? They’ve been given the green light by the government to go ahead, bring economic terrorism to town after town. They’ve been told to go ahead, claim land parcel after land parcel, rightly or wrongly so, and you just never know, you may walk away with oodles and oodles of land and cash to boot.

One glimmer of hope though. October 10 is coming up fast. Why not dump the clueless, leadership challenged McGuinty Liberals. After all, you can’t get any worse form of government that one which doesn’t govern.

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