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felis_ultharusPolitics
Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the British beginning to phase out slavery in their Empire. Our Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, made a speech about it yesterday.
They weren't the first to outlaw slavery, and Upper Canada (now southern Ontario) became the first place in the Empire to begin the phase-out more than a decade before. Yet in 1807, Britain was the most powerful nation on Earth, and when they decided to shut it down on their own ships, that was a major turning point.
In other political news, Quebec votes tomorrow and I dislike all three front-runners. All three are centre-right parties, though two pretend to be left-wing during elections even though one of them is led by a former Mulroney Conservative, and the other one by a man who signed Québec Lucide.
Life
Things were quiet today, after a rushed and unpleasant week (my parents were in town, and they used up most of my time around work and NDP functions). I am keeping up with my writing, though little else. I still haven't heard back about the exam I wrote a week ago.
Not much else to report. We are watching a new anime, now -- a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, except the count is now a gay vampire living on the moon, and he now has a kick-ass spaceship.
They must have felt this was too prosaic for anime fans, so they spiced it up by giving all the characters psychedelic outfits with patterns that shift as they move.
Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the British beginning to phase out slavery in their Empire. Our Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, made a speech about it yesterday.
They weren't the first to outlaw slavery, and Upper Canada (now southern Ontario) became the first place in the Empire to begin the phase-out more than a decade before. Yet in 1807, Britain was the most powerful nation on Earth, and when they decided to shut it down on their own ships, that was a major turning point.
In other political news, Quebec votes tomorrow and I dislike all three front-runners. All three are centre-right parties, though two pretend to be left-wing during elections even though one of them is led by a former Mulroney Conservative, and the other one by a man who signed Québec Lucide.
Life
Things were quiet today, after a rushed and unpleasant week (my parents were in town, and they used up most of my time around work and NDP functions). I am keeping up with my writing, though little else. I still haven't heard back about the exam I wrote a week ago.
Not much else to report. We are watching a new anime, now -- a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, except the count is now a gay vampire living on the moon, and he now has a kick-ass spaceship.
They must have felt this was too prosaic for anime fans, so they spiced it up by giving all the characters psychedelic outfits with patterns that shift as they move.
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Date: 2007-03-26 02:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-26 03:28 am (UTC)