#CaylanFord: "This will likely be the longest, most costly, and among the most consequential media defamation trials in Canadian history. It begins March 2 at the Court of King's Bench in Calgary, and is set to span 3.5 months. The trial involves seven remaining defendants (including the CBC, Toronto Star and Broadbent Institute), 51 distinct publications, 10 expert reports, close to 50 witnesses, and over $7M in claimed damages"
https://nitter.net/caylanford/status/2023849250724212744#m
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"In the industrialized and post-industrial world, death usually arrives late. [...] Even animal deaths are hidden from view: We buy the shrink-wrapped meat of creatures whose faces we have never seen. Mortality remains an inescapable fact, but it has been tamed, sanitized, and banished to the margins of our consciousness."
The Fall of a Sparrow
https://firstthings.com/the-fall-of-a-sparrow/
"By imagining that they are fighting against fascists and white supremacists, their own lives are imbued with grandiose moral purpose. And if their opponents are fascists, then any means are justified to destroy them."
https://medium.com/@contact_38385/resignation-974d82c5d6bd?sk=f5764be639a3cad69efcce373a58da40
M. Grégoire
M. Grégoire