He wasn’t the kindest or the bravest or the most caring. I know kinder, braver and more caring people. He did what he could and we should praise him for that. Anything else just undermines his achievements and denigrates us all. —Honour him as a human being not as a demi-god

This article appears in Aug 25-31, 2011.

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  2. “His laugh, a bellowing, deathly din, slices through the heavens, making them bleed”
    -The Seer’s Parables.

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  3. i guess you are talking about jack layton. yeah, he was a cool dude, met him awhile back. he had bright ideas for the future of this fucked up country, now he is gone, hope whoever gets top job, carries on his dream?
    say what you will, he was a better man, than most of us could ever be. and to say he was a demi-god, is a little too far fetched,even for you to say.
    but then again you might be a dickhead.

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  7. I think OP was talking about his erections. Viagra prices have gone up, so he’s probably in mourning.

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  8. I agree, now that the sale of teddy bears and candles have reached an all time high, kleenex are standard issue with the weepie weenies, it really is time TO GET A FUCKING GRIP, ever since Pope Princess Diana brought out the spineless cunts, we need to take a serious look at how fucking pathetic this whole GRIEF INDUSTRY has become entrenched in modern society.
    I love that you can now get Peroni beer in this shithole province.

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  10. We’ve reached a new low in banality when people are leaving bottles of ORANGE crush on parliament hill. The least you sanctimonious fucks could do is treat some pavement activist to a sugar rush, ffs.

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  12. reminds me of that line by guy bannister in JFK: “people are crying like they knew the man”…

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  13. Will Joe Jerkoff The Taxpayer be footing the bill for grief counselling for every Party member or just MPs, their staffs and families….

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  14. I think the much admired stiff upper lip and keeping grief private have gone the way of hanging, flogging, use of the word BASTARD, calling a spade a spade and all the other things that made me the cold heartless prick I really am.

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  15. I wonder how long it will take the grief to dissipate before the dirt under the fingernails starts to get published, assuming there is any?

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  16. Baz, are you my Dad? Never fear. The Sozis have a finely honed talent for turning faults into virtues and trumpeting it loud and long enough that even the most apathetic party acolyte comes to believe it.

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  19. I don’t know, Layton was a pretty accomplished man, respected throughout the political community. He was the leader of the opposition, putting the underdog party on the map. I would rather see a states funeral for him than waste money on new uniforms for the military. Harper is 100% politically motivated to make this move, it gives him a human edge rarely seen by this douchebag, and I’m sure he will see a gain in the polls because of it. If it were not for this reason I would say it is a great honor for Layton, but it just comes off as political chickenhawking.

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  20. Is this ‘remote mourning’?

    NDP Office Open House
    Megan Leslie welcomes you into her office to remember Jack Layton, share your stories and grief and sign a condolences book.

    As advertized by The Coast.

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  22. Jack Layton’s status was elevated nationally by three things, his sunny personality, the “former” separatists in Quebec and his fight with cancer. The rigors of an election campaign can take it’s toll on the healthiest of people but Jack fought through with a big smile and his cane and I think that touched a lot of people.
    The Quebec breakthrough was the biggest coup though and in many ways it makes sense because that province’s politics are very socio-centric and the NDP lines up well with that.
    I like Cranky’s post about Guy Bannister because it is true. While I personally voted NDP, it was because I lean leftward politically not because of the leader necessarily.
    I did feel sadness when I heard the news it was a shock that it happened that soon and I felt bad for his family not to mention the party.

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  23. Yeah, that’s pretty slimy painy. Funny thing is mommar is supposed to be hiding in Africa. Wonder if he’s staying with her extended family, one would think with a 12000 gift you could call in a favor.

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  24. Hay Baz – I’m sitting on my balcony, kicking back a cold Peroni and quietly mourning the loss of the Greatest Canadian Since Tommy Douglas.
    Okay, that last part is total bollocks; I’m actually reading a book about what a cunt Stalin was in WW2. Mille Grazie for the heads up about la birra superiore.

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  25. When I saw the title of this bitch I thought it was going to be about telling how great a job they did when the didn’t, so we wouldn’t hurt their self-esteem.

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  29. Yeah, he’th dethpicable too. Did you see Josh Brolin in the Oliver Stone flick. Great ensemble cast but nothing more than a 2 hour Will Farrell sketch.

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