You don’t remember me, but you took time out from marching with your lame-ass political party to flog your stupid-ass campaign by pushing your stupid “look at me! I made rainbow cards! Vote for me!” right in me and my friends’ faces -and take a fucking hint when someone says NO!!!
This is PRIDE. A lot of people have fought a long way to walk in the sun without some creepy-ass old man getting in their faces to sell himself. Get your own fucking parade if you want to shill yourself, nerd. PS: NDP is gonna run your ass outta town!
—speck
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2009.
Sounds like you got a case of POLITICKINGAPHOBIA!
With that last bit you said, I think you may be curable, not chronically infected!
I’m still laughing about the condom packets handed out with “STOP HARPER” imprinted on them 🙂
The parade was a blast as was the fair/market on the garrison grounds. $5 to dunk a drag queen in the tank, the pulled-pork from the BBQ trailer and Beavertails. What else could anyone want! Though I’ll admit to looking at the eye-candy that seemed to be everywhere 🙂
Congrats on another fantastic Gay Pride Week in Halifax!
@VoR – we all know that harper is a dick, but ewww… who’d want to wrap their meat in that?! ugh, talk about spoiling the mood.
I too enjoyed the parade yesterday, however, I think, OP, you’re kind of missing the whole POINT of a parade: advertising. Every float there was advertising SOMETHING. I’m pretty sure all entries had to pay an entry fee too.
Actually, I was a tad bit let down by the parade. I expected more flash and fun. A lot of the floats were boring. Especially the ones that just had a name of a business on the side of the car with a bunch of people riding inside. There were a few of those. BEST floats were from Menz Bar float onwards. Those assless chaps made my fucking DAY.
I think businesses have to pay a fee, but community groups/non-profits don’t. Although flatbeds cost, and a lot of groups who have floats get them because they’re sponsored. Unfortunately advertising and selling brands are a big part of it. That said, when someone says no, you move on.
I think that was the biggest parade yet, actually. I’d like to see more people in the community groups than the businesses though. :/
S. Harper condoms…LOL…I bet they are too small for real men to use!
As for the business cards, the gay community wanted (no, strived) for so long for this event to be up front and center, now that it is it can become politicized and commercialized like everything else…welcome to society!
jamesk said, “the gay community wanted (no, strived) for so long for this event to be up front and center, now that it is it can become politicized and commercialized like everything else”
so true, eh. the first gay pride i attended was about 20 years ago, in toronto. back then, it had more of a carnival feel, brimming with thousands of colourful & outrageous characters, that had all come together to take part in this huge street festival, where everyone was welcome to join in, gay/straight/bi/whatever, it didn’t matter – for a massive celebration of diversity and liberation. it was like ‘theatre’ and everyone in attendance became part of the act. it was FUN.
nowadays, the ‘event’ has been hijacked by corporate sponsors, hawking their ‘brand’ and politicians shamelessly whoring themselves for political gain. it’s revolting. i don’t even bother with the parade anymore, it has become mainstream and boring. nothing to see here… let’s move along.
and so it goes, the price of ‘progress’ – sell our souls to the politicos and corporatocracy
Ooooo “corporatocracy” – good word tech. I like it!
PRIDE….ha.