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¢ Why would anyone wish ill on Donald
Trump?
¢ Bonnie Henry is creating a culture of
victimhood
..and more
Who can predict what comes next?
» What will happen to close a year that needs no introduction?
Pr
We vy,
hy
‘uw
“
my <
son
4;
os
ee
|
% wis enim
Matthew Fraser
Opinions Editor
ne day a millennial will tell a “back in
my day” story so outrageous few will
believe it happened; this summer alone
has been so chaotic that many forgot there
was supposed to be an Olympic game.
Celebrities died, elections were held, and
the world kept spinning on its strange
and unhinged axis. But it’s almost over
now—the year that is. How can something
so spectacular and erratic come to an end?
Surely not without further bangs, whoops,
and pageantry; and a divination of the
future is impossible given the state of
last week’s events alone. Who could have
predicted the septuagenarian US President
getting coronavirus a month before the
election and then recovering in a little
under a week—and that event drowning
out a conflict between countries? Try as
one might, virtually no prediction will do
justice to whatever the next two months of
2020 will bring.
In its own weird way, America has
stolen the spotlight from the rest of the
world and made 2020 a story with one
main character and a supporting cast
of millions. With a virus that needs
no introduction running rampant and
almost felling the sitting president, the
politics front of America is ina sad state.
A recent article in Politico found that
about 40 percent of Americans from
both political sides think violence may
be justified if their candidate does not
win the election. This is the very picture
of a failed democracy; when potentially
millions of people feel that their political
opinion is of such importance that they
would deprive their compatriots of safety
if their side lost the election, a country is
headed past extremism to a place of doom.
Without firm leadership and a principled
revaluation of what it collectively means
to live together, the type of violence that
happened in Kenosha and Portland might
become the regular as it erupts in every
corner of a further embattled country.
And with polls showing leads as high as 16
points in favor of Joe Biden according to
CNN—granted similar polls also predicted
Hillary’s win—while the sitting president
has stated that the only way Democrats
will win is with a “rigged election,’ I think
a disaster looms in the weeks (if not days)
following the November election.
Concomitant to the disruptions of
America, the rest of planet earth saw
unsettling steps towards interstate war.
Armenia and Azerbaijan began exchanging
gunfire and artillery in a conflict that
has so far claimed 300 lives, according
to CBS News. The short conflict in May
between China and India also sent ripples
of fear into an already tense news cycle.
In fact, the Chinese government's dreams
of control are present in its Hong Kong
crackdowns and the flagrant intimidation
tactics against Taiwan. It’s almost surreal
to be doing classes online and be protected
by four walls while the world shivers and
contorts through horrors and paroxysms.
Once again, leadership and a healthy
respect for self determination needs to
flower in the world at large. The leadership
that reigned coronavirus in around the
globe must now orient itself towards
controlling the power grabs and hegemonic
dreams that motivate state conflicts. Not
only that, but the people themselves need
to make clear to their governments how
distasteful furthering state interest of
oppression is to them.
No one could have predicted this year,
so predicting the end of it is all together
futile. Still, if one thing is certain, 2020 will
not end quietly and easily.
Photo by Billy Bui
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M opinions@theotherpress.ca
opinions // no. 19
¢ Why would anyone wish ill on Donald
Trump?
¢ Bonnie Henry is creating a culture of
victimhood
..and more
Who can predict what comes next?
» What will happen to close a year that needs no introduction?
Pr
We vy,
hy
‘uw
“
my <
son
4;
os
ee
|
% wis enim
Matthew Fraser
Opinions Editor
ne day a millennial will tell a “back in
my day” story so outrageous few will
believe it happened; this summer alone
has been so chaotic that many forgot there
was supposed to be an Olympic game.
Celebrities died, elections were held, and
the world kept spinning on its strange
and unhinged axis. But it’s almost over
now—the year that is. How can something
so spectacular and erratic come to an end?
Surely not without further bangs, whoops,
and pageantry; and a divination of the
future is impossible given the state of
last week’s events alone. Who could have
predicted the septuagenarian US President
getting coronavirus a month before the
election and then recovering in a little
under a week—and that event drowning
out a conflict between countries? Try as
one might, virtually no prediction will do
justice to whatever the next two months of
2020 will bring.
In its own weird way, America has
stolen the spotlight from the rest of the
world and made 2020 a story with one
main character and a supporting cast
of millions. With a virus that needs
no introduction running rampant and
almost felling the sitting president, the
politics front of America is ina sad state.
A recent article in Politico found that
about 40 percent of Americans from
both political sides think violence may
be justified if their candidate does not
win the election. This is the very picture
of a failed democracy; when potentially
millions of people feel that their political
opinion is of such importance that they
would deprive their compatriots of safety
if their side lost the election, a country is
headed past extremism to a place of doom.
Without firm leadership and a principled
revaluation of what it collectively means
to live together, the type of violence that
happened in Kenosha and Portland might
become the regular as it erupts in every
corner of a further embattled country.
And with polls showing leads as high as 16
points in favor of Joe Biden according to
CNN—granted similar polls also predicted
Hillary’s win—while the sitting president
has stated that the only way Democrats
will win is with a “rigged election,’ I think
a disaster looms in the weeks (if not days)
following the November election.
Concomitant to the disruptions of
America, the rest of planet earth saw
unsettling steps towards interstate war.
Armenia and Azerbaijan began exchanging
gunfire and artillery in a conflict that
has so far claimed 300 lives, according
to CBS News. The short conflict in May
between China and India also sent ripples
of fear into an already tense news cycle.
In fact, the Chinese government's dreams
of control are present in its Hong Kong
crackdowns and the flagrant intimidation
tactics against Taiwan. It’s almost surreal
to be doing classes online and be protected
by four walls while the world shivers and
contorts through horrors and paroxysms.
Once again, leadership and a healthy
respect for self determination needs to
flower in the world at large. The leadership
that reigned coronavirus in around the
globe must now orient itself towards
controlling the power grabs and hegemonic
dreams that motivate state conflicts. Not
only that, but the people themselves need
to make clear to their governments how
distasteful furthering state interest of
oppression is to them.
No one could have predicted this year,
so predicting the end of it is all together
futile. Still, if one thing is certain, 2020 will
not end quietly and easily.
Photo by Billy Bui
Ox
Have an idea for a story?
M opinions@theotherpress.ca
opinions // no. 19
¢ Why would anyone wish ill on Donald
Trump?
¢ Bonnie Henry is creating a culture of
victimhood
..and more
Who can predict what comes next?
» What will happen to close a year that needs no introduction?
Pr
We vy,
hy
‘uw
“
my <
son
4;
os
ee
|
% wis enim
Matthew Fraser
Opinions Editor
ne day a millennial will tell a “back in
my day” story so outrageous few will
believe it happened; this summer alone
has been so chaotic that many forgot there
was supposed to be an Olympic game.
Celebrities died, elections were held, and
the world kept spinning on its strange
and unhinged axis. But it’s almost over
now—the year that is. How can something
so spectacular and erratic come to an end?
Surely not without further bangs, whoops,
and pageantry; and a divination of the
future is impossible given the state of
last week’s events alone. Who could have
predicted the septuagenarian US President
getting coronavirus a month before the
election and then recovering in a little
under a week—and that event drowning
out a conflict between countries? Try as
one might, virtually no prediction will do
justice to whatever the next two months of
2020 will bring.
In its own weird way, America has
stolen the spotlight from the rest of the
world and made 2020 a story with one
main character and a supporting cast
of millions. With a virus that needs
no introduction running rampant and
almost felling the sitting president, the
politics front of America is ina sad state.
A recent article in Politico found that
about 40 percent of Americans from
both political sides think violence may
be justified if their candidate does not
win the election. This is the very picture
of a failed democracy; when potentially
millions of people feel that their political
opinion is of such importance that they
would deprive their compatriots of safety
if their side lost the election, a country is
headed past extremism to a place of doom.
Without firm leadership and a principled
revaluation of what it collectively means
to live together, the type of violence that
happened in Kenosha and Portland might
become the regular as it erupts in every
corner of a further embattled country.
And with polls showing leads as high as 16
points in favor of Joe Biden according to
CNN—granted similar polls also predicted
Hillary’s win—while the sitting president
has stated that the only way Democrats
will win is with a “rigged election,’ I think
a disaster looms in the weeks (if not days)
following the November election.
Concomitant to the disruptions of
America, the rest of planet earth saw
unsettling steps towards interstate war.
Armenia and Azerbaijan began exchanging
gunfire and artillery in a conflict that
has so far claimed 300 lives, according
to CBS News. The short conflict in May
between China and India also sent ripples
of fear into an already tense news cycle.
In fact, the Chinese government's dreams
of control are present in its Hong Kong
crackdowns and the flagrant intimidation
tactics against Taiwan. It’s almost surreal
to be doing classes online and be protected
by four walls while the world shivers and
contorts through horrors and paroxysms.
Once again, leadership and a healthy
respect for self determination needs to
flower in the world at large. The leadership
that reigned coronavirus in around the
globe must now orient itself towards
controlling the power grabs and hegemonic
dreams that motivate state conflicts. Not
only that, but the people themselves need
to make clear to their governments how
distasteful furthering state interest of
oppression is to them.
No one could have predicted this year,
so predicting the end of it is all together
futile. Still, if one thing is certain, 2020 will
not end quietly and easily.
Photo by Billy Bui
Ox
Have an idea for a story?
M opinions@theotherpress.ca
opinions // no. 19
¢ Why would anyone wish ill on Donald
Trump?
¢ Bonnie Henry is creating a culture of
victimhood
..and more
Who can predict what comes next?
» What will happen to close a year that needs no introduction?
Pr
We vy,
hy
‘uw
“
my <
son
4;
os
ee
|
% wis enim
Matthew Fraser
Opinions Editor
ne day a millennial will tell a “back in
my day” story so outrageous few will
believe it happened; this summer alone
has been so chaotic that many forgot there
was supposed to be an Olympic game.
Celebrities died, elections were held, and
the world kept spinning on its strange
and unhinged axis. But it’s almost over
now—the year that is. How can something
so spectacular and erratic come to an end?
Surely not without further bangs, whoops,
and pageantry; and a divination of the
future is impossible given the state of
last week’s events alone. Who could have
predicted the septuagenarian US President
getting coronavirus a month before the
election and then recovering in a little
under a week—and that event drowning
out a conflict between countries? Try as
one might, virtually no prediction will do
justice to whatever the next two months of
2020 will bring.
In its own weird way, America has
stolen the spotlight from the rest of the
world and made 2020 a story with one
main character and a supporting cast
of millions. With a virus that needs
no introduction running rampant and
almost felling the sitting president, the
politics front of America is ina sad state.
A recent article in Politico found that
about 40 percent of Americans from
both political sides think violence may
be justified if their candidate does not
win the election. This is the very picture
of a failed democracy; when potentially
millions of people feel that their political
opinion is of such importance that they
would deprive their compatriots of safety
if their side lost the election, a country is
headed past extremism to a place of doom.
Without firm leadership and a principled
revaluation of what it collectively means
to live together, the type of violence that
happened in Kenosha and Portland might
become the regular as it erupts in every
corner of a further embattled country.
And with polls showing leads as high as 16
points in favor of Joe Biden according to
CNN—granted similar polls also predicted
Hillary’s win—while the sitting president
has stated that the only way Democrats
will win is with a “rigged election,’ I think
a disaster looms in the weeks (if not days)
following the November election.
Concomitant to the disruptions of
America, the rest of planet earth saw
unsettling steps towards interstate war.
Armenia and Azerbaijan began exchanging
gunfire and artillery in a conflict that
has so far claimed 300 lives, according
to CBS News. The short conflict in May
between China and India also sent ripples
of fear into an already tense news cycle.
In fact, the Chinese government's dreams
of control are present in its Hong Kong
crackdowns and the flagrant intimidation
tactics against Taiwan. It’s almost surreal
to be doing classes online and be protected
by four walls while the world shivers and
contorts through horrors and paroxysms.
Once again, leadership and a healthy
respect for self determination needs to
flower in the world at large. The leadership
that reigned coronavirus in around the
globe must now orient itself towards
controlling the power grabs and hegemonic
dreams that motivate state conflicts. Not
only that, but the people themselves need
to make clear to their governments how
distasteful furthering state interest of
oppression is to them.
No one could have predicted this year,
so predicting the end of it is all together
futile. Still, if one thing is certain, 2020 will
not end quietly and easily.
Photo by Billy Bui