Gary Beals Update

[c9]

For those interested in what's up with Beals, here's a slight update from a friend of a friend...

"Just to follow through on [a friend's email that was sent after I
sent out my original email]. I called Aliant and was told that
they are having someone come in to solely deal with this issue because
they have had so many outraged phone calls. She said the person will be
in this Monday morning from 8 a.m. to 9. pm and to call and register the
complaint during those hours. She also told me they are pulling the ads
but not until the end of February. I told her if the company was as
outraged as she had indicated that the ads should be pulled immediately.
If they don't, I am going to tell the person tomorrow that I am going to
switch companies. I am going to annouce this in my classes and give my
students the number to call.

I don't know if there is going to be an official protest at the actual
event in Dartmouth but I'm going to take my family and go down anyway.
I'm sure some kind of response will be mounted. One can truly appreciate
the irony of an African Canadian singing at an anti-equality rally. Next
he'll be singing for the Klan. I also emailed CBC and am encouraging my
students to do so as well, the program this morning was excellent. I
taped it for my classes and my children."

Comments

Re:

[c9.livejournal.com]

Nope, it's simple. They wouldn't ask Stephen Harper or Jack Layton to hawk their wares, because they're partisan. As soon as Beals says "I'm doing it anyway" he becomes a political participant, and they should drop him if they want to be seen as neutral.

If someone says Aliant is being pro-gay, they are falsely positioning the question.

Re:

[kdborg.livejournal.com]

I agree with what you say. However, I do think some people on both sides would try to spin a situation so that Aliant would look like Aliant is favouring one side.

Re:

[c9.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Which is always the way people debate, which sucks. Facts should rule whenever possible.