A CBC News review has revealed that dozens of churches in Canada have burned down since May 2021, and dozens more have been vandalized. CBC’s Terry Reith investigates what’s behind the dramatic rise and why so many of the arson cases remain unsolved.
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This doesn’t change the stories of the survivors.
Also, Wikipedia has a nicely laid out chart with sources of where they have and haven’t confirmed graves. Scroll down to Summary of suspected and confirmed gravesites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_gravesites
Pretty damning circumstantial evidence since it is confirmed at some of the schools. I understand the sensitivity of digging up likely native grave sites, but the true extent of this should be known.
That was never my claim. So, I do not know why you bring it up.
So, you just talked right past me. So no harm done, friend. My point is that churches were burnt by idiots who say, clearly did not read that Wikipedia article or just got read lies by newspapers. Seems weird to have to say this but the burning down of buildings is not okay. Specially if people are doing it for the wrong reasons.
As far as the Wikipedia article, it would be awesome that more people actually read that. The vast majority of people have not and apparently will not. If I go by the current stand of public opinion. In a long answer to another post, I link to a NYC article that lies by omission and makes some outrageous claims, which millions of people may read and take as fact. Who then parrot it to others. Only because I am not religious, and I have no care for the Catholic church or its priests, it does not mean that I am okay with arson. Are you okay arson? I am not. High trust societies do not work well when people set fire to buildings because they are too lazy to read something as accessible as Wikipedia articles.
The fact the Liberal government does not correct the record either, does not help for misinformation to spread in order to tame the overly emotional. Cheers.
You cherry picked articles to claim that no bodies have been found anywhere.
Yeah, I’m quite ok with burning down the symbols of an oppressive organization. 🤷🏻♂️
I don’t care what your thoughts are on whether or not residential schools happened because they did.
I’ll agree with that last part, but did it really take you a week to come up with this weak response?
That has never been my claim. You are sadly projecting, since I did not say that. I literally posted that was not case in one of my other responses, that 2 were found. That is the actual record last time I checked within the context we are discussing. I would suggest you take the time to read the actual Report, you know, primary sources, I mean, it only came out in 2015, rather than whatever possible echo chamber you may use. Avoid main stream media, both from the Left and the Right. Nuance is your friend.
Violence is idiotic since violence, or arson in this case, can risk a never ending cycle of retribution. We are supposed to be a little more mature, not only as a society but as a country, especially today. People who think otherwise seem to be so self-centered to think that their shitty behavior will never be done to them in return.
It is a wild-goose chase where everyone loses due to the silly high moral virtue signaling horses of people who themselves pick very, very narrow bands of History in order to fuel their political ideologies. I see this at Universities and at some NGO’s all the time. Best way to win, is not to play at all. Albeit I care not for the Catholic church or any religion, the point here is that fanatics from all fronts are always inherently wrong although they make great puppets for others to use.
You cared enough to respond, friend. A little bit of self-awareness would go a long away here, if you really wanted to make that claim. LOL Also, you need your eye sight checked, I never claimed that Residential Schools did not happen. Or the very least do tell others of what you are smoking if you think I said that. I never did. LOL
As far as “taking” a week, the reality is that I do not spend a lot of time social media, I have a real life with responsibilities, like most reasonable people do.
I have some free time this afternoon to link up some sources and write a bit, so I responded to you and to a number of other people in other subs. This can easily be verified.
Have a great one.
Oh now you’re trying to move the goalposts.
The system we live in still uses violence to keep the rich on our throats. The same system is responsible for residential schools, but we’re supposed to be peaceful? Fuck that. I’m not burning any churches but I have no sympathy for oppressors getting what’s coming to them.
Link sources for what? Residential schools happened. Take your own advice and go find your own sources and stop downplaying the violence that you think we should turn a cheek to.