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The Quotation of the Week (July 21-27, 2013)

A quotation of Frank A. Clark on 'success,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (A bamboo grove adjacent to a house at Rangamatia Village of Gazipur District, Bangladesh: January 11, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa

A Non-Violent Silent Protester Takes on Canadian Govt. Bureaucracy

Seraphin the lone and silent protester in his chair in front of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General's building in Toronto

Seraphin with his protest message

With another protest message

Photo (Toronto: July 12 & 16, 2013) © Jerome D'Costa

Seraphin, a mid-sized bearded protester, originally from Poland, has been in continuous protest in front of the Ontario Attorney General’s Office on the Bay Street of Toronto for two hours a day for the last six months. He sits on the sidewalk on a small folding chair with his slogans hanging in front and back of him and he keeps on reading a book. A few walkers stop for a minute or two to read the slogans and keep on moving. Some stop in front of him and ask him questions to know about his protest. He only talks when someone asks him questions.

Seraphin lived in Poland during the Communist rule and knows well about the Soviet-influenced government bureaucracy there. He is quite frustrated with and alarmed at the democratic Canadian government bureaucracy that totally ignores him or his issues. He demands public accountability and response to citizens’ needs. He wants the Canadian government to follow the UN guidelines, called “Principles for Bureaucracy.”

 When I saw him today, he was in his chair reading Jim Marrs’ book The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America.

“I’m going to continue my protest until the government listens to me and takes action,” he says firmly.

The Quotation of the Week (July 14-20, 2013)

A quotation each of Plato and Voltaire on 'God,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (A solar-powered plastic sunflower as car decoration: Dhaka, January 10, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (July 7-13, 2013)

Quotations on 'character,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (June 30-July 6, 2013)

A quotation of Lao Tzu on 'great acts,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (The Sun, 2011): Courtesy: Oasis TV

The Toronto Sun Columnist Terms Pakistan the Ground Zero of International Terrorism

Tarek Fatah's June 26, 2013 column in the Toronto Sun

Image courtesy: Toronto Sun (Toronto, Canada)

Tarek Fatah, a Pakistan-born Canadian and a columnist for the Toronto Sun weekly, in a recent column terms Pakistan as the “ground zero of international terrorism.” 

He writes: “It seems Israel and America are blind beyond Iran. While Iran possesses no nuclear warheads, it is considered the primary threat to world peace. On the other hand, Pakistan, with an arsenal of more than 100 nukes, continues to be fed billions of American dollars while Israel seems oblivious to Islamabad’s threat."

He then enumerates with dates the acts of terrorism perpetrated by Pakistanis in different countries of the world from September, 1986 to May, 2010. 

He usually writes on issues related to Islam and Muslims. There are Muslims and others who support him for his moderate Islamic stance and there are other Muslims who denounce him for not supporting radical Islam.

His full column, “Pakistan: a bigger threat than Iran,” can be read by clicking on the image above and his other columns can be accessed at:Toronto Sun/Tarek Fatah.