Comments on: The NDP Discovers A New Angle In Vancouver http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/the-ndp-discovers-a-new-angle-in-vancouver/all-about-vancouver “Where Just Being 'Right' Is Wrong" Thu, 24 May 2012 06:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blair http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/the-ndp-discovers-a-new-angle-in-vancouver/all-about-vancouver/comment-page-1#comment-403 Blair Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:28:21 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=1189#comment-403 The point of the article is that it is offensive to use sexual orientation as a lead in an article the way they did, even though it is a gay site. This headline showed up in Google news as the lead story. My comment is tongue in cheek. Thanks, Blair The point of the article is that it is offensive to use sexual orientation as a lead in an article the way they did, even though it is a gay site. This headline showed up in Google news as the lead story.

My comment is tongue in cheek.

Thanks,
Blair

]]> By: anon http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/the-ndp-discovers-a-new-angle-in-vancouver/all-about-vancouver/comment-page-1#comment-402 anon Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:03:39 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=1189#comment-402 I think most "queers" would find that news article offensive. Not that it's not newsworthy, but it's presented poorly. How would some similar article headlines go: <i>Negroes win BC by-elections Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first black person to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two negro NDP candidates to win seats... Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s black parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by black Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned... Chinamen win BC by-elections Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first Chinese person to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two oriental NDP candidates to win seats... Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s Chinese parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by Chinese Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned...</i> I hope your "deciding factor" and "need more gay candidates" (for electoral advantage) comments were tongue-in-cheek. I think most “queers” would find that news article offensive. Not that it’s not newsworthy, but it’s presented poorly. How would some similar article headlines go:

Negroes win BC by-elections

Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first black person to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two negro NDP candidates to win seats…

Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s black parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by black Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned…

Chinamen win BC by-elections

Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first Chinese person to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two oriental NDP candidates to win seats…

Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s Chinese parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by Chinese Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned…

I hope your “deciding factor” and “need more gay candidates” (for electoral advantage) comments were tongue-in-cheek.

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