Naomi Klein's TIFF protest is an attack on our freedom

National Post ^ | September 11 2009 Never forget! | Robert Lantos

[knighthawk]

Unlike Naomi Klein, I am not a professional agitator and I don't write political missives for a living. I am, however, a filmmaker and I have a very long history with the Toronto International Film Festival, which I have had the honour of opening 10 times. I write this from the set of Mordecai Richler's Barney's Version, whose hero, Barney Panofsky, would share my view that enough is enough!

The difference between most people and professional liars is that the latter have no shame. They will proclaim as the gospel truth, without blushing and without the slightest hesitation, any falsehood that serves their cause, no matter how fictitious and regardless of consequences. Lying without shame and without reservations is at the heart of their strategy. They bank on decent people's assumption that when a statement of "fact" is made repeatedly and with emphasis, it must contain a modicum of truth.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[Dr. Sivana]

And I expected to see a bunch of graphics in TIFF format! (Tagged Image File Format)

[Marty62]

“professional liars is that the latter have no shame. They will proclaim as the gospel truth, without blushing and without the slightest hesitation, any falsehood that serves their cause, no matter how fictitious and regardless of consequences. Lying without shame and without reservations is at the heart of their strategy. They bank on decent people’s assumption that when a statement of “fact” is made repeatedly and with emphasis, it must contain a modicum of truth.”
THAT should be engraved on a monument somewhere...In front of the WH....in the media center in NYC.
TEA PART ALERT.......Please use this quote in your [presentation......

[bamahead]

Canada ping.

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Bamahead.

[Clive]

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[SunkenCiv]

TIFF should ban all those who put their names to this thing until they retract and condemn the libel.