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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
AFAIK, the town has not refused the Cougar armoured personnel carrier, rather they have delayed installation until a town meeting is called to discuss the issue in detail.
I personally find this highly regrettable. It is a leap of logic to think that an armoured vehicle on a pedestal is a glorification of war. It is merely a commemoration of the effort and sacrifice of those veterans who went to war and served their country at great imminent peril.
Sackville, by it's very nature has a high concentration of SJW types in the towns population, due to the fact that MTA is located there. Mount Allison is the personification of a small liberal arts university, with no professional faculties and only modest science programs. The university therefore is overrun with students in sociology, political science and women's studies. This is a fertile breeding ground for (often misplaced) protest movements to develop and get nurtured.
Outside the university, I get the impression the rest of the town is pretty conservative. This should make for a very interesting town hall meeting..........  |
The SJW type definitely exists at MtA, but unless things have really changed in the last 5 years, it's probably not as bad as you think.
You can't be top on MacLean's that many times and have that many Rhodes Scholars without attracting a lot of students from the wealthiest families in Canada and the world. Same goes for students who are the highest achievers academically. These aren't usually SJW types. The status quo is working for a lot of them. If they're studying liberal arts, it's because they have the leisure or because they're doing an advanced degree after anyways. I was in Philosophy and the student body definitely wasn't what you would have expected. Generally, my experience was that MtA students took a limited interest to the affairs of the town in many cases.
If the town hasn't closed the door completely on the monument and if they move fast enough, it'll probably go up. All it takes is a meeting where the general public gets to come voice support or a few local Veterans and the Legion to come out in favor. From a political standpoint "Think of the Veterans..." is one of the few things that beats out "Think of the children...".
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