donk
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SARS vs Mad Cow
RANT
Yesterday was the giant concert in Toronto to benefit healthcare and hospitality workers, at least that is how it was billed. I find it pretty offensive that we are supposed to feel sorry for Dr's and nurses who have to work hard, doing the job that they are paid well to do, when cattle farmers and ranchers across the country are being hurt by a single case of mad cow disease and receiving little compensation/aid. ( Hell, they put fishplant workers here on special EI after they burnt down their own plant, killing their own jobs)
I do have sympathy for the hospitality workers though, they are not well paid, ussually immigant women with little education and are the "least emploable" members of society.
Who deserves the sympathy SARS workers or Ranchers (Mad Cow)?
BTW, only about $0.7 per ticket is going to help people, the rest is going to the gov't and the bands.
RANT
Yesterday was the giant concert in Toronto to benefit healthcare and hospitality workers, at least that is how it was billed. I find it pretty offensive that we are supposed to feel sorry for Dr's and nurses who have to work hard, doing the job that they are paid well to do, when cattle farmers and ranchers across the country are being hurt by a single case of mad cow disease and receiving little compensation/aid. ( Hell, they put fishplant workers here on special EI after they burnt down their own plant, killing their own jobs)
I do have sympathy for the hospitality workers though, they are not well paid, ussually immigant women with little education and are the "least emploable" members of society.
Who deserves the sympathy SARS workers or Ranchers (Mad Cow)?
BTW, only about $0.7 per ticket is going to help people, the rest is going to the gov't and the bands.
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