On
February 24, 2017 the administrator of this blog published an article titled “Reflections
On Change”. http://ownersalliance.blogspot.ca/2017/02/reflections-on-change.html
In the
article the anonymous letter of an angry resident of the complex, infuriated by
the ideas published in this blog, was reproduced ad verbatim:
You must be blind, stupid, and ignorant. After 4 elections you failed to
see that those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote
decide everything. We don’t want your rotten ideas and visions in this
building. Leave us alone. Move Go and live somewhere else. Angry neighbor.
On June 16, 2017 the administrator of this blog
discovered a death threat, placed on the windshield of his car with the
following message: “MOVE OR DIE”. To
make his message more intimidating the “unsub” attached a bullet to his
message. The Police was immediately notified and a criminal investigation was
launched.
Though a Blog
is not a formal newspaper, the administrator considers himself a journalist-an
individual who collects, analyzes, and disseminates electronically information
affecting the public interest in a condominium complex where more than 570
residential units exist and approximately $6.000.000 are collected annually to
cover the basic expenses that must be addressed in such a complex. In other
words the administrator belongs to a group of bloggers who use the internet to
exercise a part-time profession known as “Public Interest Journalism”.
Most journalists covering issues of public concern strongly believe that in Canada, section 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication”.
This new breed of independent journalists firmly believe
that in an age where big corporations are more and more obsessed with generating
profit rather than serving the collective good, “Public Interest Journalism” plays an undisputed vital role in a
democracy where the informed consent of every individual is critical for a
healthy relationship between ruler and ruled at the four levels of government
known in this country: Federal, Provincial, Municipal, and The Board of
Directors of a condominium.
Often on this blog we publish a very unflattering information about the wasteful use of revenues, about self-styled experts who do not submit written reports about their recommendations, about a long list of issues that prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that what masquerades as an investment in the collective good is nothing but a trivial project designed to make a rich contractor richer.
This Blog does not advertise any goods or services simply to remain free from any political or financial pressure that an advertiser might be able to impose for the purpose of “censoring” freedom of expression.
This Blog will always defy the methods used
by anonymous thugs, especially “Death
Threats” designed to censor or silence freedom of expression. This blog
will always insure that “Public Interest
Journalism” will always remain an integral part of the very fabric of our
DEMOCRACY. And to all those who believe in the blind servitude of those who are
in power, I will simply remind them of the following famous statement of US
General George S. Patton: “The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty.”
As an
administrator of a Blog I am not going to allow a thug to interfere with my
sense of duty. The only time I will close this Blog is when The Board of
Directors can produce a petition, signed by 51% of unit owners in the complex,
indicating clearly that for X number of reasons they want the blog to disappear
. And to all those who are willing to sign such a petition to appease the
obsessive hatred of my writings by a criminal, reflect very carefully on the
following dire warning made by British novelist Aldous
Huxley:
“There will be in the next generation or so a
method of making people love their servitude and producing dictatorship without
tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire
societies so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them
but will rather enjoy it.”
A final word to
the bully/thug who left the death threat on my windshield. Whoever you are, had
you made an effort to read the article titled “How Politicians Betrayed Democracy”
prior to devising
your scheme to victimize me, you would have noticed that your chances of
succeeding in silencing me with intimidating tactics is next to nil. The Board
of Directors tried long time ago to suppress freedom of expression but the
defiance thrived.
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