#jon ferry

Mountains along Route 1, South Iceland — photographed by Jon Ferry

Photographed by Jon Ferry

Photographed by Jon Ferry

Nobody wants bad teachers, but they're not commission salesmen (I've been one).  Let's put a little more thought into how we treat those that are educating this younger generation.

What do you think? Has he hit the mark or has he got it all wrong?

Guess what Ferry? No one wants you at the Occupy Vancouver rally. Regardless of this, please come and listen to what these “activists” have to say instead of blindly dismissing the concerns of your fellow citizens with your contemptuous use of quotations. The VPD told you they’re preparing for a “substantial” gathering? Wow, great “investigative journalism” Ferry!  But don’t worry about the “usual nutbars” though, because anyone who is not a complete tool knows that the Vancouver riots were a result of an unchecked alcohol-fueled douchefest funded by the city and not a reaction to social inequality, you complete tool.   By the way, which spokesperson for the diehard left told you that “the way to end inequality is to keep everybody equally poor “? Was it Tyler Durden the fictional antagonist in Fight Club? Or was it the very real zombie-Karl Marx who hides under your bed and makes you wee wee in your pjs?     Now let’s talk about greed, a quality which most people see as the single most despicable and harmful human trait. A trait which throughout history has been the catalyst for war, famine, slavery and the untold deaths these atrocities have procured, yet one which you inexplicably seem to revere. Yes, greed is what gets some people out of bed in the morning. But it is also what keeps many people in bed these days, namely the sick and dying who are left to fend for themselves. May I remind you It’s also what caused record home foreclosures, mass unemployment and job insecurity, tanked economies not just in the U.S., but around the world, and caused the global market to lose so much confidence it now looks like Biff Tannen’s broken shell at the end of Back to the Future. Yes Wall Street is in the U.S. and not Canada, but you would have to have an infantile understanding of not just international finance but the general way in which the world works to suggest that what happens on Wall Street does not affect the rest of the world. Are you an infant Ferry? Also to suggest that those protesting the massive oversight and blatant disregard for the rule of law exhibited on Wall Street would do just as well to protest fighting in hockey or the moon boggles the mind. The moon, Ferry? THE MOON?!!! That was literally the single most idiotic thing I have ever read in my entire life. For you to understand the weight of that last statement, I feel it needs repeating. That was literally the single most idiotic thing I have ever read in my entire life. Ever. You go on to make so many false claims and logical fallacies that I began to wonder. Maybe this man isn’t a moron or a right wing sympathiser of the elite 1%. Maybe all the stress of this last decade has caused this poor old man’s reality to completely shatter forcing his fragile psyche to rebuild a completely false reality in order to cope with the constantly looming threats of indiscernible terror, the ongoing superfluous wars,and the spiraling economic turmoil. Maybe his mind has regressed back to the good old days when the biggest threat to the social and moral fabric of our society was those damned commies infecting the youth with their poisoned ideas and turning them into godless hippies and punks. Where any man with a stiff upper lip and a firm handshake can go out there and get that second or third job he needs to make an extra buck or two. A world in which CEOs get the exorbitant bonuses they deserve without public scrutiny, where Union leaders are lined up and shot for treason, and where instead of paying out pensions to retired public servants we turn them into tasty little crackers to feed those who are too lazy to afford food. Ah yes, everything is wonderful isn’t it Ferry. You feel a constant warm sensation running down the length of your body. It feels like you’re standing under a giant chocolate fountain made of jobs and money. That’s the trickle down effect and it’s working just like Ronny said it would with the corporate elite at the top and the people of the downtown east side at the bottom just filling their buckets with all that trickle. But wait a minute why are these hippies protesting? It doesn’t make sense. They’re saying that the chocolate fountain is actually a shit fountain! IT DOESN”T MAKE SENSE DOES IT! It makes me almost feel sorry for you. But then you go and suggest that the protesters should instead follow the sage wisdom of Sarah Palin and her Tea Party storm troopers in the U.S. with some sort of ridiculous “tax demo” and I think, maybe you are suffering from some sort of psychological trauma.  But most likely you’re just a complete tool.