Chesterton Quote
“The function of imagination is not to make strange things settled,
so much as to make settled things strange;
not so much to make wonders facts as to make facts wonders.”G.K. Chesterton “A Defence of China Shepherdesses” in The Defendant, quoted in Gilbert The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 25 #2 (11/12/2021)
Source: John Robson's Words Worth Noting
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Posted: 2023 Jan 28
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Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years. Then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults.
I like to remember this every Jan 27th. pic.twitter.com/uq998DaRH6
— Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) January 27, 2023
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He didn't say it was a a POSITIVE model. https://twitter.com/thejohnrobson/status/1619347730715004928
In a speech to the Liberal caucus @JustinTrudeau said "Our universal public system has long been a model to the world". But if so, can he name one single country that ever tried to imitate it anywhere? Or is he just a blatherskite? https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/poilievre-challenges-trudeau
"...we need leaders, including...elected officials & bureaucrats, who...see themselves as problem fixers & who understand...that that is what their jobs are & that they are no longer what they've been able to be for generations: hands-off middle managers of stable prosperity."
The Line -- Dispatch from the Front Lines: Toronto needs Batman. (Not the Adam West kind.) https://theline.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-the-front-lines-toronto?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share
Ontario chapter of the Foundation Against Racism & Intolerance @fairforall_org has put out a statement regarding the racially segregated theatrical performance at @CanadasNAC. Since 2016, National Arts Centre has received $235m from taxpayers—none of whom want to fund segregation
"The videotape...shows how bias or dislike for some figures can make you prone to assuming the worst or most sensational interpretation of limited facts. We can all be susceptible to such bias in today’s heated political environment."
Some claimed that Pelosi knew his attacker. Others suggested that there was no emergency when police first arrived. Both claims were shattered by this videotape and offer yet another cautionary tale of the viral claims that can take hold in early coverage. https://jonathanturley.org/2023/01/28/the-pelosi-tapes-the-video-of-the-october-attack-show-new-details-and-refute-sensational-theories/
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