I came across a very fine blog by Irshad Manji, a Mulslim:
Jesus meets the Muslim cabbie: Your answers to a dilemma
Here’s a small excerpt from her comments:
Is passivity truly prudent in times of moral crisis? As the anthropologist Margaret Mead observed, change only ever comes about because a small number of seemingly powerless individuals choose action over complacency. Jihadists know this. When will the rest of us wake up to our own agency?
An illuminating article in today’s National Post that looks into the deteriorating state of healthcare in Canada from the perspective of CMA President Dr. Brian Day.
I recall seeing a CBC interview with Jack Layton a couple of years ago, and he was asked “If you discovered your wife had a life-threatening condition and you had to chose between waiting for treatment in Canada and risking her death, or traveling to the US for immediate treatment, what would you do?” Layton answered that he would wait in the queue in Canada.
Some would say his answer reflected his conviction to his principles, others would say it reflected his complete lack of any ability to act rationally. I wonder what his wife thought.
What do you think?