When comparing the eloquent prose of Louis St. Laurent (whose native language was French)
with the politically correct mush of Axworthy, I’m reminded of Orwell’s essay Politics and the
English Language. In his essay, Orwell takes this kind of modern mush to task by quoting a
passage from the bible and then translating it into Lloyd speak:
“Now that I have made this catalogue of swindles and perversions, let me give another example
of the kind of writing that they lead to. This time it must of its nature be an imaginary one. I am going to translate a passage of good English into modern English of the worst sort. Here is a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes:”
“I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
“Here it is in modern English:”
“Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that
success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with
innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be
taken into account.”
Orwell’s writing is a gem.
For someone that now wants Parliament to have a greater voice in Canadian foreign policy, Axworthy sure wasn't congenial to Parliament when he was a Minister.
Or does he just mean that Conservative governments should give way to Parliament on international affairs?
Lloyd has been so wrong, so completely, so many times that it should be a record. The 'man' is a complete moron, yet Canadian media will still seek him out for his ravings, incredible.
If he ever actually figures something out, or understands anything it will be an achievement that will probably never get reported - too realistic for the infotainment dramas that call themselves news outlets in Canada.