: : : September 17, 2001 : : : 5:23 PM : : :

�Tolerance� has been overused in the past, but in this situation it can�t be used enough.
-George Stroumboulopoulos on Xfm.

I don�t really want to write this, but I feel like I have to:

It saddens me that people are calling out for an all-out attack on Afghanistan. War does not equal justice. Innocent people are at risk.

It saddens me that an Egyptian student in Canada gets beat up just for being a Muslim.

It saddens me that children cannot go to school because there is a fear of violence. Children shouldn�t be the victims of anything (that includes Northern Ireland as well).

It saddens me that a man from Virginia said, �America was built by people coming over and contributing. They [Arabs] haven�t contributed. When you see them all sitting in cafes, they�re not contributing anything.�

It saddens me that two of the opposition parties in Canada think that the Prime Minister is being too cautious. It�s better to be that than jump to conclusions. And I�d rather not have Canadian troops involved in a war that will go on for years. I�m not saying that Canada shouldn�t be involved in the fight against terrorism, just that we shouldn�t cause anymore blood to be spilt.

Ugh, that was rather sombre. Maybe I should write some uplifting stuff?

I�m soooo hungry. I had a large salad and a banana for lunch. I was hungrier right after lunch than before it. Also, work kinda sucked. I got sent into the warehouse to tag obsolete inventory. That is definitely not fun. It was cold there, and I got dirty. When I was practically lying on the ground, I remembered that we just received an invoice for pest control in the warehouse: rats. I didn�t really want to be there. However, I was told after that no one has actually seen any rats, just that the alarm keeps getting triggered at night.

I did get a newer monitor for my computer though. Seventeen inches! However, the screen is too dark. I tried playing around with it and the control settings to fix that, but to no avail. I�m going to try it for a week, and if I don�t like it, I use my old one again. I did manage to finagle a couple guys in engineering to unhook my old one and hook up the new one. I could have done it, but I just didn�t feel like it. It was lunchtime anyway.

I think I�ll make some veggie burritos for dinner. Mmm mmm.

=)