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Meanwhile in the Quebec news...
Wait, would this even be news in Quebec?
Derth, derth to the IDF.
Wear a shirt or socks with watermelons on it. Are Farber and Berman Jewish?
Farber is definitely German.
But it's antiseptic to talk about the Jewish control
no melon talks.
I guess Israel owns your country too
The fact that he is making a very big issue over this pin is, I posit, sufficient evidence that the entire purpose of the pin was to make a political statement. I completely agree that an AGM of the OMA is NOT the place to make political statements. It is a medical conference, not a political convention. It goes to the root of the entire purpose behind the Hippocratic Oath - to serve equally without malice or prejudice.
Shouldn't have politics at meetings? That's what meetings are for.
There is a very big difference between internal politics and outside politics. Of course an AGM is filled with the politics of the organization. However a political statement that has nothing to do with medicine has no place at an OMA AGM.
Legit. All these people commenting like just cause morally you are right doesn't change the nonpolitical expectation. The more I read the article the more clearly it was this person was baiting them. That's fine way to make a statement but saying an organization is singling you out is a bit like being upset for getting hit in the face when you were the one that hit yourself.
Since the 1980s, the watermelon has been an emblem of Palestinian solidarity,
I did not know that.
Is it common knowledge outside of political action circles?
watermelon
are watermelons grown in palestine? isnt it water intesive.
Explained in the article that it's because the Palestinian flag is illegal in Israel, so they use a watermelon with the same (or similar, I imagine?) colours.
Seems like the Streisand Effect is at play here. I never would have noticed a watermelon as a political symbol if they hadn't reacted this, i would just think it's a bit of whimsy. Now tons of people are reading about it
Except the organization wasn't trying to stifle dissent. They were trying to avoid any poltics. How dare they. Politics is life.
Can't tell if you're being facetious or not but banning politics broadly from an event and then being selective regarding what is or is not considered political is a way of stifling dissent. Would they have kicked someone out for wearing a US flag pin? How about an Israeli flag? The watermelon pin is not a flag, but it's meant to represent the Palestinian flag because of the matching colors, so what if someone wore a blue and white pin representing the Israeli flag?
Because anything could be considered political one way or another there is no way to ban politics from an event without imposing one's own political perspective on the attendees by selectively enforcing the ban.
I wasn't aware that "people have the right to exist" was political.
Hahahahah. Then you sir, madam, whstever are fucking dumb. Just like guy in the article, what it was just frut. Stfu. And before you go ohh ohh. I support Palestine but I also support people not wanting to est shit and breath it.
"I'm inserting myself into this thread of a topic that I don't care about and don't want to be a part of!!"
Are you Meghan and Harry in a trench coat? An energy vampire? Do you need a hug?
Never heard of it before.
As many said, it's common knowledge if you've been generally knowledgeable about the colonialism from the 80s and/or if you've been informed because of the current escalation of the genocide.
Israel has had a "military rule" (administratively, judicially, and physically) over a good chunk of Palestinian lands since 1967 (other than what was colonized already). Under military rule law, even the Palestinian flag could put a child in administrative detention (prison with abuse) for an indeterminate amount of time (months to years).
To circumvent the oppressive rule, Palestinians took up the watermelon ๐ which has the green, black, red, and white of the Palestinian flag.
No.
Ge asked whether wearing a Pride flag would be disallowed if it made a homophobic person uncomfortable.
โI donโt know if thatโs the point of the discussion,โ Farber said.
Isnโt it though?
โI donโt know if thatโs the point of the discussion,โ Farber said.
It's not, but it is related to a far more important one.
The current discussion is if a watermelon pin is appropriate attire for a professional. The larger, more important discussion is "What causes are appropriate for someone to publicly support?", and further "Who gets to decide what causes are approved?"
Those are all born of the same unasked question: Why is admin so focused on continuing to undermine staff support of marginalized & vulnerable communities when that's exactly what hospitals are for!?
Oh, right. The shareholders. ๐๐ผ
It is, they're just evil.
Here is laid bare, the infiltration of Israeli misinformation into Canada.