Friday, August 22, 2008

COMING TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU

It seems that the late Pierre & Margaret Trudeau's little boy Alexandre - or Sacha as he is fondly called - is geared up ready to submit the transcript of his "labour of love", a history and expose of China. Hope he mentions the hundreds of Chinese who have been thrown onto the street so that their houses can be torn down to make way for hallowed institutions such as Starbucks etc. (Who wants to go without a cup of gourmet coffee in protest?). I wonder if he'll have space to advertise the off the rack body parts provided by hapless prisoners for anyone with the cash to buy them. (How about it selfish and naive Westerners?) Will his sense of a blend of gentility and bravado allow him to mention the millions of innocent pre-born babies who are savagely murdered and the baby girls who are drowned at birth?

Dealing with this stuff must be a burden so, for a little relief, Sacha baby has launched a nasty attack on our soldiers in Afghanistan. Nice. He seems to think they have nothing better to do than fight the Taliban and drink Tim Horton's.

Let's not be too hard on the Trudeau boys. Consider their immediate lineage - plus the fact that they might still be in mourning for another icon - Fidel Castro.

1 comment:

Osumashi Kinyobe said...

I would be surprised if Sacha could find China, Afghanistan or even Canada on the map.
Is anyone tired of the poor man's Kennedys yet?