Historicist: "The city that nobody loves"
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse
Torontoist was elated to hear that Torontonian Mark Budzanowski, who was captured yesterday by Palestinian extremists, was released by his captors after they found his Canadian passport. The Globe puts in on the cover of today's paper.
"When they were certain I was Canadian, they were very disappointed. Then, they told me, 'We love Canada.' That's wonderful to hear when you have guns pointed at you...." Budzanowski said
In a strange twist one of his captors even gave him a contact number for the Popular Front for The Liberation of Palestine (the group that held Budzanowski) if he needed any help in the future. Apparently they also questioned him about various shops on Carlton Street, where Budzanowski lives in Toronto. Which got us wondering what shops they'd be talking about? We don't think they'd be asking about gay bar Zippers (72 Carlton), perhaps caterers Daniel et Daniel (248 Carlton) or maybe one of them had a hankering for an all-you-can eat breakfast and was asking about the Golden Griddle (45 Carlton). We'll probably never know.
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Cool article. This is what Stephen Harper needs to realize and not go screwing things up for us!
Well, hold on. I'm delighted that Budzanowski's alive, but should we be elated that terrorists "love" Canada, have an intimate knowledge of Toronto, and are apparently planning on dropping by soon?
I agree. What wankery... as if there's really that much difference between your average Canadian and your average American. Certainly not enough that an American should suffer for being on the wrong side of that equation.
Happy, I hasten to add, that the guy was released, however wonky the rationelle.