What do you get when you put a bunch of students together in an organization lead by an ass clown like Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and his spokes person Jeanne Reynolds who refuse to take a concrete stand on violence and vandalism by its members? The answer is you get
''La Classe'' or in more appropriate terms the PAS DE CLASSE or NO CLASS. For those of you who are unaware, Monday proved to be a particularly violent day here in Quebec. It started with the vandalization of 4 ministers offices and one Condo complex which some geniuses mistook for a government building and proceeded to break all the glass of the entrance. This was followed up by the throwing of bags filled with stones and bricks onto the metro tracks bringing 3 lines of the metro to a complete stand still. The day ended on a positive note with someone letting off a smoke grenade in the Berri-UQAM metro station. Heard enough? I have. The metro incidents are the ones that set the most alarming tone. I have family and friends who ride the metro daily and the idea that someone would throw bags onto the tracks and let off a smoke bomb has got me thinking that social justice might soon need to be replaced by civilian justice. I would hate to think of it coming to that. But you just sense its only a matter of time before something really bad happens.
What takes the cake is that the two ass clown representatives of
''La Classe'' had a clear opportunity to strongly denounce the violence and vandalism during a press conference they called to whine to the media that they might be precluded from upcoming discussions with the Minister of Education Line Beauchamp. Instead of taking the high road ''bozo le clown'', Nadeau Dubois had the nerve to tell reporters that it wasn't in his mandate to condemn it. WHAT? Are you joking me you private school (paid by your parents) educated wannabe be union leader? Seriously? you don't have a mandate! I suppose you have a mandate to block students who currently are not on strike from attending class. Students who have court orders allowing them back to class. You have a mandate for that? I bet your cheap ass education you would say yes! You have a mandate to intimidate other students? I bet you would say you do! You have a mandate to take the general public (the ones paying the majority of your education) hostage and to implement intimidation tactics? I bet you would say you do! You know ass clown your starting to sound like a bully. Were you bullied in school? Did someone wipe your face with their peanut butter sandwich? No! Because your acting like a repressed individual taking great joy in your new found power (or lack thereof) in bullying everyone you can. You seem to have a mandate to say to the government, no negotiation without a FREEZE. You have a mandate for that? I bet you do. It seems the only thing you don't have a mandate for is common sense! You and your organization ( and i say that lightly) are a joke. So cry us a river you might not be invited to the meetings. YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE THERE!
Here is the thing ass clowns. In a civil society (which we strive to be but often fail) as a so called, ''leader'' you have a responsibility to go beyond the rhetoric and the smoke. You have a distinct responsibility to take a higher road, to be a leader and to send clear messages to your members. That message is simple.
''We don't accept or agree with the governments decision making or policies, however ALL acts of violence and vandalism are UNACCEPTABLE! Putting the lives of innocent people (who pay 83% of your education bill) at risk will NOT BE TOLERATED! It is not what ''Le Classe'' stands for''. You have failed on all accounts. You have all to clearly demonstrated that you are nothing more then a young, naive punk trying to set the ground work for your future foray into union activism or left wing politics. Your so transparent that we can actually see images of you each morning standing infront of the mirror in your parents expensive home telling yourself how great you are. What power you wield. Sad fact is ass clown your simply a failure. In a few days the Minister will sit down with the two student federations (FECQ) and (FEUQ), and you ''La Classe'' risks being left behind. Yes the 95,000 students you claim to represent will get left out of the discussion all because you can't see past your own ambitions. You are the farthest thing from a leader there is. You point to the lack of leadership in the government but that lack actually falls much closer to home, in fact right into your lap.
This, ''Strike'' (which is a ridiculous word for it) is going to end. Hopefully the Government will take this small example of leadership it has shown (sad after 9 years) and stick to its position. The way it should end is by the Government agreeing to look at cost cutting measures (they can find lots) and ways of increasing availability of loans and bursaries with the student associations. Then setting a deadline for you, your members and all ''Striking'' students to return to school. The deadline should be set with a CRYSTAL CLEAR SET OF CONDITIONS. They are as follows: ''Do not return to school by monday April 23 and your session is OVER! NO prolonging the session, no summer school, no do over, IT'S DONE! Those of you still not in class will FAIL! Did you get that? FAIL! Oh but that's not all leader boy, there is more! Next fall the priority will be given to students in high school applying for CEGEP and CEGEP students who were not on strike applying for University. Once these students are given priority your new applications for acceptance back into CEGEP or University will be considered''. Now wouldn't that cut down on your self indulging mirror time and future aspirations. You would see how fast your name would become only a passing symbol of Quebec radicalism and some, ''past bad crap'' and your 15 minutes of fame would be done. Well of course until you run in the next election for some radical left wing political party or union. This is of course Quebec and we all know how things work around here. Bonne chance mon ami!
