tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post4458357143462867856..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: SUNDAY BOOK REVIEWSDavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-48834867815221888282010-03-09T13:51:25.380-08:002010-03-09T13:51:25.380-08:00I looked at three search engines to find criticism...I looked at three search engines to find criticism of Ronald Wright to no avail.<br />I borrowed his book from the library and will judge for myself.<br />A few years ago, the CBC had a series on the history of Canada where there was mention of the British military infecting natives with blankets from smallpox victims.<br />Did people in the 17th century know that disease was caused by germs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-22771670729761146392010-03-08T11:16:35.852-08:002010-03-08T11:16:35.852-08:00I love that you started Sunday Book Reviews. I'...I love that you started Sunday Book Reviews. I'm just about finished reading 'Missing Sarah' by Maggie de Vries, a book that was in the Librarian recommended section of our local library. It is an interesting look into the life of a young girl, Sarah de Vries, who became one of the missing women whose DNA was found at the Pickton farm. I suspect you have already read this book as you, and your former radio program, are noted.<br /><br />"One of the most illuminating media events was a two-hour radio interview on The David Berner Show on CKNW. . . . who, coincidentally, knew Janet Henry, one of the missing. She and her sister Sandra, had lived with him as foster children decades earlier."<br /><br />I'm very interested to read your recent post from the Calgary Herald (and watch the film clips) re Insite -- 'Missing Sarah' has somewhat changed my ideas around the drug addicted in the downtown east side. If you are familiar with the book, first published in 2003, I would love to hear/read your take.<br /><br />Mo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-236377353555290292010-03-07T22:47:49.488-08:002010-03-07T22:47:49.488-08:00David, with respect, I'm shocked that you didn...David, with respect, I'm shocked that you didn't do little research on Ronald Wright before wasting $22.95<br /><br />In no particular order, he is a 9/11 truther; Jew-hating, race-baiting, historical revisionist, whose empty calls to arms (pun intended) are of the most shameless varieties of dismal prose. <br /><br />We either work with what we've got now or forge ahead, nullifies anything he's written in that book. His positions are not as offensive as they are ill-informed.<br /><br />For example, suggesting that Canada has treated their natives "far worse than anything America has ever done" is not only a bald-faced lie, but so utterly unhinged from reality, that I cannot fathom how someone like you would read someone like him.<br /><br />A more offensive example, is his contention that America has gone into the Middle East because Palestinians are somewhat less repugnant than Jews. Than man is a first class ass, who just throws as much shit against the wall hoping something will stick. He's pathetic.<br /><br />Please people, do not buy Wright's book, it's a waste...unless you've run out of bird-cage liner.A. G. Tsakumisnoreply@blogger.com