Tuesday, April 28, 2009

"The Bavarian offers a choice of six calibres..."


read Terry Glavin, friend of Ignatieff, fellow New Star author, winner of the 2009 B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Literary Excellence & articulate defender of "The War on Terror", use those finely honed rhetorical skills to move seamlessly from a harmless post about vanishing fish stocks to a modest proposal funny ha-ha vague threat of gun violence against the author (for the Tyee) of this column, which is critical of the Afghan War--

Afghan Politics: Let's Be Real

Here's Glavin, but the post should be read in its entirety for the full faux-Swiftian effect:


It's an especially good issue of Outdoor Canada, with several
interesting articles, and I see that in Top Gear tips, Ken Bailey 's
recommendation for best pump-action shotgun of the year is the
Remington Model 87 Nitro-mag 12-gauge.

It was the very thing I
had in mind today, being of humane disposition (if you take my
meaning), when I was reading a certain addled columnist in the Tyee,
just after having read the usual idiocies from the "ceasefire.ca"
project of the Rideau Institute. As far as I can tell, the former is
one of those ageing hippies in the early stages of dementia whose
wealthier fellow out-patients the latter is solely designed to bilk of
tax-deductible contributions.

I could be wrong, of course, in
which case I'd dispense with the ritual of offering a last cigarette
and blindfold and go with Bailey's "best bolt-action rifle" pick,
Sako's 85 Bavarian. A handsome rifle, with walnut stock and a Schnaebel
fore-end. The Bavarian offers a choice of six calibres.
...