Sens still suck, but their fans are pretty nice

Posted by fern hill on Friday, November 30, 2007 · 2 Comments 

 

We at Birth Pangs felt that deluded loyal Senators fans should be alerted to the shocking situation that we reported here. We got out the pancake make-up to cover up the Maple Leaf logo tattooed on our forehead and infiltrated the enemy camp.

We had initially added to an existing thread (the link is in the first post) on the ‘Better Halves’. A couple of fans took exception to the ‘Sens suck’ in the title, but some seemed prepared to discuss the matter. One person though asked us to start another thread since the topic of the Sens’ support for a fetus fetishizing organization was distracting from the important subject of the upcoming marriage of some player or other. So as a polite noob, we did.

In the discussion there, you’ll see that some didn’t care that the Sens are lending support and recognition to a fetus fetishizing gang. Others said that as long as the fetus fetishizers weren’t actually bombing abortion clinics, it was OK with them too.

It did seem to bother some of them, bless ‘em.

We wait on further developments and will report.

UPDATE:
UnrepentantOldHippie weighs in, in her inimitable fashion. And she has an email address for the Sens. Which I could not get to work. :rant:

UPDATE 2:
Beijing York in the comments here brings us the news that Heather Mallick is on the case. And guess what. She finds that First Place Pregnancy Centre is not only, um, economical with the truth to its clients, but also to its supporters. FPPC apparently told the Senators Foundation that it is a registered charity. Well, Heather checked and it is not.

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2 Responses to “Sens still suck, but their fans are pretty nice”
  1. Polly Jones says:
    November 30, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    The Calgary Flames recently bought a hundred some tickets for reservists being sent to Afghanistan. Global news Calgary bought another hundred. While I don’t mind the effort to do something nice for these troops, the whole thing was framed very much as pro-war. Indeed, the rhetoric makes it very tough to be pro-troops and anti-war.

    But, of course, this is similar to the abortion issue where one side claims to be pro-life…when really they are anti-choice, and pro-control…as we know, many of these people drop the ball on “life” when it comes to helping adults in need.

  2. Beijing York says:
    November 30, 2007 at 10:37 pm

    Heather Mallick is on it:

    Hockey wives and abortion

    Senators spouses charity gift routed to anti-abortion group

    Nov. 30, 2007

    The problem is worse than just some hockey fans inadvertently donating to a cause they may oppose — that is a personal issue between a fan and her team (in my case, the Canadiens). What irks is that our tax dollars are involved.

    The raffle money is channelled through the Sens Foundation, the team’s registered charity arm, which is matching every dollar raised by The Better Halves.

    Not only does the foundation, which normally does good — make that wonderful — things appear to be breaking Revenue Canada’s rules for charities, it is breaking its own rules.

    Both the taxman and the foundation agree that donations can only support registered charities. They can’t support “political or lobby” or “advocacy or special interest groups.” And they shouldn’t.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoi.....71130.html

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