Another Lesson on "Responsibility"

I'm glad Maher Arar has made it back into the news. His story should be told until every ear has listened to it.

I noticed this story in the news today. I was tickled pink to read all about the Liberal party's tongue-lashing of the ruling Conservatives, particularly because it was the Liberals who were in power when Mr. Arar was detained, deported, then subsequently tortured and imprisoned.

The Harper cabal won't try to solicit any sort of admission of fault from Washington, no matter how loud the opposition's cry, for anyone who remotely gives a damn knows how eager Stevie is to be Georgie's bestest buddy on Earth. What I want to see is an apology from the cabinet at that time, and if it has to be presented on their behalf by the current edition of the Liberal party, so be it.

Because our government and law enforcement earn our tax dollars as their keep, we, too, are responsible for Mr. Arar's suffering. We listened to our new government preach to us about "accountability", but whose responsibility is it to hold our elected officials accountable for their actions?

Ours.

We are responsible, yet we failed, and we continue to fail because we're too busy drowning out the noise reality makes by switching on our television programs and driving around in our SUVs and sports cars. We piss and moan about our tax dollars being squandered on scandals and welfare, but don't bat an eye when they fund death and despair. We should be ashamed of ourselves. We all owe this young man, a simple engineer, a fellow Canadian citizen, an apology.

Mr. Arar, I have shamed myself, and I have shamed you. I'm sorry.