{"id":13956,"date":"2011-08-23T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=13956"},"modified":"2011-08-23T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T20:25:12","slug":"r-i-p-jack-layton-in-spite-of-the-pantomime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/r-i-p-jack-layton-in-spite-of-the-pantomime\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Jack Layton in spite of the pantomime"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Yet what was truly singular about him was how consumed by politics he was and how publicly, yet comfortably, he lived.<\/p>\n

How fitting that his death should have been turned into such a thoroughly public spectacle, where from early morn Monday, television anchors donned their most funereal faces, producers dug out the heavy organ music, reporters who would never dream of addressing any other politician by first name only were proudly calling him \u201cJack\u201d and even serious journalists like Evan Solomon of the CBC repeatedly spoke of the difficulty \u201cas we all try to cope\u201d with the news of Mr. Layton\u2019s death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Anglican Socialist Church of Canada intoned its approval<\/a> of Layton in death much as it had done in life:<\/p>\n

The Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the Opposition, had a \u201c great compassion\u201d for people in need. He was a doer who was deeply engaged in society and had a great vision of what Canada could be.<\/p>\n

These are some of the things that Bishop Dennis Drainville, Anglican diocese of Quebec, will remember most about him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But perhaps the most fitting memorial was scrawled on his gravestone:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t agree more. Jack Layton was the reason I started voting, too \u2013 for Stephen Harper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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