Lest ol’ acquaintence be forgot
Dawg has swallowed the Indian mass grave story whole and taken a few shots at Kate and Kathy for daring to doubt it. I have to admit this is not the sort of story I pay much attention to. Horrible things happened, they still do but not because of residential schools, move on….Until I read that an old acquaintance of mine, Kevin Annett was the paranoid lunatic behind the stories. I posted this comment in response to a commentor, Larry Gambone, who wrote of Annett “I have known Kevin Annett since he was 18 years old. He is one of the most honest and decent individuals I have ever encountered.”
Larry Gambone, I may have know Kevin just slightly longer than you have - since back in the Vancouver Students’ Association (a highschool student’s union Annett was instrumental in destroying) days. I have found him an entirely untrustworthy, self aggrandizing person willing to roll over virtually anyone or anything to make whatever lunatic point has captured his attention.
As Terry Glavin points out in the Tyee to believe Annett you have to swallow an awful lot of wildly implausible stuff.
At the moment, true to form, Annett is of on a self-promotion tour occupying churches.
But watch out if you are thinking of suggesting that Annett is a paranoid lunatic, he fights nasty as Glavin points out:
“Annett and his followers have alleged there are skeletons “between the walls” and under the foundations of buildings at Alert Bay, on Cormorant Island. Namgis tribal administrator George Speck says “no one has a clue” what would make Annett say these things. At Meares Island, Annett says corpses of schoolchildren were stored in the basement of a residential school building, and the bodies of other children are buried in an unmarked grave nearby. Ahousat Coun. Angus Campbell says it’s nonsense: “People would know if it was there.”
It goes on and on like this, but if you persist in pointing out the spectacular unlikelihood that any of Annett’s stories are true, you will almost certainly find yourself accused of “smearing” him. That’s what happens if you’re white, anyway. If you’re aboriginal, you may find yourself called a “police informant” or a “provocateur,” or you’ll be accused of having been a “collaborator and abuser” during your time in residential school. Annett has leveled just these accusations against his detractors.” the tyee
I thought Annett was a dangerous loon when I was in Grade 11. Nothing that I have seen about the man since suggests that my youthful impression was incorrect.
Written by jay on May 6th, 2008 with
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#1. May 6th, 2008, at 2:14 PM.
I don’t think your pointing Glavin’s article out to Dawg will help him. He commented on the Tyee piece 4 days ago. Quoting Kissenger even…
He wants to believe.