Another interesting piece

[chaffmeister]

Agstar.......What accusation? I heard something, I shared it.

Take note that I didn’t say this was fact……."I understand..." is another way of saying "I heard...", or "Supposedly...", or "I'm told...", or “I read on the internet…”, or “Did you hear the one about…”.

What proof do I need to say that I heard someone's efforts to understand the workings of the CWB have been frustrated? I'm not accusing him of anything. Nor am I accusing the CWB of anything. Remember – this is not a court of law, this is an open forum where we can discuss issues of the day.

Many comments are posted as opinions – do these need proof? Some are clippings from internet sources – do these need to be proven?

[chaffmeister]

Agstar – you will note that NUPGE has joined the “campaign to save the Canadian Wheat Board”.

Reading their release I noticed a couple of comments that I’m confident you would also notice; James Clancy is quoted as saying:

“WE UNDERSTAND your government is responding to the continuing complaints of the U.S. government about the CWB’s grain marketing monopoly.”

And

“WE ALSO UNDERSTAND that corporate agribusiness would dearly like to see the end of the CWB.”

Based on your concept that “I (we) understand doesn’t cut it, shouldn’t it also apply here?
Does he have proof the government is responding to US complaints? Does he have proof that agribusiness would dearly like to see the end of the CWB? If he doesn’t, how can we let him say these things with impunity? After all, isn’t he accusing the govt of caving-in to US interests? And isn’t he accusing corporate agribusiness of involvement in this farmers’ debate?