twenty-seven years and one million words
With the TTC on strike, this is what the city looks like. I'm walking from Dundas & Bloor to Commerce Court at Bay & King streets, a distance of a bit over seven kilometers. There are fewer walkers than there are cyclists and drivers.
I hate driving and I'm glad I'm not stuck in a car for this. The whole thing is kind of fun!
Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.