Learning Stories
by
Mario deSantis
mariodesantis@hotmail.com
“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960
“The whole judicial system is at issue, it's worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown Prosecutor, 1991
“The system is not more worth than one person's rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002
Ensign Stories © Mario deSantis and Ensign
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The power of evidence based statistical research and the concentrated power of the media business are contributing to the erosion of our language as a means to convey our fundamental need for social learning. Instead to use the language to tell a story, we are using the language to tell the numbers portrayed by our statisticians and journalists. And as I read the following statement, I ask myself once again what kind of social learning we can experience from our evidence based statistical researchers and journalists:
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