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chemgear · 09-30-2015, 02:09 PM

Link here? And it's pretty amazing.

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/calga...###-short-film

EDIT: Ahhhh CP has issues with the "b*tsh*t word in the link. Seems appropriate though.

The short film—scored with a pleasant royalty-free track—features Rau hiking part of a mountain, apparently in pursuit of black bears. Rau's gun strap is placed underneath his upper backpack strap which perhaps makes it difficult to shoot a bear in a hurry. In the course of eight minutes, Rau, who sports a "SAVED" tattoo on his right forearm, mentions "freedom" 13 times, "regulations" (or "rules" or "red tape") another 13 times, uses two mixed metaphors ("defend to the teeth" and "regulated to the teeth"), and drops a single slippery slope argument ("Today it's with hunting, tomorrow it's with family farms: where's the end?")

Rau's big beef appears to be with the recent increase in price for hunting licenses in Alberta; in April, the cost to kill a white-tail deer was bumped up from $36.95 to $39.95, an eight percent spike that Rau fears will turn hunting into "something only elites can do, only those that have money can do." Shooting a black bear, the animal that Rau appears to fancy in the video, requires a license that costs $20.65. The candidate argues that "those who wish to limit our freedoms and regulate us extensively with firearms and the freedom to hunt don't wish to just stop there, it's going to come into your own private property, of course, and your ability to be self-sufficient and independent."

In a surprising turn of events partway through the video, viewers discover that Rau's lone hunting buddy is none other than Walt Wawra, the Michigan cop who became the "laughingstock of Canada" in 2012 when he showed up during the Calgary Stampede and was asked by a couple of overly friendly residents if he was digging Stampede, to which he infamously retorted: "Gentle-men [sic], I have no need to talk with you, goodbye" and later suggested in a letter to the Calgary Herald that he would've felt much safer with a sidearm.

The ad concludes with Rau stating: "You vote for me, I'll say what I'm going to do, it's going to be clear and I'm going to follow up and do what I say I'm going to do," although by that point it's rather unclear what he has said, or will do, or said he's going to do. Rousing patriotic music kicks in after 42 seconds of subsequent silence and shaky footage of wildlife. Rau concludes the experience by conflating Psalm 33:12a ("Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD") with the outro to the national anthem ("Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee").

09-30-2015, 02:09 PM	#249
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	Link here? And it's pretty amazing. http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/calga...###-short-film EDIT: Ahhhh CP has issues with the "btsht word in the link. Seems appropriate though. The short film—scored with a pleasant royalty-free track—features Rau hiking part of a mountain, apparently in pursuit of black bears. Rau's gun strap is placed underneath his upper backpack strap which perhaps makes it difficult to shoot a bear in a hurry. In the course of eight minutes, Rau, who sports a "SAVED" tattoo on his right forearm, mentions "freedom" 13 times, "regulations" (or "rules" or "red tape") another 13 times, uses two mixed metaphors ("defend to the teeth" and "regulated to the teeth"), and drops a single slippery slope argument ("Today it's with hunting, tomorrow it's with family farms: where's the end?") Rau's big beef appears to be with the recent increase in price for hunting licenses in Alberta; in April, the cost to kill a white-tail deer was bumped up from $36.95 to $39.95, an eight percent spike that Rau fears will turn hunting into "something only elites can do, only those that have money can do." Shooting a black bear, the animal that Rau appears to fancy in the video, requires a license that costs $20.65. The candidate argues that "those who wish to limit our freedoms and regulate us extensively with firearms and the freedom to hunt don't wish to just stop there, it's going to come into your own private property, of course, and your ability to be self-sufficient and independent." In a surprising turn of events partway through the video, viewers discover that Rau's lone hunting buddy is none other than Walt Wawra, the Michigan cop who became the "laughingstock of Canada" in 2012 when he showed up during the Calgary Stampede and was asked by a couple of overly friendly residents if he was digging Stampede, to which he infamously retorted: "Gentle-men [sic], I have no need to talk with you, goodbye" and later suggested in a letter to the Calgary Herald that he would've felt much safer with a sidearm. The ad concludes with Rau stating: "You vote for me, I'll say what I'm going to do, it's going to be clear and I'm going to follow up and do what I say I'm going to do," although by that point it's rather unclear what he has said, or will do, or said he's going to do. Rousing patriotic music kicks in after 42 seconds of subsequent silence and shaky footage of wildlife. Rau concludes the experience by conflating Psalm 33:12a ("Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD") with the outro to the national anthem ("Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee").