The Pooping Puffin

One of the more interesting stories so far in this election campaign is the “Pooping Puffin”.  For anyone curious, it was a video shown on the Conservative party’s notaleader.ca website (until taken down earlier today).

It showed a puffin pooping on Stéphane Dion’s shoulder.

Not to defend the party; but, I really don’t see how this is all that offensive.  I thought it sounded funny when I heard it on the news.

The real question is – why a puffin?

Well the puffin was mentioned last year by deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff as a potential mascot for the Liberal party.

“It’s a noble bird because it has good family values. They stay together for 30 years,” Ignatieff said.

“They lay one egg (each year). They put their excrement in one place. They hide their excrement.… They flap their wings very hard and they work like hell.

“This seems to me a symbol for what our party should be.”

Well, looks like enough people thought it was a big deal, and they put the Prime Minister in a position where he actually had to apologize today.

My comment is simply this – if this is concidered offensive, what do they call everything else being said by all parties during this campaign?