This page is an old feature, but a popular one. It's a collection of nasty quotes, hate mail, etc.. from over the years. Not too much new content to add lately, but I'm sure that will change soon enough.

Our nasty old friend "Malcolm" is back with a email about being honoured on this site (see two posts down):

It has been drawn to my attention that I have managed to land myself at number two [ed. note: now number three thanks to this!] on your pompously named "Wall of Shame." My, my, my. Quite an achievement, I should think. After all, given the number of poorly researched rants I've read from you over the years, I'd have expected far more vociferous denunciations than mine ... Apparently you believe that it is shameful for anyone to point out your inaccuracies, your errors and your general ignorance. Real analysts and commentators are prepared to accept correction from correspondents. Those who refuse to acknowledge their errors are not analysts, merely hacks. You, it seems, are a particularly talentless hack. You're a pompous ass, Adam. If only every Canadian could get to meet you. It would kill your party stone dead.

-- From Malcolm, August 10, 2004

AD response: Aside from being rude, over-the-top, embrassing and pointless, Malcolm's email is wrong. I accept corrections all the time and am happy to receive them.

Responding to proposals in my essay from the
As Prime Minister essay contest in 2001:

“From these ideas it becomes apparent that you do not understand the concepts of greed, human nature, or of pretty much anything…If you are brave enough to e-mail me back, please let me know if I have grossly misinterpreted you or if you just wrote a shitty essay and don’t actually have an understanding of the real world. I am shocked you received praise for such ignorance.”

- Email from Inukzand Zand, May 11, 2002.

“"So I see that Adam Daifallah is at it again … Adam seems to claim a lot of knowledge about ridings where he knows squat … I'm going right out to bet the farm on what the omniscient Adam Daifallah thinks."

- From "Malcolm," April 24, 2001 on an election prediction website.

"When I attended university in the 80's, the professors tried to instill in us the need to be critical thinkers. Adam...doesn’t demonstrate these skills in the least...I question the lack of compassion and the sarcastic condescension present in Mike Harris’ government and Adam’s column. Adam....you are proving yourself to be a like-minded cog in the big blue machine that continues to roll over the most disadvantaged people in our province, and forgets that they are citizens of Ontario too."

-From a letter by Jonathan Fiddler to the
Peterborough Examiner, October 1999.

"I must confess, of all the truly annoying experiences I've endured lately, reading Master Adam Daifallah's column in this paper tops my list. Who does this mollycoddled little Faunt Leroy think he is? He routinely lectures us on the great issues of the day with a guise of myopia arrogance ..."

- From a letter to the Peterborough Examiner by Jeffrey Smith,
May 19, 2000, in response to a newspaper column I wrote advocating enrolling children in golf lessons for the summer.

"When kids talk a lot of nonsense, I just say they are 'mouthy kids.' However, when I read the opinion of Adam Daifallah...at first I really didn't really know what to say...While growing up in this wonderful Canadian environment, he missed his opportunity to become a fine young man, who would possess family values, respect for his own and other young people's parents."

- From a letter by Zoltan Bank to the
Peterborough Examiner, July 30, 1998.

"Even though I do not support Tom Long, I do pity him that he will have to put up with turncoat opportunists like you. Good luck Tom!"

- From an email from Jeff Poole to a Tory youth listserve, April 14, 2000 after I announced I was supporting Tom Long for
Canadian Alliance leader. 

"Adam Daifallah, the Queen's version of David Frum, seems intent on promoting a political ideology based on misinformation."

- From a letter to the Queen's Journal by Greg Hughes,
October 10, 2000.

"Adam Daifallah has been continually churning out anti-CFS articles in local media ...Unfortunately, Mr. Daifallah is more about partisan politics than trying to improve education in Ontario and Canada. In fact, self promotion is pretty much all what Adam is about."

- From an email sent to a public listerve by Trent University student and CFS activist David Wallbridge.

"Adam Daifallah, bless his pointy little head, is trying to turn yours. Oh yes, his arguments may sound great, but they are fatally flawed. My irritation with Mr. Daifallah may stem from the fact that he worked against the PC Party for years before he finally showed his true colours and gleefully left..."

- From a letter to Queen's Journal, October 3, 2000 by Shawna Motheral. I served with Shawna on the PC Youth Federation when I was involved in the PC Party of Canada.

"While drawing an extremely biased comparison between Joe Clark and Stockwell Day in his recent oped article, Mr. Daifallah displays, with great clarity, his narrow perspective of Canadian politics."

- From a letter by Brandon Alakas to the Queen's Journal,
October 3, 2000.

"Who, pray, is Adam Daifallah; and by what special dispensation of the Examiner are his occasional vapourings allowed to insult our intelligence?  His latest pronouncements...are typical of his shallow approach to problems of national importance."

- From a letter to the editor by Kim Krenz in the
Peterborough Examiner, February 2000.

"My membership in the PC party spans 40 years, so I'm very well versed in party history and do not require any lessons from you. There is a saying: "Experience cannot be bought, it must be earned". You would do well to reflect on this, just maybe you'll gain a little in the next 20 years."

- From an email by Rudy Fernandes to a federal PC Party email list, March 17, 2000 after I claimed Joe Clark was being disloyal to the traditions of the PC Party.

"...since you supported the sleazy Tom Long, I now understand why you can't understand the meaning of the word "respect"...so, young Adam, you just carry on your merry way with your new-found friends in the Reform Party...and then when you have a moment, latch onto a real good dictionary and look up the meaning of the word "respect".

- From a "J. Eadie" in response to an article in Pundit Magazine, August 23, 2000.

"Preston Manning will still be the leader of this far right, red neck, prejudice party...you have been pleading your pathetic right wing agenda over and over again...for far too long...The CA party is the same radical/racist party that Canadians in your home province of Ontario rejected out-right twice before, however, as usual I am not surprised that you have chosen to be in the minority."

- From an email from Joe Clark aide Kurt Beers, April 14, 2000
after I left the PC Party.

"Adam's view of political fraud in Canada was very limited. I hope his professors at university get him lined up with a tutor to broaden his knowledge."

- From a letter to the Peterborough Examiner by Glenn Brown,
May 2, 1999.

"Those of us who read it were infuriated by Adam Daifallah's article on feminism. Yet another male in a position of privilege and power lecturing us about the status of women. How retrograde."

- Letter to the Peterborough Examiner by Stephanie Benn, Corina Crawley, Ferne Cristal and Su Ditta, March 7, 1999 in response to a column where I said the feminist movement is dying.

"I suggest to Adam that you look up the origins of the word "Tory" before you go running around calling yourself one...you need to gain an awareness of the word that puts the "p" into PC. Progressive, as in socially progressive, fiscally conservative..."

- From an email by Clay Purves to federal Tory youth, March 25, 1998.

"Mr. Daifallah has an excellent opportunity every week to raise interesting issues. However, he has rarely if ever shown a spark of imagination or creativity and simply revels in rightwing rhetoric."

- From a letter to the editor by Sean McCarthy in the
Peterborough Examiner, October 3, 1999.