The great Christmas truce of the First World War remains a mythic ideal. At this time of year, the urge to find or share goodwill is strong, even to call truces around ongoing conflicts. With truces, two parties should be more or less equal, but in this ongoing conflict the power imbalance is profound. I took political science in university and one of the greatest political science words I learned was “internecine.” Internecine conflict is marked by disputes and discord within a group who, ostensibly, should all be working towards the same goal. Within Toronto itself there’s tension between the older city and the “suburbs,” though the Etobicokes and Scarboroughs of Toronto are often more urban than not.

Source: thestar December 26, 2019 00:00 UTC