Dirty protest at Fairmount Bagel
Marc-Boris St-Maurice – who used to campaign for the legalization of cannabis – had a lot of fertilizer dumped outside Fairmount Bagel on Saturday to mark a year since the owner’s son Daniel Shlafman is accused of having murdered a sex worker in a nearby apartment, then killed himself. St-Maurice has apparently set himself up as a campaigner for the legalization of the sex trade.
shawn 10:44 on 2022-11-06 Permalink
Jeez. Shlafman was by all accounts a sick guy but I don’t know what his bereaved family has to do it?
Blork 10:53 on 2022-11-06 Permalink
That’s the dumbest protest I’ve seen in years. The stupidity has nothing to do with the cause – that’s a whole separate discussion. The stupidity is the pointless gesture. It’s not like Fairmount Bagel is responsible for the murder. Or that they somehow deny it, or make statements that rationalize it, or otherwise do or say things worthy of protest. It should be noted that they lost a family member too, even if he was (by most accounts) not likeable and indeed (apparently) a killer.
So why protest Fairmount Bagel? The article says St-Maurice claims it’s not about Fairmount Bagel; that he was just commemorating the event at the location where it happened. Uh, sure. But by dumping fertilizer on the street in front of a business? Dude, you’re mixing your metaphors.
Who paid for the cleanup? Was St-Maurice fined? Who is the hired truck guy, and was he fined? So many questions.
Also: dumbass. What he dumped was odourless fertilizer derived from manure (basically compost), but I think he was hoping for a pile of stinky shit. FAIL.
EG 13:19 on 2022-11-06 Permalink
Marc-Boris could’ve just protested by going to St-Viateur instead.
shawn 13:23 on 2022-11-06 Permalink
and to be really picky the family business was not the site of murder-suicide, which was nearby in a residence on Saint-Urbain…
Ephraim 14:28 on 2022-11-06 Permalink
About the greatest reason that I have seen in a long time for someone to get a court injunction against someone else. The family suffered a great loss and the decisions of their son have nothing to do with the business, nor sex workers.
Ian 15:11 on 2022-11-06 Permalink
On a more positive note, lots of free fertilizer for the many green alleys and gardens in the neighbourhood, and the perfect time of year to be spreading it.
Marc-Boris St-Maurice 16:55 on 2023-03-19 Permalink
When I read things like : “even if he was (by most accounts) not likeable and indeed (apparently) a killer” it makes me sick to my stomach. “Apparently” a killer?? WTF? Casting doubt on the fact that he killed her. How rude to the family of that woman. Nice to see people apologizing for such a brutal murder. I guess nobody cares about a dead sex worker. their lives are disposable, but the grief of the family of a montreal “institution” is of course more important.
And then to read : “the decisions of their son have nothing to do with the business, nor sex workers”??? The decision of Daniel Shlafman to murder a sex worker has EVERYTHING to do with sex workers!! She was murdered while on the job. Had this been a police officer, a fireman or even a blue collar city worker dead on the job we would have a parade for them, But a dead sex worker? They are not a worthy victim, ohhh, but the poor grieving Shlafman family. What about this woman’s family? Disgusting.
Decriminalizing sex work would help reduce these risks tremendously, but nobody wants to talk about that, we just want to keep the bagel’s reputation alive and well.
I organized this protest to draw attention to the problems that criminalizing sex work causes and to honor the victim.
Irwin shlafman always said the family had bagels in the blood. Now it seems to me there are blood in the bagels.
Bon appetit!
Marc-Boris ST-Maurice