just sent this in to the Sun: RE: Downtown Ottawa in decline Thanks to Ms. Blizzard for embracing the true spirit of truthiness. I went to Barcelona once and saw a lot of hashish making the rounds outside clubs, submitted an article to the Globe and Mail about the decline of Catalan society– an article replete with metaphor, classical allusions and wit– but lo and behold it wasn't published! "Well", I thought, "perhaps they held it against me for being 16 years old".