the tale of two bridges

Two bridges, both alike in color,
In fair Duncan, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
(Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare)

Two silver bridges
the older and the newer
the narrow and the wide
going south and going north
for cars and for trucks
for walkers and for bikers

News Blip on an ancient grudge
"A game posted on the social-networking website Facebook has First Nations representatives in the Cowichan Valley enraged, calling the game racist and demeaning, and they're asking for it to be pulled.

The game, posted by a creator named Ted Hobby -- a member of the University of Victoria network -- involves predicting how many First Nations people are on the Trans-Canada Highway bridge, dubbed the silver bridge, that spans the Cowichan River in Duncan.

A similar game posted on Facebook last week called "How many Indians on the bridge?" had 2,000 people registered as participants. That page disappeared on Monday afternoon but was replaced yesterday with another page called "The Duncan Bridge." By mid-afternoon, 32 people had signed up." (Times Colonist Newspaper, August 22, 2007)