Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
31st July 2022, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 715
Views: 40,378
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
19th May 2022, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 3,608
Views: 158,264
This. The Ukrainians have spent quite a bit of...
This. The Ukrainians have spent quite a bit of time and effort since 2014 to professionalize their armed forces and seem to be employing their tanks in the manner that they should be used (with...
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Forum: USA Politics
2nd February 2022, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 1,227
Views: 93,572
One of the frequent complaints from the...
One of the frequent complaints from the protestors is that the Prime Minister isn't directly engaging with them the way he has with other protestors. Tells you what you need to know about those...
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Forum: USA Politics
2nd February 2022, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 1,227
Views: 93,572
As a member of the PRes Artillery unit that...
As a member of the PRes Artillery unit that carries out public duties (gun salutes) on Parliament Hill dozens of time since 1987 for events such as Remembrance Day, Canada Day, Victoria Day, the...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th January 2022, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 2,959
Short answer is "it depends."
...
Short answer is "it depends."
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/Search/Search.aspx?txtS3archA11=counterfiet&txtT1tl3=%22Criminal+Code%22&h1ts0n1y=0&ddC0nt3ntTyp3=Acts
Making tokens, etc that can...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
14th December 2021, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,571
Canada does consider systemic racism baked into...
Canada does consider systemic racism baked into the founding of the nation - however, in our case it is not as anti-black (which still exists, but not to the extent of the US) likely due to the far...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th November 2021, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 4,888
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
7th October 2021, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 937
Views: 97,782
Complaining that educators are corrupting the...
Complaining that educators are corrupting the youth of the city go back to Socrates.
Here's a more recent example from 1234 "...for whereas divers complaints were made to the King how corrupted...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
30th September 2021, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th September 2021, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
That would be a lie - to have a conversation...
That would be a lie - to have a conversation would involve contributing to it. The Socratic method requires the questioner to continue to refine the question and to provide inputs to move the...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th September 2021, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th September 2021, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th September 2021, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
This is the OP
1. If it is to be a...
This is the OP
1. If it is to be a conversation, you need to participate.
2. What do you mean by "net negative" for a right and how can such a thing be conclusively demonstrated?
3. How...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th September 2021, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
17th September 2021, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 6,524
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th September 2021, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
17th September 2021, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th September 2021, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th September 2021, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th September 2021, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th September 2021, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
How does a right make things worse?
The...
How does a right make things worse?
The right to to not be arrested without due cause is a good thing.
The right to freedoms of movement, and expression are good.
Etc.
Does society need to...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th September 2021, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
And that is our modern understanding of what a...
And that is our modern understanding of what a right is.
Being a social and legal construction rights are dependent on the prevailing social and legal structures. The evolution of what a right...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
8th September 2021, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
First - rights are laws. You do not get one...
First - rights are laws. You do not get one without the other.
As understood in medieval England, rights are the legal authority to do a thing, or to prevent other people from doing a thing. ...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
3rd September 2021, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 248
Views: 13,560
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
23rd August 2021, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 338
Views: 17,595
Given that both Australia and Canada have a...
Given that both Australia and Canada have a similar legal tradition and a similar constitutional protection for the free exercise of religion - how would the school board deal with the inevitable...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th August 2021, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 338
Views: 17,595
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
20th August 2021, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 338
Views: 17,595
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
19th August 2021, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 6,524
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th August 2021, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 338
Views: 17,595
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th August 2021, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 338
Views: 17,595
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
8th June 2021, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 98
Views: 6,516
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
13th April 2021, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 633
Views: 32,416
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
12th April 2021, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 25,162
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
24th March 2021, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 25,162
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
19th March 2021, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 25,162
Absolutely, works the same way here. Just...
Absolutely, works the same way here. Just because HMTQ has the ability to do something theoretically, doesn't mean they can do it in practice - the last monarch that did so had to run from his...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
19th March 2021, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 25,162
The Grand Opinion is NOT law, it is a legal...
The Grand Opinion is NOT law, it is a legal opinion prepared for George I.
Royal Perogatives are considered to be in effect until bounded by legislation. In the matter of custody of children...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
18th March 2021, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 25,162
The Grand Opinion is a legal opinion,...
The Grand Opinion is a legal opinion, commissioned by George I so taht he was aware of the limits of his perogative power.
A legal opinion is NOT law.
A legal opinion is an interpretation of...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
9th March 2021, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 25,162
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Forum: USA Politics
4th March 2021, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,869
The books will be filled with stories (sorry,...
The books will be filled with stories (sorry, parables) of His defiance of the three headed Squad, a three headed beast, the evil Pelosi and the vile Antifa, who tried to prevent his sacred return...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
30th January 2021, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 186
Views: 14,639
From Belgium's POV it was the best of a bad...
From Belgium's POV it was the best of a bad geographic situation - join an Anglo-French alliance and definitely become the battleground in a fight between them and Germany, or be officially neutral...
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Forum: USA Politics
27th January 2021, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 287
Views: 13,757
And resulted in Parliament reminding them what...
And resulted in Parliament reminding them what had been done to the Queen's Grandfather when the Monarch denied the will of Parliament. There's a reason why they don't exercise their veto more...
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Forum: USA Politics
21st January 2021, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 287
Views: 13,757
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Forum: USA Politics
13th January 2021, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 2,856
Views: 138,736
At this stage I'm expecting, "Ladies and...
At this stage I'm expecting, "Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, the President was in no way inciting a disturbance in his speech of 6 January 2020. What he did was give veiled instructions to a...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
23rd December 2020, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 11,636
No, it was an action in the Supreme Court of...
No, it was an action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the confusingly named court of first instance in BC), so the decision only applies to BC.
That doesn't mean that other provinces or...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
23rd December 2020, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 11,636
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
23rd November 2020, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 117
Views: 10,793
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
23rd November 2020, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 117
Views: 10,793
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Forum: USA Politics
7th August 2020, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 3,200
Views: 183,599
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Forum: USA Politics
7th August 2020, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 3,200
Views: 183,599
What they do know is that other countries have...
What they do know is that other countries have used a lockdown period of 2-4 weeks, strictly enforced said lockdown, then were able to move to a more relaxed posture using physical distancing and...
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Forum: USA Politics
7th August 2020, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 3,200
Views: 183,599
1918 Flu
SARS
Ebola
Polio
"Mad Cow"
...
1918 Flu
SARS
Ebola
Polio
"Mad Cow"
Those are just a few of the infectious diseases that have resulted in national level responses from various governments. COVID-19 is simply the most recent.
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