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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Weird weather recently |
| ShepherdsDog |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:55 pm
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| It's been pouring out all morning here. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: How liberals think |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:50 pm
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| Why should you respect or tolerate an ideology that encourages its followers to destroy your culture, your institutions, and everything you've worked for in life? That would be Christianity my pretentious friend. :D Christianity is Western Civilization. It has done more preserving than destroying. ... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: How liberals think |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:08 am
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| Yeah, the Paris Commune, what a wonderful thing. It like every other utopian experiment failed. We haven't evolved enough for that sort of idealistic existence and I don't know if we ever will. To me it's just a secular form of Christianity. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: How liberals think |
| ShepherdsDog |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:45 am
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| Stalinism is the term used usually to describe the former Russian system. Corporate Facism is what the Chinese have now. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: How liberals think |
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:19 am
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| Communism...hm. You seem like an extremely bright young man, but, live a little first and then see how pro Communist you remain. The system is an abject failure as is its watered down version, socialism. Sweden annd New Zealand being prime examples of the latter and China and Eastern Europe (Russia ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Canada Day |
| ShepherdsDog |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:40 pm
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| Going to Taipei to celebrate with other expats at the Canadian Trade Mission. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: How liberals think |
| ShepherdsDog |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:27 pm
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Gitmo appalling |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:16 pm
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| Aushwitz was filled with innocent people, who were butchered by a terrorist regime because they worshipped God on different day. Guantanamo Bay is a prison full of terrorists who want(ed) to kill innocent people because they worship God on a dfferent day. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: How liberals think |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:26 pm
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I wasn't aware that they did  |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Should Canada be bilingual? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:54 pm
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| I'm all for learning other languages. My eldest son is enrolled in the public school system here in Taiwan (the only weigworen in the entire division) and my wife and I plan on putting our youngest into Chinese day care when he turns three. I'm against gov't enforcement/legislation of French in part... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Should Canada be bilingual? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:32 pm
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| Acadians account for such a miniscule percentage of the population that there is no way the gov't could justify continuing the official language status of French. That said, the policy of official bilingualism should be a regional/municipal issue rather than a federal one. In Manitoba, Ukrainian and... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: What are you listening to.... |
| ShepherdsDog |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:02 pm
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The sounds of artillery  (range is only a couple of kilometres away) |
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Forum: Rants & Raves Topic: A European view of Canada vs. the USA |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:08 pm
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| The French fleet was sunk by the British because they refused to scuttle their own ships after the Germans seized Paris and the Vichy regime took over. It is also interesting that when the allies landed in Syria (today Lebanon and Syria) they battled French troops, rather than German forces initiall... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Weird weather recently |
| ShepherdsDog |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:39 am
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Replies: 32
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| Lots of rain, heat and humidity. Pretty quiet where I am right now. We're only 1800 m from the Mainland on the island of Quemoy/Kinmen. |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Weird weather recently |
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:31 am
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| I always keep plenty of bleach and hydrogen peroxide on hand. |
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