WestCoastRunner

You are certainly reluctant to provide thought provoking commentary. Is that because you have none? I'm all ears, if you can provide it.

Not good enough. If you want to provide substance to this thread, please do so.

You should elaborate for us dummies.

Alrighty.

I'll leave that up to the FN's people and folks more experienced than me.

Whatever it takes. I favour no sides. Can you elaborate?

The other night, I watched 'Run Lola Run'. I had watched it a few years ago and caught the re-run of the movie. I highly recommend this movie (with english subtitles). I enjoy running, so I enjoyed the various running scenes with Lola striving to save her boyfriend's life in jeopardy because of a drug deal gone bad.

Hence the reasons we need to help them to keep their leaders accountable.

Of course they don't want white men interfering. Do you blame them? Like I say, let's help them to hold their FN's leaders accountable.

Make up your mind!

Remove their legal existence as distinct peoples? And that's because you are engaged to a FN woman? So you have all the expertise we need for you to make the decision? Try telling that to the francaphone people of Quebec. I'll be on the sidelines watching!

Why is that a good point?

Why is it naive? Please provide more substance to your statement.

They want to retain their cultural identity. They can't do that if they are forced to assimilate. Why are you so afraid of helping them to achieve this? I agree it will be a long and arduous journey for them but who are you to stop them?

[quote name="Smallc" post="1062007" timestamp= Helping them to help themselves would involve making them normal citizens with all the rights and privileges thereto. That is only your opinion and means squat to them They have nothing to do because their leaders are failing them. Let's help them to hold their leaders accountable.

Of course I have little comprehension of life on a reserve, however I understand their need to retain their cultural identity. They should be holding FN leaders accountable to progressing their communities and we should be doing everything we can to help them with this accountability.Because they have issues towards progress doesn't mean we should throw in the towel and force them to assimilate. Let's help them so they can help themselves. They deserve the right to retain their cultural identity.

You only need to comprehend dres other post regarding progress on reservation communities. If these type of community projects can be implemented across Canada on all reservation communities it would ensure that FN communities retain their cultural identity. Basically the same as Quebec is doing to retain their identity. They have to start somewhere.

I think it's you that doesn't understand the context. Re-read it and try to defend his statements. I'd be curious to hear your defence of the statements.

I rather enjoy men actually and enjoy being in their company.

I think this is great. I wish we would hear more of these success stories.

Poor excuse to lock a thread. I didn't see any knives drawn.

Then she probably chose the wrong guests.

A thread was recently 'locked' due to perceived insults. I believe that the thread just involved posters who were passionately involved in the topic under discussion. The thread was locked right in the middle of discussions and caused me personally great frustration that I couldn't carry on the debate. It was in my opinion, a callous disregard for the posters involved in the debate.