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Quite correct, and they include among others Matthew 10:34 where Jesus advocates killing non-believers: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Sure there is an easy way to make people happy. Arrest the criminals, and leave innocent people alone. The dumb cops did the exact opposite.

So is Stephen Harper going to personally compensate Toronto for closing down for several days so he can hold his stupid party. This was a idiotic idea to begin with, but expecting people to just stop living is ridiculous. Yes, some of us could see the stupidity from the writing on the wall long before. I was living just north of Toronto at the time, I decided to go on a kayak trip about 500km away and as I would have been away for the long weekend anyway I decided to take several more days off before and after the anticipated fiasco. Not everyone however had that opportunity, and more importantly they should not have to uproot their lives just because Harper wanted to show off on Canada's credit card. No, it is not good advice to be told by the fascist Harper to stay indoors. Far better to tell him to screw off.

I agree, but we are not talking about changing countries are we? We are talking about immigrants moving to Canada. I never said we need to recruit people from those regions, I am not all that sure that our immigration policies are benefitting Canadians in general. The whole immigrations policies as to numbers should be reviewed. As far as who we recruit, that comes down to several factors based on class. Certainly there is some benefit to us in bringing in skilled professionals, but we should also recognize that depletes many of these regions of the very people that will help them progress forward. There is also a place for family reunification, but we don't want to develop a policy where we bring in one contributing immigrant and follow it on with parents, 17 cousins, etc. There needs to be limits on what is appropriate. Recognize that refugees and immigrants are based on completely different criteria. I don't know how many immigrants we are accepting from this part of the world compared to others, but that would be worth investigating. One reason however to bring in immigrants from different parts of the world is about the larger responsibility to help bring down the intolerance between different cultures. The better different people around the world understand each other, the better our chances as a global community to get along. The old colonial policies of western nations forcing our people and systems into other countries is a dismal failure, and isolationism has never worked either. Nothing is going to happen overnight, we have to keep our eye on the future. Instead of just seeing the negatives of the future, those vile Muslims from the middle-ages, we need to see that both their and our culture will evolve over time to be more accepting and tolerant of others.

In other words you decide what he meant to suit your purpose. I could argue that his other words were just sucking up to Twit Trump.

There was no riot going on. Yes there were some isolated problems the day before, but Toronto was not a war zone. The cops screwed up on day one, and to compensate they screwed up much worse the other way on day two. This is about stupid beat cops, and criminal supervisory cops.

No, I said the situation is far worse. I didn't say it was hopeless, or that it affected everyone. What is more important, what I clearly did say but you refused to listen is that people do change. I have seen this change during my lifetime here in Canada. Attitudes of immigrants and refugees also change, I know this from firsthand experience living in Europe where my attitudes and outlook changed. Being immersed in differs cultures does affect people. One of the best aspects of multiculturalism (and yes there are negatives ones as well) is that people quickly learn that different cultures with different practices are composed of people not much different than ourselves. They are people trying to life, thrive, raise a family, etc. They learn and accept cultural differences, just like we accept that some women choose to wear a hijab they accept that other women choose not to. Yes, there are intolerant ones still on both sides, just scroll up through previous pages here to see. People do change however, we now even have Conservatives talking about gay rights where 10 years ago they were fighting bitterly tooth an nail against it.

The holidays were not good to the DOW, but today was so we will see if it continues to climb.

Even FoxNews carried the quote.

Ford CEO Mark Fields said Ford would have gone ahead with the decision whether or not Trump was elected president.

I agree, old religious texts don't make for entertaining reading. That said, the Qur'an is full of verses of forgiveness both in terms of Allah forgiving people and instructions for people to be forgiving of each other. There are also a few verses where Allah is not forgiving however. Mercy is also found throughout, although it is not as big a topic as forgiveness.

The Last Best West, free farms in Western Canada, homes for millions. Hon. Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior. The Dominion Lands Act required that each homesteader provide proof that the land had increased in value through additions (cultivation, building construction, etc.) costing labour and/or capital. The Dominion Lands Act stipulated the improvements that had to be made to a land grant before a homesteader would receive a Letters Patent from the Crown. When a homesteader filed an application, the local Dominion Lands Office screened and validated the claim, and sent an inspector to the property to confirm that the improvements had been made. If the Board approved the application, it was forwarded to Ottawa for the "preparation and issuance of patents" by the Lands Patent Branch. Letters Patent were issued to grant or confirm title to a portion of land. They are the first title to land, and serve as proof that the land no longer belongs to the Crown.

I guess you have never read the Qur'an.

No, they only want to learn how to fly the plane, they don't care about the landing.

Yes, there is a lot of intolerance in society. Thankfully some countries like Canada have made significant progress towards stamping it out. Years ago I remember hearing many comments about others, things like people shouting to Sikhs to take that diaper off their head. Today it is a lot less common to hear this sort of thing, but every so often we will hear how a woman was treated because of her hair covering. I'm sure that even today Ankara is far worse that Canada has ever been during my lifetime, but people do change. In a multicultural society, people learn to live together and their attitudes adapt.

Well, naturally the guy that designed and earns an income from selling tests is going to tell you they work. I don't expect the kid at the Ford dealership to tell me the car is a lemon.

No, they also arrested a couple of those, but mostly the dumb cops just ignored them. Most of the people they rounded up however were innocent, they stupidity of the cops ignoring the thugs was broadcast on television so the next day they decide to be even more insane and round up anyone. They told people who wanted to protest, they could do so at Queens parks which is a couple of kilometres away from the G20, and then the thugs swooped into Queens park and arrested the peaceful protestors. They also blocked off large areas and took in anyone that was there, if you happened to be shopping and came out of a store the idiotic cops arrested you. That was the most embarrassing episode in so called law enforcement in Canadian history, the second was the followup when nothing was done except a few slaps on the wrist for some of the low level cops that were caught on camera. There should have been several senior cops serving serious hard time for the G20.

Just as there are significant difference between various Christian churches, do you not see that there can be significant differences between various Mosques? Go to a United Church and then an Assemblies of God church, compare the doctrine and more important talk to the congregation. They are day and night different. Same thing between say a black Baptist church and a Methodist or Presbyterian church.

The War Measures Act was repealed years ago, you must mean the Emergencies Act. No the single most fascist act was Stephen Harper at his gala party for 19 of his friends in 2010 that cost mega billions and resulted in the arrest of 1000 innocent civilians, including some being shot with rubber bullets by mentally ill cops. There was no act of terrorism, unlike the FLQ crisis that involved years of violence and kidnapping and murder.

Making America Great Again - 140 characters at a time Latest tweet from the twit: General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border. Make in U.S.A.or pay big border tax! 7:30 AM - 3 Jan 2017 I guess he has already cancelled NAFTA.

A very interesting and relevant article about Saudi Arabia and Islamic extremism. It is written by former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad.

Yes, very good points. Perhaps we are not clear enough when we talk about plurality, and freedom and respect for individuals. We should emphasize that this is not just about some anonymous person on the street, but it can be someone in your own family. Your wife and draught are individuals with their own rights. The whole issue of parental influence on dress code is a very interesting one. What is the difference between a Muslim father wanting his daughter to wear a hijab, and an old stock Canadian father not wanting his daughter to go out in a skimpy skirt and bare midriff? How does age of the daughter influence it?

I though a good leftist like you would have voted for the leftist hero.

Are you aware of any study of homelessness that substantiates that opinion?

Perhaps it is better to start a separate topic here. I agree with the concepts of "diminished capacity" or "not criminally responsible", but what I don't agree with is that they are interpreted as no incarceration. I believe that the consequences on your freedoms should be similar, but that the method at how those consequences are imposed is where they should differ. Locking someone up in a traditional 'correctional' institution is wrong, because those warehouses do not treat the underlying problem. There should still be a correctional institution, but one that is more focused on proper correction. None of that should override the consequences for ones action. You may not be 'criminally' responsible for taking someones life, but you are still responsible.