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4 hours ago, Zeitgeist said:
It’s so painfully obvious that the CBC, Toronto Star, CTV and most mainstream media are cheerleading for Trudeau.
This is why the CBC should be defunded and there should be no more subsidies or grants to the media by the government.
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20 minutes ago, Queenmandy85 said:
Erin O'Toole was the best person for the job. Unlike Sheer or Poilievre, Erin at least had a career before enteering politics.
I think you liked Erin O'Toole because he was more of a liberal.
I believe he ran for leadership on the party's platform which was to oppose the carbon tax. Then after he was elected as party leader, he surprised the party by reversing himself and supporting carbon taxes. Can't be trusted. Glad he lost the leadership.
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Calm down and get real.
No, I never suggested Trudeau was the best person for the job. I said the PM must be the best person for the job. That means not chosen by gender. That's all I meant. But you chose to interpret it differently. That's your twisted thinking that must always find some excuse to accuse someone.
Trudeau was obviously not the best person for the job, although those who voted for Liberals thought he was. They were wrong.
In our Parliamentary system, we are subject to the whims of the people who have proven they are not qualified to choose the right PM. That is the weakness of democracy. However, it is better than a dictatorship. Ideally the PM would be the best person for the job, but that is not how it always turns out.
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25 minutes ago, ExFlyer said:
Hmmm, let me quote you "The Prime Minister must be chosen by who is the best person for the job, not by what gender they are. "
You said it and I responded "following your logic, Justin Trudeau has been the best person for the job for the past 9 years?? "
What is twisted about that?
I am not "smearing" you, just repeating your words back at you. Seems you can "smear" yourself LOL
LOL You are lying through your teeth. NOwhere did I suggest Trudeau was the best person for the job the past nine years. In fact, he was the worst. Worse than worse.
We know what your motive is. You lie like Trudeau does constantly.
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3 minutes ago, ExFlyer said:
So, following your logic, Justin Trudeau has been the best person for the job for the past 9 years??
You have a twisted mind. You love to try to smear me and will lie at the drop of a hat.
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On 4/23/2024 at 12:15 PM, CITIZEN_2015 said:
It seems things are not going well in Canada in this century. We need a female Prime Minister.
Empowered Women is empowered world.
Nonsense. The problems in Canada have nothing to do with what gender the PM is. The Prime Minister must be chosen by who is the best person for the job, not by what gender they are.
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4 hours ago, paradox34 said:
Did you miss the fact that historically Jews have earned much of the animosity directed against them?
I would suggest you get the book "God's First Love -- Christians and Jews over two thousand years" by Friedrich Heer. The back cover says:
"What responsibility do the Christian churches bear for the mass murders of Jews over the past fifteen centuries?
In God's First Love, Friedrich Heer raises the question of the positive guilt of Christianoity in fostering anti-Semitism throughout its history. He shows that the concepts of Jew-hating and Jew-killing were based on Christian theology, taught by the most eminent fathers of the church, and how the writings of St John and St Paul, St Augustine and Martin Luther, have all been used as the basis of anti-Semitic theory down to the time of Pope John XXIII.
This book of deep historical insight presents a challenge to all Christians, Catholic and Protestant, to work towards a true reconciliation with the essential Jewish origins of their faith. "
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My view on this is that much of nominal Christianity and many church fathers misinterpreted Holy Scripture in fostering anti-Semitism. What happened to "love they neighbour as thyself"? The world has a history of anti-Semitism. Nothing justifies that. In my opinion, ordinary church members did not have Bibles for the most part and were told what to believe by their church leaders who themselves were in darkness. The church forbade ordinary members from having Bibles. The Reformation and the invention of the printing press changed that about 500 years ago for Protestants, but many still remained in darkness on the subject of the Jews. It was fashionable to be anti-Semitic. It still is today for many people.
To claim Jews historically "earned animosity" is a clear attempt to dodge responsibility and re-write history. It is not credible.
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13 hours ago, Queenmandy85 said:
Canadians pay moderate taxes
Yes one third of the price of gas in B.C. are government taxes, including carbon tax. We have the highest gas prices in north America. Right now regular gas is over two dollars a litre. Just another thing on top of outrageous prices for homes and groceries that is pushing many people into homelessness and despair.
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6 minutes ago, eyeball said:
If they all just refer to Satan it's quite amazing no one's heard a thing about it in the news.
Yes, we know who your secret master is.
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If you study the extreme regulation of BC freshwater sport fishing it can lead to another subject of heavy regulation of remote areas of the province. That is all the areas the B.C. government has designated as Conservancy areas or preserved areas. An examination of the government's information on this seems to show at least part of this was done as reconciliation with aboriginals even thou very few or nobody is even living in the areas. Here is an example.
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Nature and culture
Cultural Heritage
The Hunwadi/Ahnuhati-Bald Conservancy is within the traditional territory of the Da’naxda’xw Awaetlala First Nation. A number of cultural features in the area provide a strong indication of the historic occupation and presence of the Da’naxda’xw Awaetlala First Nation in the area now covered by the conservancy.
Wildlife
The intact nature of the two main watersheds in the conservancy makes it particularly important from an ecological perspective. The conservancy supports old-growth forests with healthy populations of salmon, grizzly bears and marbled murrelets, among other species.
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
BC Parks honours Indigenous Peoples’ connection to the land and respects the importance of their diverse teachings, traditions, and practices within these territories. This park webpage may not adequately represent the full history of this park and the connection of Indigenous Peoples to this land. We are working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples to update our websites so that they better reflect the history and cultures of these special places."
Hunwadi/Ahnuhati – Bald Conservancy | BC Parks
It this really all necessary to burden taxpayers with a bureaucracy to create and enforce these kinds of conservancies? Also, it is a great make-work project for government employees who will be faithful to the Socialists in return.
7 minutes ago, eyeball said:What did the local authorities tell when you asked?
I am not that dumb to spend my time trying to talk to a bureaucrat. You should know better and have more sense to know it is a waste of time.
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28 minutes ago, eyeball said:
In meantime you clowns are citing Satan. Lol.
I get it. You can go in that lake with a Kayak, rowboat and oars, but don't put a plastic propeller in the water which is driven by a little electric motor outside the water. It might be contaminated with some disease. Maybe I could clean the propeller end with an alcohol swab first. Do you think they would accept that?
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Part of the dangerous slide downhill is the extreme governmental control and regulation of everything.
A prime example of this is the B.C. Freshwater Fishing Regulations.
Freshwater fishing regulations in B.C. - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)
It is full of unbelievable regulations that make no sense at all.
A major part of it is of course to collect more fees from sport's fisherman for everything anyone could imagine.
But it has made life very difficult. You almost have to take a lengthy course of instruction to know all the regulation and be studying them continually to know what to do or not to do.
That has really made sport fishing a painful endeavour and actually wrecked it in many areas.
Here is one small example out of hundreds.
On page 14 Region 1 - Vancouver Island, there is a river named Ahnuhati River. It is regulated yet it is a river that very few if anybody would ever go to because it is located in the remote wilderness on the mainland east of the north coast of Vancouver Island. There are no roads up there. It is a mountainous wilderness with coastal islands and inlets. Very remote. The only way a person could get there would be by chartering a good-sized cabin cruiser or hiring a seaplane. How many people are going to do that?
I could not even find it in a Vancouver Island backroad mapbook. It is designated as Class II water April 1 to Oct.31 and steelhead stamp is mandatory Apr 1 to June 30. This is of course just an excuse to collect extra fees as you require a special licence or permit for these things.
This is the case for countless rivers in B.C. The whole thing is just a bureaucratic money grab. That is part of Socialist ideology.
I could go through the regulations and write a book on all the extreme regulations used to make fishing unpleasant and add costs.
Lots of work for bureaucrats and conservation officers.
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On 4/22/2024 at 11:14 AM, paradox34 said:
The Jews wailing of "two thousand years of persecution" doesn't seem to have taught them any compassion given current events.
After two thousand years of persecution that ended with the Holocaust that killed about one third of the Jews in Europe, I think they have good reason to feel defensive.
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10 hours ago, eyeball said:
You used the word nonsensical to dismiss a regulation you don't even understand the purpose of. That's really nonsensical.
I was replying to your question about electric motors and informing you they, like any other piece of equipment used in the water can introduce and invasive species.
I then provided you with a link to a BC government website where you can search out whirling disease to see for yourself why your little motor can carry invasive pathogens
You followed my advice to call your local authorities for an explanation and this is what they told you? It sounds like they were just guessing too if they actually said probably or maybe when answering you.
But you haven't called anyone to ask anything have you, you're simply guessing and imagining its because...communism or Satan or something.
Yes, it is Satan's Socialism that is the reason. A Socialist NDP government that wishes to impose controls and regulations on everything just because...well, just because.
You can't fish there because we know better.
You can't use your little electric motor there because it's bad.
You can't use a 15 hp motor in that lake, only less than 10 hp because the Federal government says it's bad for the salmon... blah blah
On and on and on it goes
Only a real leftie sucker would swallow all that nonsense.
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56 minutes ago, eyeball said:
Why would they in the case of rivers that don't have endangered salmon passing through them
Again making up something to try to defend bureaucracy. Nobody said salmon were endangered. You just made it up.
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25 minutes ago, eyeball said:
Sure if you're saying the issue of invasive species is nonsensical or woke or something you should get some science behind your theory and put it out there.
Again you are twisting what I said. I never said the issue of invasive species is nonsensical. Look back on my posts. You are reading something into it I never said.
I simply pointed out banning electric motors on one lake while allowing row boats and kayaks is nonsensical. You assumed it has something to do with invasive species. But I never said that.
There is no reason for that regulation. It is just more nonsense probably because somebody living near the lake complained about electric motors although they don't really make any noise. But it must have irked somebody for some inexplicable reason. Or maybe some radical environmentalist complained because they complain about everything.
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B.C. fishing regulations say no trout fishing in a river because some salmon are going up the river in the summer. How much do you want to bet they don't impose such silliness on other rivers around the province.
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1 hour ago, eyeball said:
There must be some reason you're unaware of so try calling local authorities.I
Or just follow your Bible's orders, render unto Caesar that which is his and do as you're told.
I am doing as I'm told.
35 minutes ago, eyeball said:As a hard boiled law and order libertarian he'll understand there'll be consequences.
I never said anything about defying the fishing regulations. I simply pointed out to you the regulations are full of nonsensical prohibitions, which is typical of a Socialist bureaucracy creating unnecessary work for themselves.
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15 minutes ago, eyeball said:
Go look up whirling disease.
There are a good number of BC waterways that are currently closed to all types of boats.
What are you doing transporting them around without knowing that?
The lake I said they don't allow electric motors on is not closed to boats, swimming and fishing. It is open to kayaks or any rowboats.
Don't kayaks, rowboats, and swimmers spread disease or is it just electric motors that spread it?
So you think electric motors spread whirling disease but not rowboats and kayaks? Any proof of that?
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14 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:
3. Please address why YOUR interpretation of levels of taxation that amount to sinfulness should be heeded ?
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Is Taxation Ever Allowed?
Some will respond, “Following this logic, are not all taxes and government programs theft?” One possible response is yes, which has some appeal due to its consistency (the view of anarcho-capitalism). However, a more biblical response is that some taxes are legitimate because some government functions are legitimate. Thus, we need to understand the proper role of civil government.
It is important to understand that God designed government to enforce what are known as “negative rights.” You have a right to not be killed or stolen from. Hence the “negative.” But you do not have a right to food or shelter or anything else that belongs to someone else. You have to work for these things and buy these things through voluntary exchange. Thus, it is warped when it is said that humans have a “right” to things like healthcare or education.
The only “positive rights” are those which are owed you out of a contract (such as the benefits of an insurance policy if certain conditions are met). And government does have an obligation to enforce such contracts. This is the only role of government in regard to positive rights. The government does not owe you any good or service, contrary to what socialists like to claim.
God’s institution of civil government has a purpose, and that purpose is to protect property rights. In other words, God has designed the state to enforce the 8th commandment (as well as the 6th, 7th, and other commandments). It is all great when nobody steals. But people are sinful and steal/murder/destroy, and that is where government comes in. Of course, we have a problem when government is the one doing the stealing."
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5 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:
3. Please address why YOUR interpretation of levels of taxation that amount to sinfulness should be heeded ?
It's simple logic. How many times do I have to repeat this?
If you are taxed to pay for police or fire fighting or roads, drinking, and sewer, that is a necessity. If you are taxed so Trudeau or Singh can implement their Socialist agenda, that is stealing and sinful. Get it yet?
That's the difference between a free enterprise system and a Communist or Socialist system that takes your money to theoretically redistribute the wealth.
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1 hour ago, eyeball said:
It could introduce an invasive species or spread disease to other freshwater systems with devastating effects on ecosystems they've never existed in. Introduced species are the 2nd leading cause of extinction.
Now you are just making up BS to be contrary. How could my small electric motor introduce invasive species or spread disease. Fishing is allowed in that lake if you paddle or row, but no electric motors. You obviously have no idea. I thought you were a fisherman and knew something. Apparently not.
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3 hours ago, eyeball said:
I don't know. But if your septic system pollutes my well because it wasn't properly installed by a professional according to regulations would you rather I sic a massive bureaucracy on you or just take responsibility for settling the issue myself and shoot you?
Dumb comparison. Do we need hundreds of thousands of civil servants in the federal government to manage a few departments in this country? Do we need a massive pile of building codes and regulations to build houses and keep your septic system clean. If you are out in the country it is a fairly simple process, but you seem to miss the point that municipalities, regional districts and all levels of government have gone overboard with regulations and control of everything.
I could give you lots of insane examples just in the B.C. fishing regulations to show how bad things have become.
I wrote to the government to ask why they close a local river part of the year to freshwater trout fishing. The answer I got was because the water temperature gets high and the salmon migrate up the river. I wonder how a few people trout fishing on that river have anything to do with that. Insane regulations.
I also asked why there is a 10 HP maximum for boats to fish on a remote lake. The answer was the federal government doesn't want boats with more than 10 HP fishing on that lake because salmon migrate in it. I have an old 15 hp motor and when I fish it runs very slowly. So what difference does it make if it was 15 or 10 HP is you are trolling slowly? No difference.
The BC freshwater regulations are full of unnecessary and useless restrictions. That is how governments act.
Another example is they don't even allow electric motors on a little lake. Now why would an electric motor make any difference to anything?
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1 hour ago, impartialobserver said:
perverse.. in other words.. it does not fit your subjective opinions. In short, all you have is opinion. It would be fact if the words were explicitly used.
"31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." Genesis 1:31
Genesis chapter one tells how God created everything in six days. Do you think it was a fact?
Anti-Conservative Bias in CBC and MSM
in Federal Politics in Canada
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I won't get into your endless word games. I am not into that.