blackbird

Yes, I pressed the gas pedal once when I meant to press the brake, but only for a couple seconds and there was no danger as result. It can happen. If a person panics and presses the gas instead of the brake, I can see how a serious accident could happen.

So you don't believe in law and order.

Really. A few years ago, she supported the idea of more police in California when she was attorney general. But not many years ago she believed police should not answer 911 calls and that their jobs should be re-defined. Is she really of sound mind and reliable enough to hold the most powerful position in America or the world? Kamala Harris dreamed of stopping cops responding to 911 calls (msn.com)

Did you lose your soother this morning little boy?

The federal government says they are urging the companies and union to sit down to reach agreement. Nice words but they are empty and do nothing to protect Canadians. It is obvious the parties are far apart and no agreement is in sight. This lockout or strike should never be allowed. This will reportedly cost the economy a billion dollars a day. This will hurt many farmers as they cannot get their goods to market. This will affect many other businesses and the population of Canada. The federal government allowing this to happen and not considering this as an essential service is a complete failure. This is not like a strike by a chain store or a saw mill somewhere. This is a complete shutdown of the national rail system. This should never be allowed. The federal government is completely at fault. This will do great harm to Canada in many ways. Trudeau just made an announcement on the news as the shutdown just began. He says this will do damage to various industries, businesses, and to Canada. Yes, he admits this. Yet what has he done to prevent it? He is the PM and the one person that could have done something to avoid it. In fact, the only person that could stop it from happening. Yet he is doing nothing to stop it and force the parties to binding arbitration. What is going on in our leader's heads? Does he think nice words is going to resolve this and stop the shutdown?

We now see a report of a suspect that allegedly murdered several people as part of intimate partner violence. He was banned by the court from going near his partner, but violated the order a number of times. The police seized a number of weapons before the killings, but did not know he still had one gun hidden somewhere. How is it he allegedly made a number of threatening acts, had weapons, violated court orders to stay away from the partner, but still was not locked up? So he was allegedly able to murder several people because he was allowed to be out free. The answer is the justice system is a farce and is not protecting Canadians.

No, you are making a false assumption. Most rational people believe there should be appropriate justice which includes jail time for criminal acts. It appears there are lots of liberals or progressives that don't believe in justice. That's why we have ridiculous small sentences for serious crimes. The liberals also are so soft on crime that they let repeat offenders out on bail immediately in many or most cases. This has been in the news almost daily. The business owners are fed up and some even considering shutting down their businesses because it is costing them so much money. Any normal, civilized person should be angry about the terrible justice system that lets repeat offenders and dangerous offenders out on bail constantly. This was raised last year by the premiers with the federal government and we all thought the government was going to do something about it. But they apparently did nothing. It also gives them small sentences or no jail time. That is the issue. We should be able to express our opinions about that in a free country.

Evading the question. You don't fool anyone. You obviously don't want to say so you can claim to be non judgmental of anything. You think that makes you look holier than thou. According to you, nobody can have an opinion about whether the justice system is working correctly or not. You express your opinion on everything on here and judge me. So while you say you don't judge the justice system but you judge me? Isn't that hypocrisy at it's worse?

Do you think 4 to 6 years for a drunk driver who kills someone is reasonable? They also often get out after one-third of their sentence.

"If an agreement is not reached, there is a growing likelihood that Tehran, which has been signaling its readiness to attack Israel for several weeks, will follow through on its threats. This could lead to a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran, which the United States and its allies have been trying to avoid since the conflict began on October 7." There is the reason right there. Israel has reportedly already agreed to the cease fire deal, but Hamas has not. Hamas is hoping to bring Iran, Hezbollah, and others into a major war against Israel. That is the only logical reason I can see for Hamas refusing to sign a cease fire deal with Israel. Gaza ceasefire deal on edge of collapse - Politico (msn.com)

You are a bit of an lefty extremist. "Petronella McNorgan, a 79-year-old retired teacher, was convicted in April of one count of criminal negligence causing death and seven counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. " That's what the judge ruled, not me. Sounds like pretty serious charges. But no jail time at all. Perhaps it was caused by a mental lapse. In that case, maybe she should not have been found guilty of any of those charges. Perhaps she should be tested by professionals to see if there is some kind of mental issue that caused the accident, that is, caused her to push the gas pedal instead of the brake.

My interest is more with the justice system in general. The system in general is a joke. Repeat offenders, some dangerous, are constantly arrested for shoplifting and immediately released. Some businesses are giving up because it has cost them thousands of dollars in lost merchandise and the courts do nothing except let them out to repeat again. This case involved killing a young child and injuring a number of others. Nobody knows the real reason it happened. But the court or judge found it to be negligence. I don't know. But it still sets a precedent. I am more concerned about how the justice system treats drunk drivers. How often do drunk drivers kill people and get off with light sentences? That is common. The typical sentence in Canada for drunk drivers killing someone is 4 to 6 years. They also can out after serving one-third of their sentence. "The short sentences imposed in some cases of impaired driving causing death or bodily harm, the generous credit given for pre-conviction imprisonment and the fact that many of these offenders are paroled after serving only one-third of their sentence has generated controversy and angered victims of impaired driving." -MADD

The creation account in Genesis is meant to be taken literally. It is a statement of fact of how God created the universe. If one doesn't take that literally why should that person take anything else in the Bible literally? The Bible is full of miracles.

The mechanism is the Bible itself. We take it literally unless there is a clear reason such as a phrase that is clearly not meant to be literal such as when one says it's raining cats and dogs.

"The 79-year-old London, Ont., woman convicted of driving her car into a troop of girl guides, killing an eight-year-old girl and injuring seven others in 2021, was sentenced Tuesday to two years less a day of house arrest, followed by three years of probation that includes a driving ban." 79-year-old who drove into girl guides, killing 8-year-old in London, sentenced to 2 years of house arrest (msn.com)

Not sure what your point it. One either believe the Bible and takes it literally where it is meant to be taken literally or they don't. Many churches have fallen away from the Bible. That is just the way the world is. It doesn't prove the Bible is false. It just proves many people are deceived like yourself. We get your point. You don't believe in God or the supernatural.

You said nothing about the crisis in the Canadian health care system. Guess you're ok with that. Doesn't affect you.

The fact is the BC NDP minister of health does nothing to really fix the health care crisis and mess. He is on the news ever few days to say some thing he did here or there or some money spent. But no major changes to fix the system. He does little adjustments and spends some money on this and that, but these are all relatively speaking very minor changes. They will not fix the massive shortage of doctors and nurses. He is only tinkering with the system. They are afraid to make any major changes. People will continue to suffer and die on long waiting lists, many will not have a doctor, and many will not have proper care because of lack of proper walk-in clinics and doctors and lack of facilities.

I never said that. You twisted it to suit yourself. The Bible is accepted and believed on faith. Science is about the material world. The Bible is about the supernatural. Pointless to argue over that.

When I said some things are to be taken metaphorically, I did not mean Genesis is metaphorical. It is meant to be taken literally. The Bible is a book about God. God is a spirit. We are talking about the supernatural. Science is about the material universe. I don't disagree with all science. Some things are proven, some are not. The beginning of Genesis is about how God created the universe in six days. That is literal. One accepts that by faith. You either believe it or you don't. You obviously don't. Science is about the observable. Obviously nobody was around to observe creation. Nobody was around to observe evolution or the big bang. You accept that on faith I accept the Bible on faith. It is pointless to argue back and forth over it. You have stated you don't believe the Bible. So why keep repeating the same old over and over?

Get rid of all private doctor offices and have walk-in clinics for everyone. As it is now, it takes five weeks for me to get a doctor appointment to see my family doctor. That is ridiculous. Shut down all doctor offices and have only large walk-in clinics for all GPs or family doctors with first encounter being a nurse practitioner.

Anything constructive to contribute to the topic?

One possible solution to the shortage of doctors and closing ERs would be to change the system to having walk-in clinics with several doctors in each clinic plus several nurse-practitioners. Have them open for sixteen hours a day at least. The patient would see a nurse-practitioner and under certain conditions, would be referred to the doctor during the same visit if necessary. Having these clilnics would reduce the demand and pressure on ERs. Also, have doctors and nurses required to temporarily post to ERs for so many days per year. Also, require them to travel temporarily to ERs in towns which are short-staffed for several days at a time. Move away from the independent doctor's office. Doctors should not have to run their own office and employ their own staff. Do it all through health care clinics.

Why doesn't the government move some doctors and nurses from one location to another when there is no ER doctor available then, even on a temporary basis instead of shutting down the Emergency Rooms? They could put them up in motels and pay for expenses until they find replacement staff. Looks like they don't move anybody. Unions and medical associations won't allow it. Doctors and nurses can refuse to go and their contracts may give them that power. Patients in need of emergency care who find an ER shut down have to be transported maybe an hour or two to another ER putting their lives at risk. People will die because of this. Doctors and nurses cannot be inconvenienced. They have powerful unions to back them. In other jobs, if people are required to travel to another location for a couple days, they have to go. There is no choice. It is obvious who calls the shots in the medical professions and it's not the employer or health care management.

We know you're a union wacko who thinks it's ok to beat a scab. You said stuff like that already. All you think about is the union but you're not capable of thinking about a major railway shutdown would be disastrous for businesses and Canadians across the country. Farm grains from across the prairies depend on the railway to ship their grains. They cannot just hold the grains somewhere. It would go bad. Many other things would not be able to be shipped causing shortages and drive up the prices for the whole of Canada. It affects billions of dollars worth of goods. It is so stupid to believe a strike like that is ok. It should never be allowed and the government should not wait until a strike happens to try to stop it. It takes days for government to be called to take action to get people back to work if there is a strike. What's the point when an arbitrator can impose a settlement. Canadians are being held hostage by union and left wing wackos.