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Interesting that it's the 'Pursuit of happiness" not just 'happiness" that's an unalienable right. Is there a definition that fits every individual? Freedom from want or pain? That never changes.

limitless pleasure? No such thing! Every kid learns that by their third bowl of ice cream.

The idea of TDS is just a way for id!ots to defend the indefensible.

Carney does not run the RCMP. The RCMP have agreements with a lot of countries on criminal investigations and does not release a lot of the agreements. Why do you automatically assume the RCMP is stupid? You think they're just handing everything over to the Chinese? Oh, I forgot - you know more than anybody else about every thing (except your idol Trump, of course).

“The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,” Blanche Unless you're Trump, of course. What is this, 1984? James Comey, John kelly, and Letitia James should get about $300,000,000 of that fund. Yet one more reason Trump's administration IS the most crooked in history.

What a dumb sentence! Ok, so you don't know about them, can't prove anything, but you say they exist? Sasquatch, garden fairies, jackalopes.... you must believe in them too. Drive around Suburbia in any Canadian city. Lots of expensive boats and RVs.

You guys still want to hang Mike Pence? Attacks on Capitol Police The U.S. Capitol Attack: On January 6, 2021, an unprecedented assault on the U.S. Capitol was carried out by right-wing extremist groups (such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers) attempting to protest the 2020 presidential election results https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/vance-boelter-indicted-murders-melissa-and-mark-hortman-shootings-john-and-yvette-0 Vance Boelter, 57, has been indicted on six federal charges in connection with the stalking and murders of Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, the stalking and shooting of Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, and the attempted shooting of their daughter Hope Hoffman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism Sands, Geneva (6 October 2020). "White supremacists remain deadliest US terror threat, Homeland Security report says". CNN. "White supremacists on par with ISIS as 'top threat,' FBI director says at Captiol riot hearing". The Independent. March 3, 2021. In almost all individual years since 1990, right-wing ideologically motivated homicides in the US have substantially outnumbered those perpetrated by left-wing actors.[77] From 2022 through 2024, all 61 political killings were committed by right-wing extremists

But you didn't condemn it. I at least said Kirk didn't deserve to be killed. Please, please quote where I defended violence or is it just the voices in your head telling you I did?

Brilliant debating! And why is everything anal with you guys? Definitely a pattern. Latent something?

But this is ok by you? The right is all about violence these days. Posted Monday at 06:58 PM

Wow! I feel special. So you're not going to die? Or are you just guessing you'll get a harp and a fluffy cloud to sit on? Comforting thoughts, huh?

Duh! Death is the Great Leveller.

People with families already have those values. Young unmarried people just want experiences, hedonistic pursuits. The vast majority of us grow out of that.

Conflate much? Liberalsim and Hedonism are not the same thing. Hedonism is the philosophical doctrine and lifestyle that identifies pleasure and happiness as the highest good and the primary goal of human life. Rooted in the ancient Greek word h?don? (meaning "pleasure"), it posits that all human behavior is motivated by the desire to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Liberalism asserts that the individual is the supreme value in society. Key tenets include:Individual Rights: Freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion.Equality: Equal treatment under the law and equality of opportunity.Consent: Governments derive their legitimacy only from the people they govern.Rule of Law: A framework of impartial laws that apply to everyone, preventing arbitrary use of state power

Don't know what "Gawd" is but God is just a comforting fairy tale you tell yourself.

I interact with immigrants almost every day. No hate between us. But I do read a lot of hate coming from you.

Like the Crusades? Colonial subjugation? Does anyone have a monopoly on pristine history?

Are you trying to outdo yourself with stupid statements? If so you're succeeding.

Mum's the word then.

Of course humour works when it's on point, skilfully delivered, and not punching down, like Chapelle. But with what's going on in the US 'Through the Looking Glass' politics' now, it must be hard to satirize events. The reality is so bizarre.

Then what was I watching last night on CBC. Some sort of figure skating contest between Montreal and Buffalo?

So what? Christianity is not mentioned in the US Constitution. The document contains no references to Jesus, the Bible, or God, and it is considered a strictly secular framework for government. [1, 2] The only references to religion in the text are found in two specific provisions designed to protect freedom of conscience: Article VI, Clause 3: Prohibits any "religious Test" as a qualification for holding any public office or public trust in the United States. The First Amendment: Ensures religious freedom through the Establishment Clause (which prevents the government from establishing a state religion) and the Free Exercise Clause (which prevents the government from interfering with religious practice). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Historically, this intentional separation of church and state was formalized in the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli, which explicitly stated that the United States government "is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." [1]

FFS! I quoted Galbraith because of the humour, nitwit! And the rest of your post just parrots what I said about the 2 systems.

Just throwing conservative words back at them. "Many cheered"? Not even close.

You don't know the difference between a good joke and a dumb statement.