leewgrant

Oh yes, wise. Dehumanize them by calling them an "anomaly" created by "immorality and viciousness", and then add a caveat that they should be protected. Don't think that perhaps the first hateful comment will generate the very kinds of acts against homosexuals that they need protecting against. Oh no. It was comments such as those espoused by Leafless that permitted Svend Robinson to get his Bill C-250 through Parliament to add homosexuality to those areas protected against hate speech.

Is this not the right, of the rights moral responsibility to society, to do so? I guess then both homosexuals and the religious right are exercising their "moral responsibility".

There won't be a confidence vote on this issue. It means too little to most Canadians. And Bob Rae won't be leader. He just doesn't have the roots in the party or the right type of supporters to get the votes. I agree that Rae has no following but Harper has said the vote on softwood lumber will be a confidence vote.

I left FD after two years because of the excessive homophobia. During that time I concluded that you and Pinetree were the two most level headed posters. FD in Spring 2006 was not the same forum I joined in the middle of the 2004 election campaign. Hi Lee. Wondered where you went. I too was banned from FD apparently for applauding and encouraging (on line) all the above banned 'moderate' people plus a few more. I actually formally quit 2 days before I was banned. It had become altogether too disgusting for me in every way. Great to see some of us 'banees' emerging on more reasonable boards like THIS one! jgb. Thanks for mentioning the top age of us 'reasonable' ones as 68. Haven't seen that exalted number for 9 years! And life gets better every year! Pinetree, I e-mailed you. lwg

I heard long report on deutsche welle today about the supposed problems. Of course they said the same thing about Greece before the Olympics and that went off well. Even if things looked bad there would huge pressure on some of the richer countries to help RSA out to ensure the WC goes ahead there.

I have no problem if it's run by the Liberal Party. After listening to the Eleven Dwarfs they need all the policy help they can get.

You may be heading there in this forum. With free speech comes responsibility. Do you really think you're contributing to the spirit of debate with your Liberal bashing poetry? And just to think the other day I got reprimanded for using a very common slang terms for Liberals. As did I. Is this forum connected to the Liberal Party?

A 24 hour trip to what used to be the most Catholic country in Europe. A short meeting with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was more a formality than anything. When Franco was dictator the Church basically ran the country. How times change.

This would be a shame. The African continent really needs some good news. There is also a report that the US Soccer Association has been approached to see if the contest could be held in the US.

Yes and questioning their minority bashing will get you booted as well. I found that out I got banned once temporarily for pointing out that within the Roman Catholic clergy there are a pile of scumbags. By the Church's own estimate there are, or have been, 4000 pedophiles in the US priesthood. For that I was banned. I should point out that this is the organization who promoted Fred Henry into the episcopacy, the man who publicly equates being homosexual with prostitution and adultery.

I left FD after two years because of the excessive homophobia. During that time I concluded that you and Pinetree were the two most level headed posters. FD in Spring 2006 was not the same forum I joined in the middle of the 2004 election campaign.