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I bet that Indiana pizzaria owner wish he had not exercised his free speech rights. Others decided to exercise their free speech rights and he has now closed his pizza shop for a spell.

No he wouldnt.

And neither did Ted Nugent, who by all accounts, left and right, is a total douchebag of the highest honour. Only uber righties invoke Ted, frankly they must be too stupid to check his past. He has plenty to be embarassed about (except the money he made in recording)

Hey, bring it to a head is what they all want. Sometime soon we should see some answers .

WTH was Byfuglien doing last night? He will be suspended and that certainly hurts any chances going forward for the Jets, hopefully they manage. But damn that was monumentaly dumb and it seems he loved his press and thought himself invincible.. Youre a former Ottawan kimmy, although Ive heard Ottawanites is popular. And yes, I dont think the Sens will advance but being plucky they still have a chance. Last night was a good one for them.

No. Not at all . If the reason they are brought in is because they are women then that is sexist. Not to mention plenty of women leave the workforce to be mothers and lose at least some of the spot in the hierarchy ladder they had previously enjoyed. Women have more personal and social pressures on them. Theres the want vs need aspect. All sorts of reasons.

Yea sure....but there was a two part question in your post so I wanted to clear that up before I answered, saves time. Thanks in advance

What public entity exists completely on tax money?

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/crime/police-charge-man-in-deaths-of-brothers-who-were-asphyxiated-by-python/ar-AAagngZ The owner has been charged.

Alberta. Anyone of them. Please, dont be cute, you know exactly what I am referencing.

It is? Why? Where does the bold come into play? Did you just put that in there? I am pretty sure he said...."I customer comes in who I do not like and with whom I have had arguments in the past. I refuse to serve him and tell him to get lost. Why should I have to deal with someone who I do not like?" I am sorry, dont see stealing ,abusive in there.

Geez...kind of dead thread, no one is overly excited about the playoffs and how things are shaping up going into the last 8-10 games in a really tight race? Go Jets,Flames....sorry Sens, but you are kind of toast right now, should have beaten the Points R Us Leafs after being up 3-1 in the third. The west is a blast to watch, standings change daily

Man, what a wonderful scenario. Imagine if the first happened to hit the news at 9AM . The words expressed would be delightful. Then the second drops at 2PM, all those words would be eaten shortly thereafter.

How does one reconcile the fact that big oil gets inordinate support in the form of tax dollars who in turn pay themselves huge salaries at the top versus the Pres of UoW?

The very first line of the very first post, not to mention the big banner up at the top .... I put it in big lettersto help you read and understand which thread you are in. So you cannot respond to the simple fact that religious icons, whether written in the religions tenets or not (Burqa and yarmulke)are allowed virtually anywhere since this country respects those rights. So some are ok with you, others are not. I dont agree, I am not a fan of hypocrisy are putting one religion above the other. You might want to wake up and get with the program.YOu couldnt be more clueless here. No I like to mock stupidity and hypocrisy, so far I have had some players. So be it. Since this is a thread about leaglly banning a Niqab . Sorry , what was that about 'understanding' ? I can understand nuance and other things you have no clue about, but yes, that is what can happen when a govt marginalizes peoples beliefs becuase they are too dumb and xenophobic. Better than standing in a cesspool of hate and hypocrisy . Hows the smell down there? Shouldnt have been such a dick in the first place huh? Take it off line? WTF does that mean? LOL

Oh I have an answer to that. Look only so far as Police costs for construction projects/road repairs and the rules put in place to assuage the Cops. No one is able to tell me, nor can anyone be able to convince me that , and this is real life witnessed by me, a Cop is need to be on hand for a utility company to close a turn section of a road on a sidestreet in a low volume neighbourhood. There is nothing that justifies this. Now, make sure you allocate the funds you need to spend as a utility and the demands placed on you. Thats one cops for X number of hours, add in the cost of his car being there for X number of hours. The cop was leaing against a post when I left and was still leaning against reading his phone an hour later when I came back. Who paid the bill? The utility. Who did they pay? The City general fund gets it. Who pays the cop? The city. See a problem here ? The job demands some control, but it certainly does not demand a high priced cop and cop car to do it. At a quarter of the price would be too expensive. IIRC the going price for a cop is $80 PH + car (dont forget the minimum hours they charge for). Think someone would do this for $20 an hour?

Adding the above.....here is some news for all..... China jails Muslim man for six years for refusing to shave beard. His wife jailed for two years because she wore a burqa. Both are part of China's eastern Xinjiang’s ethnic Uighur people. A muslim group long established in China and fairly resented and oppressed. "“Anyone dressed that way is a terrorist, not a Muslim!” Another thing China can keep , ignorance and criminal governance against minorities.

Spot on correct/ Other countries have horrible rights laws that step all over the free person. I am strongly in the camp that we should not even try to legislate clothing nor religious wear. And I agree with this. But why does our govt shoot itself in the foot this way? It openly campaigns (as others have before the Cons party) on us being inclusive and not demanding anyone do it this way or that way. I get the 'sorta' feeling and understand how some view it, although for many others, including those who I think are well educated and knowledgeable I dont understand how this irritates them so. It how I view your position on this. In all honesty I know you are educated, I just cant seem to wrap my head around the why's of your view. It is where others have slagged you as racist or whatever , and even thats a natural presumption based on what we know of you. But for many others the only reason they want this banned is due to petty small minded thinking and/or jealousy, racism, xenophobia and so on. Frankly, and we can all agree on this......we have some stupid people in this country who rant against anything seen as foreign. None of them post here.............I hope. It would be the easy way for sure, but and in spite of your feelings as backed with evidence, the govts of the day will continue on this path and keep bringing folks in. That said however has the caveat of, and was asked earlier without response, is of these types (Burqa/Hijab/rad Islamists)how many of them come from immigration vs refugee status? It is my understanding in digging thru the numbers that most of the Burqa/Hijab ones come thru refugee status. Actually most of them. And Canada has a commitment to take these, there is very little we can do but take them in and hope for the best. On top of that, we advertise as an accomodatating , come here w whatever you have and find a spot to live and integrate yourself into CDN life. The overwhelming majority do this. Like anything, we get some crappy ones but thats life and not much we can do about that. But we never ask them toss out their culture, they are reminded of our laws, find a way to integrate and all will be fine. We saw that with the Italians who faced hardships, no one wanted all that wrought iron railing finery, backyards all gardens of tomatoes, the language they spoke to each other. But we all know, and certainly those in Toronto who owe a debt because anything built in the last half century was done by italians, roads brisged buildings, and so on. I could not imagine Toronto without the Italians. Places like Hamilton, Sudbury, the Soo, Thunder Bay, all italian immigrants worked there (obviously I mean the large immigrant pop. there)and produced many fine citizens . The Esposito's of the world , all sons of immigrants. Why is Hamilton a great spot for sports? Proud italian roots. And this govt on the one hand has openly admitted in years past that the way for radical Islamism to rise is by marginlyzing the downtrodden , allowing them to fester in poverty. So basiclly that means being inclusive, being open to their culture and habits . We have done a remarkable job at this over the years. We have very little racial strife in this country (unless one makes my mistake--Macedonian ..Greek, same thing--Boom!) . So what does our govt do is ask for integration, not demand subservience to the dominating culture, and we know and say the path to a good country is by not isolating people.....and then shoot ourselves in the foot by going out and do that exact opposite. A Muslim , radical or not, can easily surmise that this is an attak on him or her, and that the talk of integrating means only if you do the way the govt wants you to. So its a classic case of talking out one side of the govt mouth, and giving the exact opposite out the other side.

Or not showing any at all .

I cannot disagree.

Well no they arent, despite your repeated attempts to tell us. So, just so you know....'..the Federal Court ruled that it was unlawful for the Canadian Government to ban new citizens from reciting the citizenship oath with a face-covering veil." I guess some of the people deciding this are Canadians....doncha think? Correction-Yes. A majority are onside, so I have to give you that, luckily enough arent, and as history shows, the majority arent always correct. Thank goodness for that we all say.

Myopia? Well I did concede the point to you on the Prof's and the sabaticals so theres that. Part of what I disagree with is once we have an election, a whole new bunch of people are now elected as sitting members in Parlaiment. (assumption is they all get replaced-yes I know it doesnt always happen but hang on ) One of those is Named Minister of X . With relatively no comparison experience to the sitting CEO of the outisde agency private or otherwise. Yes, Flaherty (RIP) seems to have known his stuff when he served, some other members have background in the Ministry they are appointed to. b But Ambrose certainly didnt. I just found 'some' of the comparisons not worthy is all.

I get that but I also thinks she is more geared to women posting and how can we accomplish that? This site is free to join,free to participate . Both sexes can. If women dont...?...what can we do? That was a baiting BS post by the mod. It drips with sarcasm and is no surprise to many of us that it does so. That said, I join the many that have no idea what WCC is trying to accomplish. If women want, they can post. Can we make a Gender section or a section devoted to womens issues? We could, but is the egg or the chicken first ?

You may regret that post.....lets see.... Oh my gosh, and you want to talk about skills? Ok, lets go back a bit and see what they guy said...." You can drink a quart of it and not get sick" So logically it follows..."really, ok drink it , here is some" LOL...not "it doesnt cause cancer. " Maybe if that is all he said, there would be no issue. But he said what he said and wouldnt back it up. Funny that huh.....yet he said....you can drink a quart of it. Whos the moron now? Yea...Mr PR man and his idiotic statement . You LITERALLY don't get a better example of demonstrating a total lack of strong reasoning or critical thinking skill By the way, thinking skills here would involve what he said, not making up your own narrative.