kengs333

I've seen this over and over and over. The first problem with this is the fact that you're probably non-Christian, so your references to the Bible not only are insulting, but it really has no merit. Why would a Christian accept the rantings of a non-believer, someone doesn't truly understand what's written in the Bible? Stating that homosexuality is a sin is not condemning anyone; ultimately, it's the person who is living in sin who is condemning themself.

only non-Christian...

Actually, I think the "guys" was used in reference to the BW, not CF soldiers. Whatever the case, I don't like it. Canadian soldiers should not be being trained by foreign organizations like BW. The military already has something of a problem in seeing itself as an independent entity; it's attempts to bud into foreign policy matters, for instance.

Really? Canada's never had much of a military tradition, and while Canadian volunteers have made good soldiers in times of war, I think the best soldiers have come from militaristic societies.

Yes, I see where you're coming from.

Actually, yes, I think "consulting party members" will basically boil down to electing the candidates. How many people will stick around in a party that starts dictating what they have to do and think? Members join parties in order to participate in the political process. Most people vote for parties and leaders, anyway, not the local candidate. I like the candidate in my riding for the party I'll likely be voting for, but I'd probably like someone else that was nominated to run in the riding just as much. Ultimately, it's what the party stands for--or, in this case, some of their specific policies. As it stands, we only vote for one MP, we have to accept the other's for the party without question.

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I personally have never seen any attempt to bring any attention to the fact that the word is being "incorrectly translated". And as we all know, these people have been quite vocal in drawing attention to all of their beefs. So one has to assume that they have no problem with letting others interpret the word as "warriors" as English-speakers understand the word. But let's be serious here, it doesn't matter what they call themselves; we've all seen what they truly are. As the saying goes: a horse by any other name is still a horse. What the point of even bothering to type this if you can't provide any evidence to refute it. Well, we've seen the kind of nonsense you provide as "evidence"... so I guess it doesn't make a whole lot of difference anyway.

I hope so. Interesting how he's changing gears and focusing on the tride-and-true Conservative issue of crime.

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Why is it that the English translation always seems to somehow misrepresent the supposedly "true" meaning of certain Indian words? It seems to me that this is just all part of the revisionism that's going on nowadays as certain people are trying to establish this notion that Indians were somehow peaceful, non-aggressive people before contact with Europe. The fact of the matter is that Indians of all "nations" engaged in war, they engaged in activities that we would consider to be murder, kidnap, and grand theft auto (horse stealing) as part of their "culture".

Your response to my previous post is a perfect example of what I was talking about. To you, yes, because you have accepted its normalization. To you some degenerate who violates and abuses a four year-old girl is simply a criminal who needs to be caught and punished. I see him as much more. He is a person who has sinned, he is evil. Had he from his earliest days been imbued with a desire not to sin, not to follow evil, he likely would not have turned out this way. We used to live in a society where the vast majority of people were strongly Christian; if you look at the rates of crime back then, the sense of community and neighbourliness that once existed, well, that has largely disappeared. I'm not saying that things used to be perfect, especially in crowded urban areas, but it certainly was a lot better than it is today. But that's what we get when evil and sin are normalized, when we get a majority of people to think along your lines.

He probably wouldn't get a majority if we already had an MMP system in place.

MPPs. This is provincial. However candidates are selected, if they don't live up to the voter's expectations, they and the party gets bad press, party gets less votes next time around. Show me where the problems you people are claiming will result from MMP is happening in other countries, etc. with MMP. Nobody has been able to do this so far.

It's extremely unlikely that any party would dare "select" or "appoint" people to the list without some sort of consultation with party members. Again, more disinformation from the "no" side.

Source?

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Moreover, you enever directly reply to posts when you know that your arguments don't hold water. I'll take your refusal to respond as an acknowledgement that I am right.

Can't you just write a short post about this and post a link, rather than cutting and pasting everthing that ends up in you inbox? They can couch their attempted extortion in as legal-sounding language as they can muster, it still doesn't make them or anything they try to do legitimate. The land that they sold and surrendered was legally sold and surrendered. That means they no longer have rights to it.

That is funny...

He stated that no candidate in BC received over 10% of the vote, I proved otherwise. He stated that no candidate anywhere placed higher than fourth, I proved otherwise.

No, it's not sound, because people in rural areas would have the option of voting for a candidate and the party that they feel is most concerned about rural issues. Unbelievable how people misrepresent MMP. It's a system that works in other countries, it can work here--if only people would stop being so dense.

Here's a perfect example. Sin and evil are universal. People who choose to deny its existance and/or openly embrace them, have intentions that are clear. Personally, I would prefer to live in a society free from sin and evil, rather than one in which sin and evil becomes normalized.