PoliticalCitizen

OK, I get it now... So what about Quebec? How could they be possibly happy with an English Queen?

Is she entitled to any rights then? Is she protected by the constitution? Does she have a PASSPORT, at least?

Bill, I think one of us may have missed something. My understanding was that Conservatives ARE talking about locking up violent young offenders in adult prisons for (up to) LIFE.

Did I say the extremes are good?

I think I'm beginning to get it... It looks like there are Canadians like you, Hcheh and bambino, that are PROUD of the monarchy, even though their Queen resides in a different country... I'm wondering how the Quebequois feel about that...

Ummm... Are they gone? REALLY? I think they forgot something... Oh yeah, their QUEEN !!!

I'm glad you're having fun Now tell me something: Can a Canadian become King or Queen of Canada? Can you wrap your head around that? I think all the brainwashing somehow convinced you and other participants of this thread that IT'S OK NOT TO HAVE AN IDENTITY OTHER THAN A FORMER COLONY.

And participate in shaping its future.

I respect that. Now that we got rid of slavery let's get rid of the remainders of British rule, like many other former colonies did.

Foreign Monarch is both a symbol of usurping the people and disowning the country.

My state owning my land - that's Socialism. Foreign ruler owning my land - that's Colonialism and Monarchy. I'm pretty sure Socialism is way ahead of Monarchy.

When I was at the Citizenship ceremony and swore allegiance to the queen there were some words said by the person that was taking out oaths. A part of their speech was as follows (or close to it): keep your languages and your cultures, contribute to your communities. It definitely sounded like the Liberals or the Queen or both were ASKING us not to dissolve in the Canadian mass but preserve our ethnic identities. I'm not sure if the Canadians born here realize that...

LOL And you can go back to the dark ages and bow to everyone the law requires you to (or have your head removed)

I guess my problem is then with her qualification to hold such power. Divine right? Hmmm... Sounds ridiculous in the 21st century, doesn't it?

I now realize I may be missing some fundamental knowledge about how is a president different than a prime ministers. Can you lay it out for me (in simple terms)? Thank you! Oh, and how about the countries that have a President and a PM? How does that work out?

Well it looks like the Conservatives will pull through but gain nothing as a result of this election.

OK, here's the deal as I see it: most spiritual practitioners never go beyond relatively basic steps and beginner level in their lifetime. At that level one can interact with the spiritual world and communicate with the entities but is like an infant in a strange world and as such the "experiences" they can describe may be incoherent and limited. So all they can feel and see is personal and can only be a proof to themselves. Another aspect is that it is much easier to interact with and influence another person using your spriritual abilities than it is inanimate matter. A simple example from everyday life: if you stare at someone who's not facing you they will eventually "feel" your stare and look back. It's an everyday thing and people got used to it without going too deep for explanations. Unlike scientology you do not have to pay them to gain knowledge and they're not the only ones describing the techniques of lucid dreaming. You may or may not have heard of Carlos Castaneda - look him up. You use your best judgement. Or try it on yourself. When convincing enough, bullshit CAN work at a psychological level by removing an internal block. It is usually effective on people whose will is weak and they need someone else, an "authority", to tell them that they're not sick or that they HAVE TO get better. Sometimes the placebo effect works. Chiropractors are hardly "alternative". Homeopathy is a slow process that doesn't really need a healer, maybe only to give momentum in the proper direction, then the body will take care of itself. I thought I answered that, but it may have gotten lost with the posts being so long... You, as a "man of science", surely know that our mortality is genetically programmed. On a spiritual level death is a necessary step of one's evolution that takes place over many incarnations. That's a no-brainer You see a clown on TV claiming he's healing people, reading people's minds and asking for money - he's a fraud. I don't have "beliefs" - my knowledge is based on many different schools and personal experience. I believe all approaches are equal as long as they are FREE and allow for personal evolution. Always question the intentions of someone who is asking for money. The best things in life are free

I don't believe smoking anything is a safe administration of the substance - it pollutes your lugs with all kinds of byproducts of burning. It is especially true if you inhale deep and hold your breath - a technique used to maximize the effect. After marijuana is legalized I would like private producers or government agencies to come up with a safer intake method (potion / pill / nasal spray / shot).

Then why is she involved? It's ridiculous...

Just as much as you are. Nonsense.

She is a degraded version of a master. Our PM should be the head of state, not some outside figure. A person born into a "royal" family should be checking stuff like their wardrobe, not the affairs of another country. The English royalties should consider themselves very lucky - their ancestor heads weren't chopped off as their French cousins

Just like the people of Afghanistan.

The constitution should be written by the people for the people. If it is not - it should be re-written. The queen is the personification of how stateless we are - a foreign ruler owns our land...

Loyal to the people, loyal to the country, loyal to the ideals of equality and freedom that has brought us together from all over the Earth. Not loyal to symbols of subjugation, "God-given" masters, colonialism and slavery.

It is of course so much better to lock them in with the adult criminals so they would get raped for years.