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I understand where you are coming from, but you are missing Mr. Hardner's point and that is about choice or the freedom of choices. So adjusting what you have said: You choose to live your life in fear; You choose to live your life as in the Age of Paranoia; You choose not to trust and choose to be afraid of everything now; You choose to believe nobody cares; You choose to go along with what the Main Stream Media thinks as a dictate; You choose to conform. Of course there are agreed upon or acceptable standards for our behaviour, but by and large what you make of your life is what you make of your choices. And you will find many, many companions on the road you choose, but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on. Cripes, I just quoted Led Zeppelin.

Great idea and impractical at the same time? Hmmmm.... for millions, the 100 mile diet is very practical. Someone here did a map of the 100 vicinity of Toronto. An average person with a desire and means to learn could take advantage of this no problem. The area inside the circle is some of the best farmland in Canada. Ghosthacked was on the money though - there isn't a food shortage, just a food distribution problem. If we want to talk economics lets not forget that grocery stores and restaurants throw away tons of edible and nutritious food every year. I am sure some do backdoor foodbank donations, but how much of their food purchases end up in the garbage? When it comes to food distribution, we are grossly inefficient.

Diet IS economics - always has been, always will. I mean, at the very least, the beginning of economics and the most important aspect of economics. Everything else is about consumption. No, you asked about vitamin C, not the 100 mile diet. Since you brought it up first and made a pronouncement I believed you had educated yourself about it. My mistake. Very good questions. At the very least to make people as aware as they possibly can about the content of their diet. Eat healthier if they are able. Get a sense of community and have something in common. You never learned about Jacques Cartier in grade school??

Fantino is a tough guy to pin down and likely worth more as an ally than an enemy. And he is no stranger to controversy and has weathered worse: Julian Fantino

First, lets look at a comparison between rural and urban social engagement and civic participation as a sense of community. Then let's try mapping the socio-economic diversity of rural Canada (with comparison to urban areas). So then the next question becomes what is 'economic diversity' and has there been a significant trend towards more diversity? Study: Emerging patterns in the labour market: A reversal from the 1990s So what do I think? Hmmmm.... I still get a sense that we are in change-state moving from primary resource and manufacturing and into a service industry and that trend is continuing. Service Sector Overview (2006) So the next question is - does the range of service offerings count as 'diversity' when using the term 'economic diversity?' Within the service industry there are many job sectors or classifications, but it is still the service industry and I would bet that the majority of workers in the urban environment would be service industry workers. In that sense, I really don't see too much diversity going on do you?

If you need to ask, then stick with the grocery store bud. The citrus fruit section in particular. I think hundreds of thousands, probably millions of Canadians could live like that easily. I didn't use the example of settlers in a romantic way, that is your focus. I also mention the natives in the same sentence. That isn't romanticism, but a recognition that there are ways available that are viable and sustainable to millions of people with a little more effort. Be realistic. If you want to start the 100 mile diet, do it when it is advantageous to do it. But if you really need to eat something for a vitamin C difficiency, try some cedar tea. That will get you back to from the brink. Of did you forget the lesson on Jacques Cartier? No one is saying that everyone has to, only that it is viable and sustainable and can be done. My comments were regarding the concept of vitamin C. Already, by asking about which local foods contain vitamin C, you point out a very good reason why the 100 mile diet is worthwhile: for education. With obesity at the rates they are, any education as to what we eat - and what we could be eating - should be a good thing.

No, it's urban centric, I am guessing Toronto or the GTA. Even in the smaller villages in Ontario you will find one degree of economic specialization or another. Not everyone can be the blacksmith, the tinker or the tailor. If you want to witness the commoners, go to a town hockey game where they are playing a neighbouring town. They'll let you know what they have in common.

No, it is hard to find vitamin C on a wooden sailing ship full of salt pork and rum in March, but there are plentiful natural sources of vitamin C (and every other vitamin you need)in most locations in Canada. Many of them growing naturally, but almost all of them can be cultivated in the prime growing regions of Canada and several others can be successfully cultivated in the not-so-prime growing regions. For a 'romantic fad' the 100 mile diet was pretty helpful to thousands of early Canadian settlers not to mention the millions of native inhabitants over thousands of years prior to colonization.

Delgamuukw v. British Columbia In some cases you could probably take some oral texts literally, but there always needs to be a good measure of cultural context taken into consideration when trying to interpret the text. The problem with examination of the Bible or any other current holy book is trying to determine a standard of measure that can provide a reasonable and accurate interpretation. There are almost insurmountable biases on the value of such texts including a bias that states that a defintive interpretation can never be determined.

I dunno, that sounds a titch urban-centric to me. I visit small towns all over Ontario on a regular basis and there are plenty of 'villages of commoners with common interests' all over the place. Some of them a mere 15 minutes from the large urban centres. And my visits into WNY show me the same thing. You need to get out a little more bud. However, it makes sense that in large urban centres secularism will tend to blend the pot, but even in mighty TO there are still many neighbourhoods that retain their traditional religious or ethnic flavour. And the fact that some urban developers use the term 'enclave' when building new neighbourhoods suggest that we are not quite as cross-culturally bound as we may wish we were.

Why on earth would you refer to the 100 mile diet as the 'return to scurvy program?'

Come off it - you start quoting song lyrics and I'll start laying prophetic Led Zeppelin or Who lyrics on you and that gets tedious real fast. Who doesn't think there is a new world order? Certainly most people can see globalism and the global village, but that was predicted almost 50 years ago and you are just now quoting song lyrics? So let's say - for arguments sake - that there is an emerging New World Order - why is that a bad thing or why shouldn't it happen? Let's hear your opinion on it, not SOAD's opinion.

They cut jPod and that's why I hate it. I rarely even bother watching No Hit League broadcasts anymore. They cut jPod and kept brain dead crap like Sophie, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Hearland, etc. Oh I will watch the odd Nature of Things or a documentary here and there, but I would much rather watch PBS. If they want to make up for the travesty of dropping jPod, they can air Pontypool on a Sunday night. Until then, the CBC just ain't cool.

While listening to the news on the radio yesterday and report came on that ESPN will launch a 3D HD channel in time to show the World Cup in 3D. Apparently they experimented with a Trojans-Buckeyes game this year so 3D will come to CFB, CBB and who knows what else. It won't be long. Would I put on a pair of glasses to watch 3D programming at home? Yes. I would at least try it. For football, hockey and lacrosse -for sure! However, I was at a SonyStore in the spring and they had a little 11" screen OLED showing an HD video. I was absolutely blown away because the clarity of the picture gave a realistic impression of depth that was pretty close to being 3D without the glasses. Far better than anything I can get on my 1080 sets through cable. The question is, can that same resolution stand up in a larger picture format? If it does, then I think OLED is the way to go when the prices come down and the screen size goes up. If you are wandering by a SonyStore in the mall see if they have the OLED on display, it's pretty cool.

I am sure there is a provenance to that from a poli-sci perspective; that the emotional aspect of an attachment to a particular 'place' was intellectualized or idealized and evolved into the various stages of social organization throughout Western history.

From INAC: So... yes they are. From INAC So... yes they are. From INAC: So...yes they do. Nope. Nope. And nope. I am thinking the only thing that "blows" is your feeb attempt to troll. You don't even know the basic historical or sociological situation in Six Nations. Having determined that, then this quote should appear to prove that you don't even know the basic legal situation with respect to Six Nations claims: C.R explained it pretty clearly in numerous posts already. If you want to challenge the poster then at least make a decent attempt to be factual instead of braying on like some wounded doofus.

A story from the Toronto Star today on a memorial in Pelham, ON for slain teen Aqsa Parvez, who was allegedly killed by her father and brother on December 10th, 2007. Their trial is not slated to go until January 10th, 2011 and the pretrial information is under a publication ban. The gist is that a couple of people erected a memorial granite bench in Pelham, which has no connection to the murdered girl at all. An inscription on the bench reads, "Remembering new Canadians lost to the quest of integrating cultures – In Loving Memory of Aqsa Parvez – Remembered and Free." Interesting quote: Does this sort of memorial truly reflect small-town Canadian values or is the sentiment much more widespread?

I fully agree. I was expecting much more from it, but found it too much like Alien Nation from the 80's complete with drug lords, shady anti-heroes and big floating spaceship. While D9 had the handicam documentary feel, I recall Alien Nation used the newscast method if anyone remembers that style. I was hoping that the repulsive Wikus character would get blown away quickly to reveal a more compelling storyline. Ugh. I had to wait til the end of the movie. The CGI was very good, but it didn't raise the movie to the level of Blade Runner or The Matrix for me. I preferred Star Trek reboot over D9.

Saw it for the second time last night, this time we took the younger kids. They were blown away. My oldest in BC informed me that he saw it a second time as well. The theatre was at 80% capacity and again, when the picture was over, people clapped. All this on a snowy Tuesday night. I did notice more older people in the theatre last night though. Could be that those who were waiting for the crowds to diminish were starting to come out to see what all the fuss is about.

What is "Alberta?" That is the question you should ask first. Or maybe, who are Albertans since the thread is about nationalism and patriotism, not provincialism and patriotism.

Jimmy Swaggart was already a "Christian." He doesn't count because of the 'devil in lambs clothing' rule. Conversion on national TV could be a big ratings hit spawning movies, books, copycats, a reality series or two, games and more endorsements, a special line of clubs, etc. Tiger's agent must be drooling over the prospect!

Sure there is although it depends on the quality and quantity of myths you consume. (Or are force-fed.) Once you have consumed enough of the good stuff, those lines mean everything. Even those ones between Ontario and Alberta. That is "nationalism" in the Canadian sense I think. When someone (or something) challenges those internalized myths and you get your back up (or stand up), that is when patriotism (in the Canadian sense) comes into play. Orwell's distinction is pretty good.

So? There seems to be a big surprise when big US media does their best to serve the interests of the US government. This is no "double standard" it is business status quo. Believing that the NYT would somehow be neutral, objective or impartial is a wee bit of delusion which is likely propagated by the NYT themselves. It is a good that this sort of thing is pointed out on a regular basis, as a public service, and I applaud you on that bloodyminded, but this sort of thing is not new, will never go away and is asmuch a part of the culture as baseball & apple pie. It goes without saying that for the large part Canadian media follows this pattern since governments tend to control the largest sources of content - product - for big news organizations.

And Caledonia is just the tip of the iceburg: From First Nations vs. miners editorial in the Toronto Star:

I dunno really. I was thinking that this situation - with an athlete who uses balls, shafts, holes, etc, - was deserving. My apologies...