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Early reports is that the sharped dressed man was chain smoking too. And William B Davis is Canadian. Oh-oh...

Past "few" decades??? You mean over the past century right? Besides, it is one thing to threaten car makers, so long as he doesn't mess with the banana companies.

No need to wake up since my Sumerian clay tablet comment was sadly over-looked. Did we mention the Who line in Won't Get Fooled Again about 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss?' ML182 - all you really have done is overstated the obvious and that is OK, but not any great life-changing revelation. If you feel powerless against this backdrop sign up for Oxfamor the Peace Corps. All under the control of WalMart now I am afraid to say.

You're right, sort of. But since we have already established your earlier comment to be completely wrong, any further discussion along this line of enquiry would be overkill.

Perhaps you should take a shot instead? A shot of paliperidone palmitate I mean...

You mean like CIA ops, School of the Americas and all that other good stuff? Dibs on South Carolina!

So gun totin, booze sellin, multi-million dollar cigarette hawkin illegal and rightless rebel Mohawks were responsible for diverting the Olympic torch relay at Six Nations? Louis Hall would have been proud... I guess.

Be careful or people will start referring to you as Grampa Hardner. Emotionality, tactility, sound - all of those are legitimate means to get information across in a discussion - even through a text based web forum in very rudimentary ways. It is just a matter of time before those other mediums are postively integrated - as extensions of ourselves over great distances. Too bad there isnt a utility to rip only specific portions of a video to post instead of a whole video because I don't think linear YouTube video is quite mature enough to be intergrated to any great degree. Then again, who knows what the nextgen interactive video medium will look like?

I swear my German Shepherd worships me and sometimes brings me an offering of the sacred bouncy ball and every once in a while will dig me a little hole-shrine in the back yard.

There is a thin distinction between nationalism and patriotism if there is even one at all. There are maple leaves branded on everything from hockey equipment to coffee mugs. I think any group in Canada uses this branding concept to sell their ideas and sometimes regardless of the future implications. This could include anyone from the left to the right to everything in between. Is there a difference between the internationalist and nationalist left? Supposing you could pin anyone down to primarily identifying with either I mean. Or is the distinction of an opinion simply based on the scope of application of a particular idea?

I wonder if the Dolphins can conceive of a deity? There is quite a bit being made of dolphins communicating through a language of sound. Or speech if you prefer. I wonder if H. Erectus, if they didn't have basic speech, had a sophisticted gestural or sign language that they used to convey abstract concepts. I wonder if H. Erectus made shrines and buried their dead in organic materials that have completely disappeared over time. The point is that your view is completely anthropocentric and unless your real name is Doctor Doolittle, I doubt you can speak on the behalf of the animals nor whether hominids could/can think in the abstract which even chimps and baboons can. Your problem is you expect the evidence from early man to mimic the present evidence of deity worship in modern humans when technically it should be the other way around. As if H. Erectus needed to assemble stone shrines despite a more abundant and easily worked material was available - wood. As for frontal lobe requirements, well I am still waiting for you to post some conclusive link or cite something other than your opinion that shows that only deities can be conceived of with the modern human brain.

Interesting that 'Matrix' should be referenced instead of 'Brave New World.' "But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin." - John the Savage.

Because the modern generations are embracing a multimedia approach to communication that is leaving single media methods - and those who rely on them - in the dust. For instance, it isn't a question of IF books will become relics, but when. So you can't fault younger posters from submitting multi-media as sources of information. Agreed. Critical thinking needs to be taught at an earlier age I think, hand-in-hand with readin' & writin'. There seems to be some gaps in the effective use of the medium and there is a tendency towards reference without careful examination of what is being presented. Kind of like the Bible-as-authoritative-source that has been used the past millennia or so. Huh. You'd be the last person I would have predicted that would say something like this.

Blood quantum is not an original indigenous concept in any of the indigenous cultures I have come across. However, it does appear to have well known applications in European history - royalty, nobility, etc., and it is a convenient utility for the purposes of the Indian Act.

Hmmm. I kind of thought you might cop out and you didn't disappoint.

As a parent of bilingual children, there was no "political expediency" in their "language acquisition." They had the opportunity to take French Immersion and took it from am early age and have maintained their language skills even during a fully English high school career. Learning languages is a very good thing! In the Federal Government FR "language acquisition" is required for positions where A) a manager will have staff that have FR as their mother tongue or; staff might serve both FR & EN clients. There are limited exceptions of course, but the policy is for practical reasons.

Who is "our?"

Yeah that's it: naive. There are guns just out of sight at a C&W bar on a Saturday night too. They have illegal stills going on that sell out of illegal boozecans all over the province after 1 AM. No taxes, $billions are involved. They also smuggle guns and then store them illegally too. And don't get me started on those mullets!

Yep. Which is why I supplied the kids link to that artful dodger wyly. I am sure this is based on sound and widely accepted evidence that you will no doubt have plenty of cites for. I can wait.

And the Who said, meet the new boss - same as the old boss.

Just for fun... Hansard Daily from the 35th Parliament, 1st Session: December 7th, 1994 - EAST TIMOR Mr. Svend J. Robinson (Burnaby-Kingsway, NDP): Mr. Speaker, today marks the 19th anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Since 1974, over 200,000 people, one-third of the population, have died in the genocide. Recent reports indicate that the repression continues with acts such as shutting down key media outlets, banning trade unions and arresting union leaders. At the recent APEC summit, Canada managed to secure a number of important contracts but the silence on human rights abuses was deafening. The situation in East Timor received international attention during the APEC meeting, but with the international spotlight gone the Indonesian government can continue to repress the people of East Timor. It is imperative that pressure be put on now. Canada should end its arms sales to Indonesia and support an international embargo. We should put pressure on the Indonesian government to release all political prisoners, in particular Xanana Gusmao, leader of the independence movement. Canada should support independence and self-determination for the people of East Timor and show full respect for UN Resolutions 389 and 384. 35th Parliament, 2nd Session: May 30th, 1996 Hon. Lloyd Axworthy (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, let me first point out that on several occasions members of this government have raised the issue of human rights in East Timor. The Prime Minister when he was there last summer took the occasion to make the Canadian concerns well known. As far as arms exports are concerned, I would suggest that we probably have the toughest arms export guidelines and controls of any developed country. We intend to apply them exactly as they are meant to be applied, which is very strictly according to the letter of the law. 36th Parliament, 1st Session December 5th, 1997 Mr. Daniel Turp (BeauharnoisSalaberry, BQ): Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Yesterday, the minister stated in this House that Canada had, and I quote: The toughest export controls in arms of any country in the western world. If these controls are so tough, how can the minister explain that arms sales to Indonesia totalling approximately $2 billion have been authorized when Amnesty International reports that, in East Timor, a number of people have been killed under dubious circumstances by security forces? Hon. Lloyd Axworthy (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, under the export controls that we exercise, we do a careful evaluation as to any piece of article or artefact, determining whether it could be used for involvement in civil wars, involvement in the suppression of civil society. If it is simply a matter of a piece of equipment that could be a rubber boot or a parachute or some kind of electronic device for a ship, then clearly it is not eligible. It is for defensive purposes, not offensive purposes... 36th Parliament, 2nd Session May 10th, 2000 Mr. Svend J. Robinson (BurnabyDouglas, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present petitions today which are signed by several hundred Canadians from coast to coast to coast on the subject of East Timor. The petitioners note that the Indonesian military occupied East Timor for over 23 years in violation of UN Security Council resolutions resulting in the death of over one-third of East Timor's population. They go on to note the participation of over 98% of eligible East Timorese in a referendum voting for independence and the ongoing human rights violations by the Indonesian military and their militia. The petitioners therefore request that parliament call for a formal military embargo which would revoke all outstanding military export permits issued for sales of military goods to Indonesia, ensure that there are no new export permits issued for sale of military goods to Indonesia, ensure that companies which have already negotiated contracts to supply military goods will be withheld, suspend all Canadian co-operation and ties with the armed forces of Indonesia and would require consultation in parliament before being lifted. Finally, the petitioners request that parliament work for an international military embargo against Indonesia.

When do we ever know the numbers as it was happening?

I am using Neanderthal as an example of "early man." I am not sure what is compelling you to think - even for a moment - that hominids had "no or little frontal lobe development" which is quite incorrect. Add this to the fact that you have yet to produce anything credible to back up your point, I presume you are just TOOYA. Try this: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/221/4615/1072 Or this: http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/brain.html (explains things nicely) Or this perhaps: http://www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/00/00/04/61/bbs00000461-00/bbs.wilkins.html Here this one is neuroscience for kids: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/front.html

Here is where we agree! :lol:

If we are looking for a measurement of a 'dramatic escalation of military action,' then a comparative analysis to other state's militarism and use of proxies might prove useful to determine if there was a dramatic escalation by the US or a general condition of militarism by other large powerful states overall. For instance, lets say that in 1956 the US, the USSR & China all had a miltarism factor of n. Now if we look again and find that in 1976 the US had a factor of 3n, while the USSR & China still had n, I would say there was a dramatic escalation going on. Or at least a hint of one. And this presupposes that there is a suitable metric for n. n could be military budget or percentage of GDP combined with number of conflicts or 'active military days.' Interestingly enough, according to the CIA World Factbook on military expenditures, China spends 4.30%, the US 4.06% and Russia 3.90%.