msj Posted January 6, 2012 Report Posted January 6, 2012 This is hilarous: I notice that Canada leads the US in bear attacks - pretty cool. Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
Moonlight Graham Posted January 6, 2012 Report Posted January 6, 2012 that was awesome! Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Guest American Woman Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 Quite frankly, I'd rather slit my wrists. Quote
msj Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Posted January 7, 2012 Quite frankly, I'd rather slit my wrists. If I were an American I would create/join the party and fill it with crazy candidates. Just like Democrats do to the Republican party. Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
Shakeyhands Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 Quite frankly, I'd rather slit my wrists. And then you could go to the hospital and get fixed up without paying tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket! Quote "They muddy the water, to make it seem deep." - Friedrich Nietzsche
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 Sure, we've been known to club a baby seal now and then.... but we could just as easily waterboard them!! haha Pretty funny. Quote
Guest American Woman Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 Sure, we've been known to club a baby seal now and then.... but we could just as easily waterboard them!! haha Pretty funny. "Now and then," eh? So why don't y'all waterboard them? At least their lives would be spared. Quote
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 "Now and then," eh? So why don't y'all waterboard them? At least their lives would be spared. Yes... now and then.... baby seal season only lasts a few weeks.... Quote
Guest American Woman Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 Yes... now and then.... baby seal season only lasts a few weeks.... And it involves a bit more than "clubbing a baby seal now and then," eh? Try thousands, at every opportunity, during that season - which occurs yearly, not "now and then." Quote
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 And it involves a bit more than "clubbing a baby seal now and then," eh? Try thousands, at every opportunity, during that season - which occurs yearly, not "now and then." Well, if you want to get all technical and anti-Canada, baby seals are never clubbed. Only adults. No, the seal hunt does not occur all year. It can't. It occurs on the pack ice and is over by spring. Am I for the hunt? Yes, as long as it is sustainable, then there is no reason they should not be hunted. Am I for clubbing? No. They should be shot humanely. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/05/05/f-seal-hunt.html Quote
Guest American Woman Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Well, if you want to get all technical and anti-Canada, So not supporting the clubbing of baby seals is to be "anti-Canadian?" baby seals are never clubbed. Only adults. Wrong. Some are clubbed while they are defenseless, before they can swim. No, the seal hunt does not occur all year. It can't. It occurs on the pack ice and is over by spring. I didn't say it occurred all year, I said it occurred every year, it occurs regularly, not "now and then." Edited January 9, 2012 by American Woman Quote
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 So not supporting the clubbing of baby seals is to be "anti-Canadian?" No. Not at all. It's the tone.... taking an obvious parody and turning it in to something serious and critical. Wrong. Some are clubbed while they are defenseless, before they can swim. Wrong again.... BABY seals are not killed at all. Those cute white fluffy things are not killed. It's the grey-furred seals that are hunted. I didn't say it occurred all year, I said it occurred every year, it occurs regularly, not "now and then." A few weeks out of the year is certainly now and then.... But, again, it was an obvious parody that poked fun at Canada as much as it did the USA... maybe lighten up a little... it will make posting here more fun for everyone! Quote
Guest American Woman Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 No. Not at all. It's the tone.... taking an obvious parody and turning it in to something serious and critical. If it's a stupid parody, why not? My "tone" was nothing other than stating a fact, and you insinuated I was being anti-Canadian. Wrong again.... BABY seals are not killed at all. Those cute white fluffy things are not killed. It's the grey-furred seals that are hunted. No, not wrong. They are only protected through 14 days of age. I didn't refer to "white coats," ie: newborns, but pups that have not yet even developed to the point of having the ability to swim. That is not an "adult seal." They are defenseless. You are the one who is wrong, not me. A few weeks out of the year is certainly now and then.... No, it isn't. It's once a year. Hurricanes come every now and then while summer and fall come every year. But, again, it was an obvious parody that poked fun at Canada as much as it did the USA... maybe lighten up a little... it will make posting here more fun for everyone! Lighten up? --- like you, when you accused me of being anti-Canadian because I don't support the clubbing of defenseless baby seals? Quote
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 defenseless baby seals What kind of defences does an adult seal have? Kevlar vest? Quote
Guest American Woman Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 What kind of defences does an adult seal have? Kevlar vest? Duh. The ability to swim away. Quote
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 Duh. The ability to swim away. Good luck to them swimming away from bullets fired from a 30/30. They'd be better off with the kevlar vests... Although I think the hunters take head-shots to avoid damaging the pelts.... helmets might be better.... Quote
Guest American Woman Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Good luck to them swimming away from bullets fired from a 30/30. They'd be better off with the kevlar vests... Although I think the hunters take head-shots to avoid damaging the pelts.... helmets might be better.... I didn't realize they clubbed them with bullets. Edited January 9, 2012 by American Woman Quote
The_Squid Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 I didn't realize they clubbed them with bullets. Seals are shot and clubbed. I'm sure if it is going to swim away, they'll use a gun, no? But a helmet would be effective against clubbing too! Perhaps even more so. Quote
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