I am Groot Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 12 hours ago, TreeBeard said: No, that’s a simpleton, unrealistic view of selling resources. It's good enough for government work. The market for the likes of coal is worldwide and there is no preference given to sellers except for on price and reliability. Which is why countries have no problem buying oil and gas from the likes of Russia, Venezuela or Saudi Arabia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 hours ago, I am Groot said: It's good enough for government work. The market for the likes of coal is worldwide and there is no preference given to sellers except for on price and reliability. Which is why countries have no problem buying oil and gas from the likes of Russia, Venezuela or Saudi Arabia. You can't stand up for human rights while you're sitting down with dictators. Human rights should have been at the top of our list of conditions for trading anything with anyone decades ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Groot Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 hours ago, eyeball said: You can't stand up for human rights while you're sitting down with dictators. Human rights should have been at the top of our list of conditions for trading anything with anyone decades ago. The problem is few of the world's countries meet up with our belief in human rights. And that includes many of the democracies. Japan? India? Singapore? Mexico? Indonesia? Pakistan? Gross violations of human rights happen in these countries all the time. Never mind the actual dictatorships, which is most of the rest of the world. And most of the 'good' countries are in the EU, which has a tariff wall up around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, I am Groot said: The problem is few of the world's countries meet up with our belief in human rights. Same blah blah blah were hear on climate change for decades and decades. I simply don't care. Our grandparents sacrificed some 40% of their GDP to fight tyranny, I guess it wasn't enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 hours ago, eyeball said: You can't stand up for human rights while you're sitting down with dictators. Human rights should have been at the top of our list of conditions for trading anything with anyone decades ago. What is it with Libbies that they are slaves to their feelings? It's just so...juvenile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Nationalist said: What is it with Libbies that they are slaves to their feelings? It's just so...juvenile. Well, there's a lot of truth to the idea that we should have learned everything we need to know how to get along in the world by the time we graduate kindergarten. The pagan ethos you 'adults' subscribe to is so...cro magnon. Not to mention phony as a three dollar bill. Edited November 18, 2022 by eyeball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, eyeball said: Well, there's a lot of truth to the idea that we should have learned everything we need to know how to get along in the world by the time we graduate kindergarten. The pagan ethos you 'adults' subscribe to is so...cro magnon. Perhaps...but it produces positive results...not recessions and pixie-dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Nationalist said: Perhaps...but it produces positive results...not recessions and pixie-dust. No all it produces is more dictators. Like I said it's as phony as a three dollar bill. They thought of sacrificing any GDP makes you curl up in the fetal position. Edited November 18, 2022 by eyeball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Groot Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 4 hours ago, eyeball said: Same blah blah blah were hear on climate change for decades and decades. I simply don't care. Our grandparents sacrificed some 40% of their GDP to fight tyranny, I guess it wasn't enough. Our grandparents sacrificed to safeguard themselves. I mean, not to demean them in any way but they don't fight the Germans just because it was the moral thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 44 minutes ago, I am Groot said: Our grandparents sacrificed to safeguard themselves. I mean, not to demean them in any way but they don't fight the Germans just because it was the moral thing to do. Like I said their sacrifice fell short but all the same even then they knew appeasing tyranny was the wrong path to take. That our stated principles are our only real safeguard is made more obvious as the shitty world we inherited just keeps getting shittier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 16 hours ago, eyeball said: No all it produces is more dictators. Like I said it's as phony as a three dollar bill. They thought of sacrificing any GDP makes you curl up in the fetal position. I saw an ad this morning of li'l Justin on that transvestite show. He's a constant embarrassment to Canada. Your desperate attempt to equate mature ideas of leadership, with "dictators", is the panicked act of a person trying to justify endless failure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 The CCP has infiltrated all levels of Canadian society and government. It is not just one area as the occasional media report seems to imply. Read the book "Claws of the Panda" by Jonathan Manthorpe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 12 hours ago, eyeball said: Like I said their sacrifice fell short but all the same even then they knew appeasing tyranny was the wrong path to take. That our stated principles are our only real safeguard is made more obvious as the shitty world we inherited just keeps getting shittier. Yes well...if you emotional basket cases would get the hell outta the way, I think we can still fix this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitgeist Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, blackbird said: The CCP has infiltrated all levels of Canadian society and government. It is not just one area as the occasional media report seems to imply. Read the book "Claws of the Panda" by Jonathan Manthorpe. The fact that China simply sets up lobbying and policing here, sends bio war researchers to steal secrets that threaten national security, and generally buys up and uses our resources and tech to advance its own interests in plain site is really all we need to know. As usual, this government is in panic cleanup mode suddenly standing up to China. Edited November 19, 2022 by Zeitgeist 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 39 minutes ago, Zeitgeist said: The fact that China simply sets up lobbying and policing here, sends bio war researchers to steal secrets that threaten national security, and generally buys up and uses our resources and tech to advance its own interests in plain site is really all we need to know. As usual, this government is in panic cleanup mode suddenly standing up to China. I think Trudeau's feeble effort to scold Xi is nothing more than a show and charade for domestic consumption. The liberals and left have no intention of seriously doing anything about the CCP's massive influence and infiltration of Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) Why did Xi scold Trudeau? Maybe because Canada spent years helping China erode human rights (msn.com) Edited November 19, 2022 by blackbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Nationalist said: I saw an ad this morning of li'l Justin on that transvestite show. He's a constant embarrassment to Canada. Yeah he's a pretty silly little dilettante isn't he? 3 hours ago, Nationalist said: Your desperate attempt to equate mature ideas of leadership, with "dictators", is the panicked act of a person trying to justify endless failure Your silly attempt to interpret my comments as being supportive of him is pretty amaturish too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Nationalist said: Yes well...if you emotional basket cases would get the hell outta the way, I think we can still fix this. He said with a shrill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, eyeball said: Yeah he's a pretty silly little dilettante isn't he? Your silly attempt to interpret my comments as being supportive of him is pretty amaturish too. Did I say you support Pixey-Dust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, eyeball said: He said with a shrill. No. More with common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 20 minutes ago, Nationalist said: Did I say you support Pixey-Dust? In so many words yes. You seem to think P-D is my idea of mature leadership. 33 minutes ago, eyeball said: Your desperate attempt to equate mature ideas of leadership, with "dictators", is the panicked act of a person trying to justify endless failur If you meant something else feel free to make that more clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, Nationalist said: No. More with common sense. Common to what or who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 55 minutes ago, eyeball said: He said with a shrill. Yeah, really... I know of no posters on here more emotional than the Trudeau haters... The rest of us are thinking 'meh, seen this before ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 17 hours ago, I am Groot said: Our grandparents sacrificed to safeguard themselves. I mean, not to demean them in any way but they don't fight the Germans just because it was the moral thing to do. I don't know if that's true, but I do think that patriotism is a morality and that generation had it in spades. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 hour ago, eyeball said: In so many words yes. You seem to think P-D is my idea of mature leadership. If you meant something else feel free to make that more clear. No...i meant endless failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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