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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
herebedragons writes:
In Canadian history there was a considerable amount of emphasis on the importance of "responsible government" - i.e. if Parliament loses confidence in the Prime Minister and Cabinet, they can boot him out. Unfortunately, there's a movement afoot now to set that aside and emulate your inferior system.
These politicians get elected for a four year term and spend only 1 year of that actually working (if you can actually call what they do "working") They spend the other three years preparing for the next election cycle.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Taq writes:
That's what I advocate - replacing the appointed Governor-General (and the monarchy) with an elected President.
You could elect a President independently of Parliament, but still make it possible to have a vote of no confidence through the Parliament.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
NoNukes writes:
Maybe he never saw The Searchers (1956).
I doubt it ever occurred to Huck to think of something from the fifties as anything but something great to be emulated.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
quote:This could also be cross-posted to the Right to Refuse Service thread.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
~1.6 writes:
Simulated Erogenous Xones. There's an app for that.
"I want to simulate your erroneous zones."
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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mikechell writes:
Your credibility just went to zero.
After 7 years with the worst president in history ...
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
marc9000 writes:
People often realize voted for the wrong candidate. That's why candidates don't automatically get re-elected.
Which meant a lot of Democrats voted for him. Were they wrong?
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Dr Adequate writes:
Arming the ponies is only the first step. Next we give them the vote. Then they bring in the donkeys.
... Rick Perry explained "this is not a one-shot pony".
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Diomedes writes:
And as Trump and Murdoch both prove, you can be smart enough to make a pile of money but still be an idiot in other areas.
You can't spell 'Twitter' without 'twit'.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Good. Now we don't have to crush it for you.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Tanypteryx writes:
It's so people won't find out you're an asshole. But assholes usually reveal themselves anyway (there's a pleasant picture) by whining about political correctness.
Am I correct in thinking that "political correctness" is trying to be polite so people won't think you are an asshole?
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Faith writes:
Christianity is not about liberty. On the contrary, it's about duty; it's about curtailing one's own liberty for the common good. The liberties embraced by your founding fathers were intended to let people decide for themselves how to fulfil their duty.
"My" doctrine used to be the foundation of this nation, it was the reason for our great success and prosperity and benevolence toward the rest of the world. It was in fact the inspiration for the liberties you now claim and impute to other sources while imputing their loss to me and my doctrines.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Faith writes:
That's what I said. The liberty that Galatians mentions does not give you an excuse to bad-mouth the people who don't live by your version of "God's laws".
Christianity is against whatever binds the conscience.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Faith writes:
On the contrary, our "liberal" laws are more in tune with the spirit of the commandments as opposed to your cherry-picking of the letter of the commandments. For example, fair treatment of gay people is in the spirit of loving they neighbour as thyself. You, on the other hand, obsess against gay people while ignoring the other "abominations" such as eating shellfish.
The liberal laws that were based on His Law have now been turned against Him. Faith writes:
Canada has always welcomed refugees from the US - loyalists, escaped slaves, war resisters. We'll be here for you when your God isn't.
... it will end in the complete dissolution of the nation, its possession by foreigners or destruction by natural disaster or other methods.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Faith writes:
Remember the joke about the lady and the flood? God told her, "I sent a policeman, I sent a boat, I sent a helicopter...." So I personally will depend on my God for my safety in the midst of the chaos. If God sends you a Democrat, seize the opportunity.
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