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Comment on Is Jason Kenney Pushing Canada Towards A ‘White Canada Policy’ ? by archemdis

archemdis — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:39:31 +0000

Dear Harlan first off unless you feel that you have a right to speak for all Canadians perhaps you should start a statement like you made with, ‘I feel’? I think that you are right and that is how some Canadians feel, but that does not mean that they are right at least not to my way of thinking. To me it just means that they are cold, desensitised creatures, who are always wondering why those who their ancestors have hurt and abused feel that they still have an axe to grind. In your world Harlan do you see a need for any apology, for anything, at any time? Thank you for your comment have a great night.

Comment on Is Jason Kenney Pushing Canada Towards A ‘White Canada Policy’ ? by Harlan Q. Chambers

Harlan Q. Chambers — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:44:22 +0000

There’s no need for Canada to apologise for abuse and exploitation suffered by thousands of poor children shipped here from Britain starting in the nineteenth century … the issue has not been on the radar screen here, unlike Australia where there’s been a long-standing interest. The reality is that, here in Canada, we are taking measures to recognise that sad period, but there is, I think, limited public interest in official government apologies for everything that’s ever been unfortunate or [a] tragic event in our history.

Comment on Are Canadians Really This Laid Back Or Just Tired Of Fighting by archemdis

archemdis — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:23:50 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to comment and yes Canada is a very interesting country and yes one learns a lot just living in Quebec, but right is right and wrong is wrong. Quebec is not a country it is a province and even if a certain part of Quebec wishes Quebec to be a country, to publicly voice that Quebec is a country changes nothing and in fact makes the person or persons making such claims seem unable to get a grasp and live within the confines of reality. How can anyone take the sovereignty issue seriously when sovereignists keep putting the horse before the cart?

When the gun goes off in a race, one cannot stand on the finish line refusing to run the whole race, then simply take one step forward and one step back and then claim victory, by virtue of the fact that they crossed the finish line first.

I do not understand why sovereignists have taken a hard line approach to the non sovereignists people of Quebec in an effort to win the right to become a nation. Perhaps if they did not threaten and make the majority of Quebecers feel afraid of losing all of their rights as they are every day now without Quebec being a country, perhaps the rest of Quebecers would have seen Quebec being a nation as a positive thing and not a threat to their very existence. I blame every single person who tries to put forward something that is not constitutionally true and illegally strips the rights of Canadians living in Quebec for the failure of Quebec’s sovereignists to achieve their goal of independence.

I like many other Quebecers feel that if people like your students are willing to violate the laws of Canada and feel they do not have to follow international laws and treaties, or any other law just because they do not agree with them, then they can never be given a country to run. If they are willing to do what they are doing right now without really having the right to, it leaves the rest of Quebecers fearing what they would do if they did have the right as an independent country.

I simply do not take their desire to be a country seriously, because they knowingly choose to live in a fantasy world based on a lie. I also feel that it is up to teachers and professors and all educators to teach students the difference between a dream and a reality and what it takes to make a dream into a reality. In closing force has never made any real change, one must convince a majority of people that they have nothing to fear from the proposed changes and prove your reasoning to be sound and just. This cannot be done from if the first step is a lie.

Comment on Are Canadians Really This Laid Back Or Just Tired Of Fighting by charmaineyip

charmaineyip — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:00:44 +0000

Canada is in fact an interesting country and you learn so much when you live in Quebec, knowingly that it’s still part of the same “nation.” Thanks for including me in your links. My students often associate Quebec as a “country,” but I live in the most sovereignty part. Who can blame them?

Comment on Archemdis An Average Canadian Citizen Thinks That The Conservative Government Of Canada Is Just So Wrong! by archemdis

archemdis — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:01:15 +0000

All true Hillary, but is this really what we need in these troubled times in Canada and all over the world, another leader, our Prime Minister considered a warrior in power? I would settle for a Prime minister that does not subvert democracy at home, does not cut of diplomatic ties with countries for no logical reason and is not a hypocrite. I could care less whether he is considered a doctrinaire backroom tactician with no experience in government, or as a warrior in power. I would rather him be known for ending child hunger at home and abroad, putting an end to child abuse and domestic abuse; I would rather him be known for bringing peace to labor unrest through negotiations rather than back to work legislation, Canada’s injustice to its First Nations through negotiations with them rather than more unwanted unwarranted legislation; I would rather him be known for taking care of the environment at home and striving to get the whole world on board about the dangers of acid rain, greenhouse gasses and the erosion of the ozone and the melting Polar Icecap. These were all things we used to be known for as a country when we just had Prime Ministers with no other fancy titles bestowed upon them and Prime Ministers who were not looking for the titles. Have a great day and thank you for your comment.

Comment on Archemdis An Average Canadian Citizen Thinks That The Conservative Government Of Canada Is Just So Wrong! by Piracetam

Piracetam — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:12:31 +0000

The Time magazine also named him as Canada’s Newsmaker of the Year in 2006. Stephen Handelman wrote “that the prime minister who was once dismissed as a doctrinaire backroom tactician with no experience in government has emerged as a warrior in power”.

Comment on Obama’s Inauguration \ What Is The Point If His Presidency Is To Be Undermined? by archemdis

archemdis — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:49:17 +0000

Good morning Hillary it sure was and I think that it is this kind of history that our politicians need to be making, instead of holding on to old prejudices that are historic by nature of time. Thank you for your comment and have a nice day.

Comment on Obama’s Inauguration \ What Is The Point If His Presidency Is To Be Undermined? by cataract eye drops

cataract eye drops — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:39:19 +0000

During his second inaugural address on January 21, 2013, Obama called for full equality for gays: “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.” This was a historic moment, being the first time that a president mentioned gay rights or the word “gay” in an inaugural address.

Comment on Obama’s Inauguration \ What Is The Point If His Presidency Is To Be Undermined? by archemdis

archemdis — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:15:10 +0000

Hello Kim,
I know and you know and that is my point. The groups that complain at the thought of the book not being the bible, like the use of it is mandatory, know it as well. I just think that it is assumed that every president of the USA will always be a Christain, or has to be. My post was attempting to show that for all of the talk of equality for all and the great American dream those two fundemental things that are supposed to make the USA so great are still just a myth in reality. Thanks for your comment, very informative and helpful.

Comment on Obama’s Inauguration \ What Is The Point If His Presidency Is To Be Undermined? by Kim K. Franklin

Kim K. Franklin — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:25:02 +0000

There is no requirement that any book, or in particular a book of sacred text, be used to administer the oath, and none is mentioned in the Constitution. With the use of the Bible being customary for oaths, at least in the 18th and 19th centuries, a Bible was generally used. Several presidents were sworn in on the George Washington Inaugural Bible .