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Canadian Federal Elections 2011 - Official Thread (pg. 19)
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shaya007
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you just worry about taking some good photos of Yoji
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| Shaya007 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
you just worry about taking some good photos of Yoji
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are you comin'? |
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| Jayx1 |
The US are our friends. Its China that scares the out of me.
As for the notion about money. If only we could use that money for those things. But the fact is that there are evil people in the world and we have to be ready to deal with them. If only we didnt have to fund the police force to protect us from bad guys. Same thing. (although the cops these days are pretty corrupt themselves) |
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| jester |
| Just imagine if Canada ended up changing their views on the military and made it mandatory to serve for 2 years. Many countries do that already; Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Iran and countless others. True the US doesn't either. |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
Just imagine if Canada ended up changing their views on the military and made it mandatory to serve for 2 years. Many countries do that already; Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Iran and countless others. True the US doesn't either. |
stupid move. you lower the quality of the military with conscripts. |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
But the fact is that there are evil people in the world |
That there are, and a large number of them are Canadian and American. |
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| GGM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shaya007
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. ~Charles Sumner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner
and the only alliance we need is the U.S of A and we'll have it for many years to come regardless of who is running this country.
They need Canada and its massive untapped resources, so as long as we got what they need, they'll be around to protect us
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Well said sir...
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
Canada does has a nice amount of resources. We just sit in a bad spot... the south of us is the US, the west of us is China and the North we got Russia. Also don't forget the US tried to invade Canada a few centuries ago and they will try again.Those countries wont invade us for metals, but they will invade us for our fresh water. We could make water, but we need a load hydrogen and fire.
Canada pretty much a sitting duck. I would rather have Canada prepared for a conflict when it comes to us, then us being overrun by 1 of those 3 or all 3 of them at the same time. |
Wrong imo. Firstly because war between fully developed nations is pretty much incomprehensible as there would be no viable justification for it. A few hundred years ago you could say "they have water, we're going to invade and take it." but times have changed obviously.
Secondly is they just plain don't need to. With the commercialization and privatization of resources all that needs to be done is by the companies in charge of them and pay lobbyists to get rules relaxed on raping the hell out of them. Why spend $5 billion on a messy war to capture resources when you can spend a fraction of that and steal the resources legally? BTW many American and international organisations already own lakes up north and are spending large sums on lobbying for freedom to export the water as they please. They also own the vast majority of the oil sands as well. So you're saying the States would invade us to capture land that they already own?
The fact so many US companies operate here, trade ties are so close, longest unprotected border, NAFTA (etc etc the list goes on) means that the States already has and will always have a huge vested interest in protecting Canada regardless of NATO. I totally agree China and Russia are much bigger threats for any hostility but for the reasons above I can guarantee you the States wouldn't let either of those countries perform aggressive takeovers of our resources (or even friendly for that matter). |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
I have to ask those who would vote NDP and to a lessor extent Liberals a serious question.
Where do you think money comes from?
How do you think a nation's wealth is created?
Are public sector jobs ultimately good for the economy or bad?
Answer these seriously. |
Still no answer??
Weird.... |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
If only we didnt have to fund the police force to protect us from bad guys. |
Are bad guys born or made though? Perhaps with more social programs and community support, you wouldn't see people turning to lives of crime and poor decision making. Unless they're schizophrenic. Lolololol.
No but seriously though.
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
Are bad guys born or made though? Perhaps with more social programs and community support, you wouldn't see people turning to lives of crime and poor decision making. Unless they're schizophrenic. Lolololol.
No but seriously though.
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Nope; punishment is the only thing that works... I mean look at the low reciticism rate in the US... oh, wait... |
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| Fisco |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
Are bad guys born or made though? Perhaps with more social programs and community support, you wouldn't see people turning to lives of crime and poor decision making. Unless they're schizophrenic. Lolololol.
No but seriously though.
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Honestly, I think its probably a combination of both. Some people are just bad people, plan and simple. Others are more prone to develop into bad people because of the environment they live in. Social programs and community support programs I'm sure would help but i think the best solution would be a public beating and yelling from the mothers would work best in turning them around. |
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