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Well, lessee.. first post... a thread about a US senator, the US bill of rights, and the people of the US.
Could it be...? Is it? Why yes, it's a discussion about the UNITED STATES!
Don't blame me, you're the one who brought Canada into it. I'm perfectly happy leaving the Canadians to their own devices. Especially as it applies to defense and the GST.
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It would be a drain on my resources if I had to move this thread. Hint hint, he said knowingly.
------------------ "Oh, it's an anti-anti-WTO song. It's essentially a pro-Starbucks song. I saw this picture of a guy sticking his foot through a plate-glass window in a Starbucks in Seattle, and he was wearing a Nike. Man, couldn't you just change your shoes?" -- M. Doughty
Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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US Policy has influence over here. Politicians here are repeatedly using US-style policies on health care, education, and yes, the less fortunate. So yes, the "professional couch potato" remark is of great importance to us. Especially when the less fortunate are branded as enemies to society by the elite. Especially when the government tries to convince us of this mentality as an excuse to make the legitimately dependant (ie, women, children, and the disabled) suffer even more.
I'll say no more on this unless I have to.
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Which part of "amazingly subtle hint to be quiet about silly national chestpounding" didn't get across?
------------------ "Oh, it's an anti-anti-WTO song. It's essentially a pro-Starbucks song. I saw this picture of a guy sticking his foot through a plate-glass window in a Starbucks in Seattle, and he was wearing a Nike. Man, couldn't you just change your shoes?" -- M. Doughty
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I'm curious as to why, in your list of people who are "dependent", you included women. I know it's a radical idea, and it might not have reached your part of the world yet, but over here, some women do actually work for a living. Shocking I know. I lobbied against it, but since it was several decades before I was born, I was shouted down.
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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
Member # 33
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The dependant woman I speak of is the single mother while employed (in whatever dismal job you can think of), she barely has (if not) enough money to pay for basic necessities. There used to be a lot of tools here in order to assist these single mothers, but the government of present day has shut them down, preferring to let the single mother and her children suffer in the cycle of dependancy.
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[This message has been edited by Tahna Los (edited April 23, 2000).]
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That's funny, I don't remember activating the cone of silence before I posted.
------------------ "Oh, it's an anti-anti-WTO song. It's essentially a pro-Starbucks song. I saw this picture of a guy sticking his foot through a plate-glass window in a Starbucks in Seattle, and he was wearing a Nike. Man, couldn't you just change your shoes?" -- M. Doughty
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Sol, if you're that antsy about the whole thing, just move the thread. It's not like it'll cause everyone a lot of trouble to move over to the Flameboard to continue the discussion or anything, and it'll be The_Tom's problem, not yours.
--Baloo
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Not that there's a problem that I can see to begin with...
Anyway, I wonder... Instead of simply sending people a check for their welfare money, letting them spend it on whatever they want, is there some way that the people could be given some sort of welfare "credit card" type of thing? They could use it legitimately in stores and such, like a normal credit card, but liquor stores wouldn't be allowed to accept it, and it's kind of hard to buy drugs that way. See what I'm getting at?
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The problem is, Baloo, that I tend to view moving and closing threads to be essentially saying to the posters involved "You idiots, look at what you've done!" Now, that is never my intention, nor do I think it is always implied, but that's how I feel. Having said that, I see nothing wrong with gently reminding people in my own charming way that they tread near the line. Am I overprotective? Perhaps. But I've been let down in the past. Not here, mind you, but as a general rule.
As to my reactions, I believe they have combined the wisdom of Solomon with the patience of...Solomon. (And the arrogance of...Solomon? Hmm.)
------------------ "Oh, it's an anti-anti-WTO song. It's essentially a pro-Starbucks song. I saw this picture of a guy sticking his foot through a plate-glass window in a Starbucks in Seattle, and he was wearing a Nike. Man, couldn't you just change your shoes?" -- M. Doughty
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Obviously he don't know what I know about Solomon, then. The man created his own press. The whole 'baby' story was a analogy about what Solomon was ready to do to Israel (carve it in half) if he didn't get the throne. woo-woo.
Anyway, single mums. You know, there are a lot of ways NOT to be a single mum, if you're a woman. The most obvious of which is having tight-knee syndrome.
------------------ "Nobody knows this, but I'm scared all the time... of what I might do, if I ever let go." -- Michael Garibaldi
------------------ "Oh, it's an anti-anti-WTO song. It's essentially a pro-Starbucks song. I saw this picture of a guy sticking his foot through a plate-glass window in a Starbucks in Seattle, and he was wearing a Nike. Man, couldn't you just change your shoes?" -- M. Doughty
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Agreed. Tahna, I think that's called the "straw man" fallacy.
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