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Forum: Canada Kicks Ass & Canadian Culture Topic: The Christian left? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 6:08 pm
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| Marcarc et al. I will ramble with you.<br /> <br /> The question of right and left is that the meaning is changing like the winds. I wonder how much postmodernism has influenced the rapid change in definitions of words. Today a free market, laissez-faire liberal is called a conservative.... |
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Forum: Canada Kicks Ass & Canadian Culture Topic: The Christian left? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:25 am
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| There has always been a political element in politics. After all the separation of church and state only goes back to the 18th century. People cannot totally divorce themselves from the beliefs they have been taught, grow up with, and have accepted unquestioningly.<br /> <br /> The probl... |
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Forum: Trade Agreements and NAFTA plus Topic: U.S. cites 58 countries, including Canada, for unfair trade |
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:07 pm
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| This is a good example of a country that is more interested in the profits of corporations than people. It sees, for example, the security of the Canadian food supply for Canadians as secondary to corporate profit and control for large American, often subsidized, corporations. The lumber dispute has... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Conservatism and Liberalism |
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:16 am
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| Kevin,<br /> <br /> I think you are on the right track here but I would state things a little differently.<br /> <br /> There are several levels of neo-conservative belief. The elite neo-conservatives do not necessarily believe in any religious doctrine. In fact, like Karl Ma... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: GIMME MY TAXES BACK |
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:38 am
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| My answer to your question is "yes." We have a major problem in this country. Our choices are dictated by major financial concerns (corporations, unions, etc.) who are "investing" in political control to promote their own bottom line. I am totally disappointed in the NDP because ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: New Law For Registering Political Parties |
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 7:42 am
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| The reason that the new requirement is only one was dictated by a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Communist Party of Canada took Elections Canada to court for deregistering the party because it did not run fifty candidates as required by Elections Canada. They won their case and the gov... |
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