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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Michael Moore in Boston |
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:10 pm
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Church and the Refugee |
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:08 am
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Apparently she came to Canada and saw one of the men that shot her, and she also found out that he was applying for refugee status.
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<P>The point in this particular discussion is that she did not see her assailant living in a church basement. |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The Church and the Refugee |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:01 pm
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| <P>The thought that this is part of a much larger issue keeps nagging me. <P>The tradition of the church as sanctuary is rooted in a practice of social justice that pre-dates liberal democracy and even the development of the modern nation state by several centuries. It has had its ups an... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Martin's Defence Policy Dilemma |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:00 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> earthling <strong>Date:</strong> 2004-07-27 14:00:00 <a href="/article/115351728-martins-defence-policy-dilemma">Article Link</a> <P>Martin and Harper equally support Canada's maintaining an expensive and overextended "multi-purp... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Next in line: Iran |
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:52 am
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| <P>Good list of crucial questions. I would just add two: where would the troops come from (either Canadian or US)? and what about the large, relatively progressive population which is in eclipse right now in Iran because they refused to participate in the last election as a protest? <P>B... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Next in line: Iran |
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:09 am
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| <blockquote>If the U.S. wants to dig its own grave, go ahead. Just leave us out of it.</blockquote> <P>Out of the question. Bill Graham wants in so badly, he is using every issue of principle he can think of to guarantee Canada's place in the front lines this time. <P>For ins... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canada for anti-imperialists |
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:00 am
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| <P>Another anonymous list of fairy tales. Why not throw in the great American success in Chile? or the exemplary Iran-Contra manouever? the delightful alliance with Uzbekistan? Turkmenistan? Georgia? the dazzling China policy? the bold Tibet initiative? or Reagan's defense of Rios Montt in Gua... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canada for anti-imperialists |
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 7:50 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> earthling <strong>Date:</strong> 2004-07-04 07:50:21 <a href="/article/75021309-canada-for-antiimperialists">Article Link</a> <P><a href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=5817">Justin Podu... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: The firewall's looking good again |
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Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:30 pm
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| <P>Morton is clearly not talking about BC. Although the Conservatives won the most seats and the largest percentage of votes in BC, they had fewer seats and a smaller percentage of the vote than just the Alliance did last time. The bleeding was worse if you take the PCs into account too. <P... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Throwing Canada a right-handed curve, low and on the inside |
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 12:32 pm
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| <P>My first choice would be to vote Green. NDP is my second choice. But I'm surprised by how few people talk about voting for candidates instead of parties. Joe Clark spoke eloquently for that option just before he retired. <P>Each candidate and riding is different. Southern Interior (BC... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Aiding the World and Canadians |
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:38 pm
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| IMHO, the core of it should be universal social service--work in Canada, on mostly person-to-person projects that increasingly our governments seem to think they either can't afford or that aren't the "business of government" whatever that means--people to help in hospitals, social work, h... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Chilean Community Wants Apology from Klein |
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:11 pm
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| <P>What sort of professional help did you have in mind? A prison guard perhaps. Or one of those Chilean paramilitaries the US is so fond of in Iraq. Commended for their professionalism they are. <P>Some months ago, one of the participants on this site--possibly one of the Anons--wrung hi... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Why People Don't Vote? |
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:05 pm
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| In an article on the recent Russian election, BBC included the following sidebar: RUSSIA VOTES FOR PUTIN 1 Vladimir Putin: 71.2% 2 Nikolai Kharitonov: 13.7% 3 Sergei Glazyev: 4.1% 4 Irina Khakamada: 3.9% 5 Against all: 3.5% 6 Oleg Malyshkin: 2% 7 Sergei Mironov: 0.8% #5 implies that Russians actuall... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebranding Intolerance |
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:06 pm
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| <P>Replying to Roy just to change the margins. I'm still trying to get a sense of Caleb's distinction between "marriage" and "union." <P>Would it be fair to say that marriage is exactly the same as union except that marriage is between a man and a woman whereas union is between two men o... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rebranding Intolerance |
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:26 am
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Replies: 22
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| Doc: Why is it important to you to distinguish between the words \"union\" and \"marriage\"? |
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