Canadian Politics Redux

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    edited November 2015
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    This redux thread doesn't feel like the previous one.

    I think it's just a pre-election vs post-election thing mostly. Although I also feel like some regulars have been driven away, TBH.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited November 2015
    Every time old hughie nit picks one of my comments I be like:


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-QSAn--PI


  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    I believe there needs to be diverse representation in government caucus and cabinets but I think mandating a 50/50 split between women and men in cabinet is not in the interests of democracy and governance. We are not simply divided by our gender but by our experiences, values and knowledge that can be derived from aspects of our lives beyond whether we pee standing up or sitting down.

    We should put the best people to handle a portfolio as cabinet ministers.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    Well, it's official. No more Harper!
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Stephane Dion as foreign affairs?......
    oh boy
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    "Because it's 2015"
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015
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    Post edited by PJfanwillneverleave1 on
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    hate politics
    why i dont vote..
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Hating politics doesn't change the fact you live in a world that is run by politics. Avoiding voting only makes the problems worse.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    JWPearl said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    hate politics
    why i dont vote..
    hating politics is the exact reason you SHOULD vote.

    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    JWPearl said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    hate politics
    why i dont vote..
    hating politics is the exact reason you SHOULD vote.

    Exactly!
    If you don't vote, it's not protest, it's surrender.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    JWPearl said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    hate politics
    why i dont vote..
    And I have no idea why a man speaking about his father to his kids would inspire you to respond like that.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    it took me a sec to understand it too........I believe he means that Justin is lying because he is telling his son that his dead grampa is thinking of him.

    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    it took me a sec to understand it too........I believe he means that Justin is lying because he is telling his son that his dead grampa is thinking of him.

    That's fucked up.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    it took me a sec to understand it too........I believe he means that Justin is lying because he is telling his son that his dead grampa is thinking of him.

    Yes that is what I mean.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    it took me a sec to understand it too........I believe he means that Justin is lying because he is telling his son that his dead grampa is thinking of him.

    Yes that is what I mean.
    I am an atheist, but I still thought that was simply a sweet thing for him to say to his little daughter. Why shit on it?
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    it took me a sec to understand it too........I believe he means that Justin is lying because he is telling his son that his dead grampa is thinking of him.

    Yes that is what I mean.
    I am an atheist, but I still thought that was simply a sweet thing for him to say to his little daughter. Why shit on it?
    Saying your dead grampa that you never met is floating around the sky thinking of you is a stupid thing to say. Now the children are going to grow up believing that nonsense.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    edited November 2015
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Lying to his kids via media
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-1st-day-as-pm-family-flag-and-father-1.3304860
    "That's Grandpapa Pierre," Trudeau told his children. "Today, he'll be thinking of us and we'll be thinking of him."
    :sick:

    I actually have no idea what you mean here. What is wrong with him saying that??
    it took me a sec to understand it too........I believe he means that Justin is lying because he is telling his son that his dead grampa is thinking of him.

    Yes that is what I mean.
    I am an atheist, but I still thought that was simply a sweet thing for him to say to his little daughter. Why shit on it?
    Saying your dead grampa that you never met is floating around the sky thinking of you is a stupid thing to say. Now the children are going to grow up believing that nonsense.
    I think it's more ridiculous that you are nitpicking about it. This is the kind of thing that about 95% of the world's population does. To drag it out in a thread about Canadian politics or as a way to criticize a politician is pointless. While I am an Atheist, I can still empathize with people who believe that their dead loved ones might know their going ons (although I think such ideas and statements are more symbolic than they are literal, and even his very young daughter probably gets that, so I don't know why you wouldn't). As far as the "she never even met her grandpa" point... I think that's even more ridiculous. Most people feel a connection to their ancestors, and that is a positive thing.

    You have kids, right? Don't you think that you would want to tell your kids about your parents (if they died before the kids were born) and pass on a feeling of connection with them to your kids?? I know I would. I know that my mother has done just that with me, regarding her much beloved mother, who died when my mom was pregnant with me, and her even more beloved Grandmother, who basically raised her. She is really sad that I never got to know either of those women, who had such a huge role in making her who she is, and I'm sad about that too. But because my mom told me about them and made sure that I knew about how they were and what their lives were like, I feel a family connection with them even though I never met them. That is admirable of my mother, and admirable of Trudeau to be doing that with his kids about his father. That fact that they believe in an afterlife is hardly surprising. Most people do. And kids in particular like to imagine the dead kind of looking down on them or whatever the fuck. I never bought into it, but I don't see the harm, either.

    Sorry about the essay, but I'm just a little shocked that you would have a problem with this. Seems pretty cold.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata

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