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US Marine Corps vs. Sweden: YouTube - American Vs Swedish Recruitment Ads Canadian: YouTube - Fight with the Canadian Forces I find them interesting. If I had to give a quick response, I'd say the US Marines video is trying to say that joining them is a means to honor. The Canadian one seems...

From my understanding, asbestos is considered so dangerous that its use is banned in Canada, yet we export it to other countries. If this is the case, how can we tolerate this? Also, I'd be curious whether this might even be in violation of some law or other, be it a national or international...

YouTube - Iraqi Children Deformed by Depleted Uranim Shells and Chemical Weapons used by US If so, what responsibility does the international community have? Maybe a lawsuit: YouTube - IRAQ TO SUE US and UK OVER DEPLETED URANIUM BOMBS YouTube - Iraq War Crimes- Depleted Uranium 1 of 4...

Interesting video series starting here: YouTube - Chernobyl disaster incident PART 1 We don't hear much on the news about Chernobyl anymore, yet as it turns out, it's still causing problems today even in France where cancer rates have arisen. It's interesting to note that in the series it's...

What are your thoughts on this? Essentially in a corporatist economic system, government legislation aims at promoting unity between workers and management, via co-determination laws or other means to promote more exchange of ideas between labour and management, more consultation between them...

According to the late Kent Jones, an estimated 15% of air crashes are caused by simple miscommunication between pilots and air traffic controllers. The following article of his points out some of the current problems in FAA communication: Misfunctional FAA phraseology The problem continues...

I was wondering how voting statistics distinguish between voting for a party and voting for a candidate. For instance, we hear that last election, about 10% of the population 'voted for the Green Party'. I myself had cast a blank ballot, though up to the last minute I was debating whether to do...

I like this video: YouTube - John Bolton gets pwned At one point it brings up the question of whether it's preferable to live in a dictatorship or a failed state. Honestly, I think I'd rather live in a dictatorship myself. At least the state apparatus is still functional and capable of...

Everybody talks about if these parties merged or if those parties merged, or if a new party were created, etc. that that would somehow change things in Parliament beyond just party names and logos. I'd argue that in reality nothing of substance changes. To take an example, let's say riding X...

Now that the security bill alone for the G8 and G20 summits this year has reached 1 billion Canadian dollars in response to the regular disruptions of these summits every year around the world, and considering that the existence of the UN really makes these summits redundant anyway, should...

Google Image Result for http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/photos/maps/landloss.jpg Seeing how Palestinian territory has continually shifted over the years, at what stage do you think the process ought to cease, or ought it to continue to shift in the same direction until the dream finally...

In another thread there was reference to the need to giving the UN teeth, but no specifics. So for those of you who think we need to give the UN or some other similar organization teeth, what kind of teeth would you give it? I realize some want to replace the UN or at least revise it, but if...

Single non-transferable vote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Your thoughts on this voting system? A few advantages I see with it are: 1. Like FPTP and unlike party-lists, it doesn't block independent candidates from runnig. 2. Like FPTP and unlike many other systems, it's easy for the...

Interesting story: YouTube - Woman Converted To Islam After Her Capture By Taliban - INCRDIBLE STORY! Part 1

YouTube - Islam vs Christianity (see the christian missionary losers) Of course I'll admit that based on the limited knowledge I have so far, this video might have been fabricated. And if anyone has any more input that could shed more light on this, I'd like to read about it. The video...

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IN WWII, Canada's arms industry was suffering from a severe labour shortage owing to government demand for military hardware outstripping the ability of factories to find enough workers to meet the demand in the midst of a booming economy with full employment in all sectors. The Federal...

With all the concern over equal rights, when will this civil rights issue finally come to the fore?

Seeing that some seem to insist on blaming all Muslims for 911, I'd like to know how many here would actually support revoking freedom of religion for all Muslims. This would include freedom of Muslim association, establishing and maintaining Muslim religious organizations, building mosques...

With all the talk of Cabinet's power of secrecy, I was wondering, if we were to allow Cabinet to keep that power, if it would be a good idea to have Parliament elect the Cabinet. Here's how I could see it happening: Once a year, Parliament votes on an open ballot for let's say at least nine...