Ok, I’m back. Possibly for a short time, possibly for a long time. But an incident this evening involving an anonymous blogger who claims to be in law enforcement in the City of Toronto has motivated this. Balbulican thought my return to blogging would involve a bottle of wine and an evening with Leonard Cohen […]
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If an election were to have been held today, and “mandatory” voting was law as Koby has proposed, I would not have voted. Granted that those who argued against me over in the comments section of Koby’s article did suggest that a valid excuse could be provided, I wonder if my day today would have
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I love the word, and how it sounds, rolling off my tongue: Litigation. For those meditators of us ou there, forget “Ommmm.” Say, “litigation” over and over. Especially when you know you are right. And have always been above board, despite what the law says. Yes. “Litigation. Litigation.” It’s such a wonderful game. I should
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While working on the upcoming office and personal residence move, I’m still too busy to blog. So today, I will leave you with this, from the pen of Randy Hillier: Stop the Destruction Convoy On January 3, 2005 the united rural landowners of Ontario delivered a plea for justice to your offices. As with all
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“We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if only words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. For when we argue about matter, or any the like term, we truly argue only about the idea we express by that sound, whether
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“The Endarkenment proceeds at a gallop, and the consequences are clear to everyone who cares to look, by now. This is how the end comes: no with a bang or a whimper, but with a smug declaration that it’s for your own good, for national security, for the people. And you aren’t against that, are
By way of Shamrocks, we discover that Antony Flew has now become a deist. Well known for his atheist view points over the past half century, this conversion of sorts may be a shock to some. According to this ABC News report, Flew says, “My whole life has been guided by the principle of Plato’s
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My friend Timmy The G has posted a reply to my reply that was a reply from him to another reply to someone else. Or something like that. Confused yet? Me too. Let’s see if we can follow the order of this. I wrote this post in response to some things written by Simon. My
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Captain Liar has a post which is entitled, “Red Ensign: Flag Of Hate” As someone who doesn’t put much worth in any kind of symbolism, whether it be flags, crosses, rings, swastikas, sunwheels, buddha statues, and anything else that people tend to worship or get some emotional feeling from while observing, holding, or having, I
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I am very reluctant to support any hate crime laws. I think their very nature is controversial, and perhaps can be used to stop and even persecute open and legitimate discussion or debate. Canada’s hate crime laws are very subjective, and hence open to a number of different interpretations. The problem with hate crime laws
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