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Originally Posted by Stranger
I'm glad there wasn't more of your people in the 30's. If there was, we'd all be speaking German. To you it's a bad idea until there's a terrorist attack in BC, and then you'd complain that the government hasn't done enough. Unreal.
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Maybe I am misreading you, but could you please explain the similarities between the Taliban/terrorist groups and the Nazi's?
Personally, I'm just glad there weren't more Evman's living in the US in the 60s or we'd all be speaking Vietnamese.
Every military conflict is not equal. Afghanistan is not similar to World War II and I think that if you want to mock somebody about their opinion of a war, you should argue based on the merits of the conflict being discussed instead of bringing up the most necessary war fought in Canadian history.
As for the stuff about the terrorist attack in BC... doesn't that have to happen and people have to complain before they can be accused of doing so? IF there is an attack, and it could have easily been prevented by increasing the military budget (didn't work for the US), maybe there will be people complaining, but I'm sure there will be more people who change their minds and support higher funding.
Anyways, back to the topic. I find myself in the group who are pleasantly surprised by the Conservative minority. I'm in Japan now, so I hope I'll be able to get my absentee ballot in time. It looks like we're headed for another Tory minority, but it should be interesting to see if anyone is able to shake things up. I'm not even sure what the big issues are going to be this time around?
Healthcare? That's a safe bet.
Afghanistan? Not so sure...
Taxes? Again, I doubt that this will be a difference maker. The Conservatives and Liberals both offer tax cuts every time an election rolls around. Even the NDP usually sticks to Corporate tax hikes and stays away from announcing personal ones.