[Mr.Coffee]

That the Israel thread got locked. I was learning a lot and I actually didn’t think the heat was too much, despite a few posters saying so. It was no different than all the political threads on this site over the last few years, in terms of personal insults and despite the insults people were still actually engaging in somewhat useful debate. Hope it isn’t down for long and hope people come back a bit more respectful to each other.

Lastly, this whole “stolen land” in Canada stuff also GMG. Agreements were signed, land traded under agreement. Where there are no contracts or treaties governing such lands, we have legit land rights issues today (as there should be if you want the rule of law to properly govern) and the country really is trying to sort it out. Billions and billions and billions of dollars are still being transferred today, and Canadians don’t even know about it. Settlement agreements left right and centre, tons of money. Still not doing any effective favour for Canadians. So no, it’s not that the country was outright stolen and furthermore I got news for the bleeding hearts out there- there isn’t a piece of land on Earth that wasn’t as some point “stolen” (fought for and ceded through war or treaty). So I really just do not understand Canadians desire to question our right to live on lands we were born on. Seems really odd to me, the way Canadians treat lands in this country. I know this will be viciously unpopular, and I will assume I am uneducated but I don’t get it. Stolen lands the same way Europe shifted hands every couple hundred years. So who is the rightful landowner of Europe? The Celts? The French? The Germans? Everyone has had a run at it. Not a lot different here but modern day Canadians should apologize and think about giving it back. Patently absurd. If Canada was a person we’d be a teenager sitting in our bedroom hating ourselves for no reason.