03-16-2012, 11:55 AM
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#101
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Originally Posted by tjinaz
you are a racist and hate hispanics. If you are against illegal immigration in Canada you are a racist and hate asians?
Just want to make sure I have this right....  |
Only if you're caucasion. If you're some other color/ethnicity you get a free pass.
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03-16-2012, 11:58 AM
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#102
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by Rerun
Only if you're caucasion. If you're some other color/ethnicity you get a free pass.
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That's a load of asshattery and you know that.
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03-16-2012, 12:03 PM
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#103
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tjinaz
you are a racist and hate hispanics. If you are against illegal immigration in Canada you are a racist and hate asians?
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How about if you don't want to allow anyone into the country EXCEPT Asians? 
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03-16-2012, 12:08 PM
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#104
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
How about if you don't want to allow anyone into the country EXCEPT Asians? |
Oh, Vlad, ever the entrepeneur.
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03-16-2012, 12:13 PM
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#105
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by Rerun
Don't you mean minus the farming and government hand-outs part?
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No government hand-outs? What about the Dominion Lands Act?
edit: okay, already mentioned.. nm.
Last edited by Wormius; 03-16-2012 at 12:15 PM.
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03-16-2012, 12:14 PM
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#106
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Over the top...
Being critical of immigration policy is not racist....I thought an educated chap like you could see that.
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Don't worry Mikey, I didn't come to any conclusions on you based on a single post. That would be silly seeing as you have so many posts upon which to reach these conclusions.
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03-16-2012, 12:15 PM
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#107
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by Rerun
Trust me... nothing was free. My grandparents worked their @sses off "proving the land".
Lived in a sod shack. Endured bitter winters burning dung for fuel. Plowed the land by hand.. in many cases they didn't even have a ox or a horse to pull the plow.. The man pulled it and the wife steered the plow. Many a nite they went to bed hungry.
Today's immigrant is living a life of luxury... don't even dare to compare the two.
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When did living in the NE on welfare become a luxury?
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03-16-2012, 12:16 PM
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#108
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by Wormius
No government hand-outs? What about the Dominion Lands Act?
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We've established this. His grandparents poured their blood, sweat, and tears into taming the unforgiven Canadian prairie. They had to prove the land was fruitful. They government gave them this land because of their tireless efforts. It was a reward, not a government program (handout) to promote immigration.
/Rerun
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03-16-2012, 12:31 PM
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#109
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
How about if you don't want to allow anyone into the country EXCEPT Asians? |
I think a better catch-all would be women beach volleyball players. No exceptions.
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03-16-2012, 12:38 PM
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#110
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by Rerun
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You pointed out why this is likely the case. Except that accreditation is only a small part of the problem. There's still the problem of systemic discrimination present in various hiring processes.
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Originally Posted by Rerun
Of course it is... or at least it is to most of the phobic people on here.
No one dares criticize the immigration policy for fear they will be labeled "RACIST!!"... or at least you will be if you're "white".
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I have no problem with people criticizing immigration when it's based on logic and factual information. What I detest is ignorance wrapped up in frail economic arguments.
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03-16-2012, 12:52 PM
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#111
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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To be fair to mikey and Rerun, it's not as much racism as it is nativism, but it's just as ignorant.
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03-16-2012, 12:54 PM
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#112
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Canada must first and foremost protect its own citizens and ensure that newcomers acquire the necessary language skills (and recognition of foreign credentials) before they arrive in the country. Only then can they play a constructive and productive role in Canadian society, instead of becoming a burden on already-overtaxed Canadians, as 77 per cent are today at a cost to the taxpayer of $16 to $23 billion a year (which doesn’t include the immense cost of dealing with the consequences of the crimes some of these people commit in Canada).
Immigration’s prime objective is to benefit the host country, and not those who come here. If they benefit, too, great, but if they refuse to pull their weight and do what’s required of them, they should be asked to leave, rather than hung around Canadians’ necks like a big fat albatross.
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03-16-2012, 12:57 PM
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#113
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Originally Posted by Rerun
Only if you're caucasion. If you're some other color/ethnicity you get a free pass.
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Them other colours get all the breaks.
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03-16-2012, 12:58 PM
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#114
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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We're overtaxed? Hardly. In fact I think we should be taxed more. Then we can have a welfare state that actually functions properly.
But what do I know. I'm a closet socialist.
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03-16-2012, 01:05 PM
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#115
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lethbridge
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Originally Posted by valo403
Don't worry Mikey, I didn't come to any conclusions on you based on a single post. That would be silly seeing as you have so many posts upon which to reach these conclusions.
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I have never made a racist post.
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03-16-2012, 01:06 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
We're overtaxed? Hardly. In fact I think we should be taxed more. Then we can have a welfare state that actually functions properly.
But what do I know. I'm a closet socialist.
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03-16-2012, 01:07 PM
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#117
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
We're overtaxed? Hardly. In fact I think we should be taxed more. Then we can have a welfare state that actually functions properly.
But what do I know. I'm a closet socialist.
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The myth that Canadians are overtaxed is one of the worst perpetuated across the country, especially when it comes from Albertans.
http://www.photius.com/rankings/tax_...anks_2009.html
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03-16-2012, 01:08 PM
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#118
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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which doesn’t include the immense cost of dealing with the consequences of the crimes some of these people commit in Canada
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This is not the first time the "immigrants = crime" angle has been mentioned in this thread, but nobody has posted hard evidence to support this claim. Are there any statistics that show immigrants commit crimes at a greater rate than native-born Canadians of similar social-economic status?
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03-16-2012, 01:09 PM
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#119
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by Rerun
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I see my wordsmithery and sound logic have made you speechless. Clearly this is your excuse for reporting to lame jpegs in response.
But yes, let's cut all social programs and tax each other less. Then that way when you're retired you won't be able to to take train rides, or have multiple options for lunch or travel to Montana to discover the churches are locked. All you'll have is First Lady's avatar.
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03-16-2012, 01:14 PM
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#120
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rerun
Immigration’s prime objective is to benefit the host country, and not those who come here. If they benefit, too, great, but if they refuse to pull their weight and do what’s required of them, they should be asked to leave, rather than hung around Canadians’ necks like a big fat albatross.
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Not picking on you but I have always wondered what happens if the country they are from doesn't want to take them back. Maybe they renounced their original citizenship when they were granted a Canadian citizenship and are now stateless.
Do we just put them on a raft and push them out to sea or is there some country that will take in the worlds stateless people (Palestine maybe).
Once someone is a citizen they should all be equal. I can't believe that some people are advocating for two classes of citizens.
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