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Old Feb 28th 2011, 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by iaink
PC is on the looney fundamentalist side of any religion isnt it? Rather like the republicans. The liberals are rather more inclusive.
Are you saying they are Muslims (I am not aware of any other "fundamentalist" associations). Could you please give me an example of a policy pursued by the PCs over, let's say, the last 3 years that the Liberals have actually opposed in a genuine way?

Originally Posted by iaink
I think the point is that religion here affects political policy in a sort of "US lite" way, whereas UK politics and religion rarely intersect. In the US the republicans are sometimes seen as the political wing of the christian fundamentalists. Its not quite that bad here, but its heading that way a little.
So, again, if the US Republicans are christian, albeit "fundamentalist" ones, what are the Democrats?
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 4:22 pm
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I cant be arsed to argue with you. You are right, about everything. I was totally mistaken that the US republican party is in any way beholden to the more extreme views of the evangelical christian movement in the States, on subjects such as gay marriage, abortion rights etc etc, and besides, everything posted on an online discussion forum should always be taken deadly serious and at face value and disected in the most minute detail...


Can we get back to discussing Vancouver again now?
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Originally Posted by iaink
Can we get back to discussing Vancouver again now?
Yes, let's, does it have any parks?
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 4:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
So, again, if the US Republicans are christian, albeit "fundamentalist" ones, what are the Democrats?
They don't have to be anything. Both parties are bought and paid for by banks anyway.
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 4:31 pm
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Originally Posted by iaink

Can we get back to discussing Vancouver again now?
The weather network says it is raining there at the mo. Which is a surprise.
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Originally Posted by iaink
I cant be arsed to argue with you. You are right, about everything. I was totally mistaken that the US republican party is in any way beholden to the more extreme views of the evangelical christian movement in the States, on subjects such as gay marriage, abortion rights etc etc, and besides, everything posted on an online discussion forum should always be taken deadly serious and at face value and disected in the most minute detail...
I don't believe I put forward a position at all. I was just asking questions.
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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
I don't believe I put forward a position at all. I was just asking questions.
By virtue of a logically disconnected statement. "If a is b, what is c?" - is this the sort of thing you ask in court?
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
They don't have to be anything. Both parties are bought and paid for by banks anyway.
Tans-national corporate interests, but essentially the same. Issues of morality are forwarded to keep the attention of the public. There's a similar relationship between television programmes and advertising.
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Tans-national corporate interests, but essentially the same. Issues of morality are forwarded to keep the attention of the public. There's a similar relationship between television programmes and advertising.
Guns, gays and god usually.
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 5:53 pm
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Yes, let's, does it have any parks?
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 5:56 pm
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Tans-national corporate interests, but essentially the same. Issues of morality are forwarded to keep the attention of the public. There's a similar relationship between television programmes and advertising.
Would Ambre-Solair be an example of a 'Tans-national' corporation then?
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
Guns, gays and god usually.
While superficially the ideology of the British Conservatives and the American Republicans has differences they both answer to the same corporate overlords and also one wonders how many of them are wearing nurses uniforms under their suits.
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Old Feb 28th 2011, 6:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
By virtue of a logically disconnected statement. "If a is b, what is c?" - is this the sort of thing you ask in court?
That sounds way too clever to me.

I got the race and sexuality issue, I couldn't see how religion was the same (if the arguments of posters on here are correct), so I asked about politics which, it seems to me, is based on choice.

We then went onto the religious affliations of political parties but then I got the impression I was being called an argumentative bugger so I stopped. Would you like to continue?
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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
That sounds way too clever to me.

I got the race and sexuality issue, I couldn't see how religion was the same (if the arguments of posters on here are correct), so I asked about politics which, it seems to me, is based on choice.

We then went onto the religious affliations of political parties but then I got the impression I was being called an argumentative bugger so I stopped. Would you like to continue?
Well, I do love a good argument on the internet. But Oink has already summed it up - they just distract us with religion and stuff so they can take our money and spend it on nurses uniforms.
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Originally Posted by Alan2005
Well, I do love a good argument on the internet. But Oink has already summed it up - they just distract us with religion and stuff so they can take our money and spend it on nurses uniforms.
Who does this; the gays?
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