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Ditto Occupy Toronto. Someone on the radio this morning had chained himself to some railings in the park and thrown away the key and when asked what he would do when the police came with bolt croppers to free him (aka evict) he said that "he was not afraid of police brutality and aggression". Umm, how the **** else are you going to leave so that you can hunt/gather some more lentils to feed yourself, I did wonder?

Apart from the fact that it would be nice for locals to have their park back for Xmas, I did think that the city should leave these goons chained to the fence in the park until it becomes 20 below. Then I suspect the keys will be found.

Witness, protest, whatever the hell you want to call it this fizzled out some time ago. It takes a lot to make Bob Ford look virtuous but this movement is getting there.

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The real challenge for any movement seeking to change the financial & political landscape is to present their case to the mainstream without attracting and being overrun by the usual rent-a-crusty crowd.

I have real sympathy with some of their aims, but I'm afraid that if your spokesman has matted hair and a lip-ring, then, sorry, but "I'm out".

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Talk about verbal diarrhea.....judging people by their looks eh, am sure you are adonis or even better Michael Angelo's David

Wicked

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Until they organise themselves and present a creditable list of proposals the majority of us 99% will not take them seriously. And yes many people do not take to a poorly presented person as a spokesperson.

The occupy movement was a complete failure and perhaps some of those protesters will get a life and hopefully a job and start contributing to society.

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Many people.....love how you took it upon yourself to speak for all eh

You do realize this forum is not a representation of the Canadian society in general?

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A picture they say is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately the pictures you posted didn't convince me that these protesters were doing anything new.

Where were all the protesters yesterday outside of the NCC offices? I suppose they were either getting a room for the night at the Misson or looking for their next fix.

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In what way is it not? It's largely comprised of immigrants, some of whom speak French, it includes correspondents from across the country, a diverse range of political opinion is offered, and by-and-large the posters have had enough of the occupiers. This is Canada at its best.

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<shakes head>

Has ultrarunner just accused me of having verbal diarrhea?

:rofl:

So you don't agree with judging people by their looks, eh? How far would you progress in the Army if you had a lip ring and purple matted dreadlocks? Mind you, it is the Canadian Army, perhaps their standards are lower.

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And then you woke up

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Here is a shocker for you or not....I have a fella of the Sikh faith in my troop. When I write his performance report, that has no inclination on my judgement of his work or character

The British army still treats the Gurkhas like shite

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Well, I'm humbled by your magnanimity and tolerance. Your troops sound like they are blessed to have such a remarkable leader as you.

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Many does not = All ;)

The Canadians i know do not take them seriously and some just don't give a shit.

I don't believe you answered the question.

What has a "fella of the Sikh faith" to do with anything? Do you let him play with your gadget?

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Really? Having worked alongside them, I would completely dispute this. I appreciate that there are arguments that the British Government treats them poorly but, on what evidence, do you base your comment?

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Go back and read the post I answered to....He mentioned dread locks, I mentioned Turban subliminally( Sikh faith ) get it now? The guy is special forces and get to wear his Turban

Oh...It's "Canadians I know....." ;)

The ones you know am sure don't speak for the rest

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I was in Afghanistan and interacted with them on my tours....

I have been on numerous exercises in Canada, where they have been present.

We can't all be from the Enoch Powell school of thought right ? ;)

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The more radical an idea you want to present to the public the more smartly you have to dress. This isn't a new idea - friends of the earth learnt this when their head guy started turning up to TV interviews in a suit in the 70's or maybe the 80's.

I don't think this is necessarily right - more just the way it is.

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So what you are saying is...."You are what you wear"?

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More like "Understand how your enemy thinks"

But you should have already known that.

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OK. In what way were they treated differently to any other infantry soldier?

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In theatre?

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Shocker ain't it? No in your bedroom

Seriously....a similar combat arms soldier from the U.K? You must be the only one that doesn't know that answer. You don't even need to hack the Gov't phone to know that one

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Yeah, this. It's all about branding.

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I have to take my hat off, it's quite an achievement. UR manages to mention something to do with forces, big bad army dudes, guns etc in about 1 out of 5 posts in general.

It's quite laudable.

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I've been trying to work out what his profession is?

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We'll just never know I'm afraid.

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He camouflages it so well.

One of the forum's great mysteries.

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Are you still talkin'? :eek:

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Was that a clue ?

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Ok, the special forces people that I know dress appropriately for the situation. It has been famously stated that, "You may dress like an Arab, but you walk like a white man" in a biography of a former SAS man.

Please explain them to me. When I worked with them, they did guard duty, stag duty, cleaned shit, just as others did.

I appreciate that there is an argument about their pension and their entitlement to remain the UK post service but, as I said above, this appears to me to be a British Government rather than a British Army issue.

I await enlightenment

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So we are passing the blame now...shocker that

New flash...British Army doesn't look after it's own. That will explain the recent influx in numbers of exchange officers joining the CF

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The Canadians i know speak for themselves, not the rest. What's your point?

So you confirm this guy would have no issues in joining your team, or the forces in general, without any consideration at all to his looks?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eBt8Q7f_je...adlocks_21.jpg

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As I say to people in the office "I can only deal with facts".

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El_Richo

I like you but next time you post a picture of me can you ask first?

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Even if that is the case, and I've no idea if it is, that's got nothing to do with society in general. One may as well compare the situation of plumbers in the two countries and attempt to extrapolate from that.

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I think I'm going to defend ur here. His original point about not judging people by how they look is right - everyone knows this. I don't think we should be mocking him because society doesn't live up to this ideal when there are clearly plenty of other things to mock him for.

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And a handsome gentleman you are :o

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It isn't right but it's a fact of life. We're a very visual species.

I'm pretty sure if he had a daughter who brought home a boyfriend who had ginger dreads, a nose ring, lip ring, tattoo's on his face, and wore a hooded top, he'd judge.

:goodpost:

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I suppose my indifference to the Occupy movement is that is that they seem to be protesting about human nature. Human beings are selfish, self-serving and self-interested. Humans seek the power to control their environment in their best interests. In a world of scarce resources power and wealth go hand-in-hand. The only difference between the 1% and the 99% is that the 1% are better at it.

Nothing short of an extermination of overwhelming majority of the world's population and a return to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle is going to change that. A revolution just replaces one tyranny with another.

However, self-interest also allows us to see most of us can benefit from some form of collectivization. Thinking of another thread this morning, I wonder if they had pushed for in inclusion of dentistry and prescription drugs into provincial health plans they would have garnered much more support and might have been in a position to make a real difference in people's lives.

Or would all the people with cooperate sponsored (and corporate serving) extended health plans refuse to pay the extra tax required?

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Possibly. I tend to think the movement, in the US at least, is about fairness rather than equality. But maybe that's me just seeing what I want to see based on my world view rather than the reality. It does seem that the people protesting in Vancouver are worlds apart from those protesting in the cities around the US though.

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Sod the smelly hippies, this will get their attention. Nothing will be achieved until they have guns, bullets and bombs plus 40% unemployment.


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