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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 26th 2004, 2:29 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,841
Posted By Alfaris

Re: Credit Card/History Transfer

I believe American Express will issue you a Canadian credit card based on your U.S. credit history, if you already have a U.S. credit card with them.

Alfaris
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 5th 2004, 5:48 am
Replies: 3
Views: 604
Posted By Alfaris

Re: calling CIC from u.s

Get someone in Canada to buy a Canadian phone card for you, with a non-800/888/877/866 access number. You can dial regular long distance to access that phone card, and then dial the CIC toll-free...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 1st 2004, 3:16 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Like I said, we can't use one or two cases to judge ALL polygamous families. I am certain that the polygamous families that are happy, do not go around advertising the fact. They face too much...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 31st 2004, 7:56 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Indeed, I have suggested it. However, I was merely trying to show that polygamy is not necessarily evil and bad like most of us imagine it to be.

The real problem lies in the fact that almost...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 30th 2004, 4:16 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

I am not from a culture where polygamy is allowed, and I do not stand behind those cultures. I am not raising this as a cultural issue. I simply pointed out that this "cultural clash" has directed...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 29th 2004, 8:39 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

There is no way to eliminate them. You will not be able to get all the people not to have sex before being married, and to be married only once and to the same person. At least with polygamy, there...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 28th 2004, 9:33 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Hmm... Interesting.

Actually, there are three kinds of polygamy practiced in Western societies:

1. serial polygamy, that is, marriage, divorce, marriage, divorce, and so on any number of...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 28th 2004, 9:09 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

I am talking strictly about voluntary polygamy and not about inequality. Forcing people into polygamy, whether women or men, is inequality. But allowing people to enter polygamy if they so wish, is...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 28th 2004, 9:03 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

I think there are biological issues with incestual marriages when it comes to having children, or so we are being told constantly.

However, there is no biological problem with polygamy. A man can...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 27th 2004, 5:55 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

This is not a culture & lifestyle discussion, because polygamy is already allowed in Canada and nobody has a problem with it as long as people practice it consentually and in the privacy of their...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 27th 2004, 5:50 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

You are speaking from a culturally eccentric perspective. I do not believe you have the right to say that this culture is better or more advanced than the other one. It may be that we will eventually...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 27th 2004, 5:23 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Canada is not India, and we have a very different situation here. Our population is too low. Most of the people on welfare are single mothers and single women. Widespread polygamy could solve a lot...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 26th 2004, 7:09 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Then where does the term "Swedish family" come from, as a reference to polygamy? I suppose it could be a myth, or an exaggeration. But there are also people in Tibet and India who practice polygamy....
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 26th 2004, 7:01 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

I generalized, and permitted a minor inaccuracy. But it in no way undermines my argument - that there have, traditionally, been people within Canada who fought for their right to love and commit to...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 26th 2004, 6:59 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

I have read about polygamists that do not like the monogamous family structure. Some of them claim that it is unhealthy for a child to grow up with one mother and one father.

We see that they have...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 25th 2004, 4:39 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

You are confirming exactly what I said - it has nothing to do with understanding cultures of others. It has everything to do with the majority enforcing their values onto the minority. Canada's...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 25th 2004, 1:01 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

I don't think this is an issue of Canadian versus non-Canadian culture, as much as it is a issue of minority versus the majority. The Mormon Christians have lived in Western Canada since the 19th...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 25th 2004, 7:21 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

Re: One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Why, certainly. In Sweden, it is not unheard of for a woman to have more than one permanent and committed male partner. In Tibet, a woman can have as many as nine husbands. I would not advocate...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 25th 2004, 6:23 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,757
Posted By Alfaris

One man, two wives immigration. Your thoughts?

Polygamy, or having more than one spouse, is traditionally practiced by Muslims, Mormon Christians, and some Scandinavian people. There are also some people in our society today, who choose to...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 9th 2004, 2:56 am
Replies: 9
Views: 585
Posted By Alfaris

Re: For Experts: AIP Question

That would be well and good if the people were actually informed about how long the process actually takes. We were discussing over-the-phone time estimates and their accuracy. Time and time again in...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 8th 2004, 3:48 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,040
Posted By Alfaris

Re: Hydro

Hydro is Toronto Canadian slang for Electricity.

Good luck,

Alfaris
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 8th 2004, 3:47 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,040
Posted By Alfaris

Re: Hydro

No!!! It is not water. Hydro is Toronto Canadian slang for Electricity. TRUST ME. Hydro = Electricity.

Everyone in Toronto says "Hydro" instead of "Electricity". I was very confused at first,...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 8th 2004, 8:14 am
Replies: 9
Views: 585
Posted By Alfaris

Re: For Experts: AIP Question

They are not doing anyone a favour. It is their job and they are paid for it by taxpayers who trust them to do the work properly.

The other option would be to actually give a correct estimate, but...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 7th 2004, 7:58 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,053
Posted By Alfaris

Re: Http://Www.Iamnotamerican.Com - is he rude?

No Cindy, I am not going to be rude to you. I always try not to hurt anyone's feelings, because that goes a long way toward creating a better atmosphere for everyone.

The definition of political...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 6th 2004, 5:59 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,053
Posted By Alfaris

Http://Www.Iamnotamerican.Com - is he rude?

Is this guy rude or what?

As I read through the posts, his stand out as the most offensive and humiliating to anyone that he writes to. He does not seem to have any respect for the dignity of the...
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