The cost of many foods are already unbearable. If we eliminate the farms, we make it harder to get access to these meats. I know there is an argument that we do not need meat however, is it really within our rights to force the general population to turn vegetation?
are you suggesting that abortions are already "outside the law"?
No.....I was responding to the post that "people will just get illegal abortions anyway" I was simply pointing out that is not a good reason to keep or make something legal.
"Besides, making certain recreational drugs legal allow certain societies to control it better"
Considering these drugs are NOT legal, you have no proof to back that statement up. Secondly, you cannot compare the 2. Abortions would most likely go down if it was illegal as most people would be too scared to do them illegally.
OK first off, I was referring to your comment about childrens feelings. Secondly, in every case you mention, violence is not needed. As I already mentioned, if you are talking about strict discipline, I agree, if you are talking about hitting someone, then I disagree.
Hitting children should always be an option - never completely disregarded and never abused. Some parent manage to raise a kid straight without beating them - great. Some parents manage to raise a kid straight while beating them - great.
NO, hitting should not be an option. The parents that feel this is needed, should learn a thing or two from the parents which you point out, can raise their children without violence.
BTW you CAN respect AND fear a person. Just so you know.\
Yes you can. Parents are not one of those people. You should LOVE and respect your parents, not fear them.
The education system is probably the best example of how their feelings play the biggest role.
Could you provide an example?
I'm sorry... your second paragraph just shows you're sitting their with stupid questions but not answers...
Questions you seem to avoid answering.
Being interested in psychology you should have a clue about how many westerners are obsessed with their feelings and how it filters through the whole society.
In what way?
For someone who is attacking others, you seem to lack facts and reasoning yourself.
Ofcourse feelings have an importance - doesn't mean the world should run on them.
I noticed you avoided the question about whether you are a parent. I assume not, because you do not understand the connection between a child and parents feelings. Your child being upset, angry, scared etc, will make you feel all the same things. Now, that doesn't mean they should get whatever they want but, at the same time, they should feel that their parents care about them.
And no I don't just mean raising a child or beating a child. I mean in everything. Education, work, home, law, police etc. I feel the world has gone too soft.
I agree that the world has gone too soft, I just don't agree with hitting a child in any circumstance. If by tough love, you mean strict discipline I agree with you.
Why not fear your parents or more accurately fear the consequence of bad behavior?
I do not feel fear should exist when it comes to parents. I have always listened to my parents, even in adulthood and I have never feared them. The only thing I feared was disappointing the two people that would do and give anything for me to be happy and successful. Teaching respect will get you a lot further than fear.
Especially these days when kids think that the world runs on their fucking feelings.
This is one of the most ignorant comments I have read. Are you a parent? Of course a parent must worry for their child's feelings! If they don't, who will?
Assuming we are talking about hitting a child, it is completely unnecessary. There are many means of punishment and discipline that do not involve violence such as, grounding, taking away privileges etc. The problem is that this involves a parents discipline as well because they must be diligent in enforcing these punishments. So, in the end, they just turn to violence. A child should never fear their parents. They should respect them.
Speaking as a muslim who is a born Canadian, with immigrant parents, extremists like the woman you mention, are just disgusting. You are right, she is the racist.
I do think I should be able to keep my culture while living in a western country though. There is a very fine line though because, if I expect YOU to respect my beliefs, I then must respect YOURS.
Just because a culture/religion tells someone to eat, dress and act a certain way, does not give them the right to attack others who do not agree.
It is very important to wait till marriage as the article above points out. The sexual promiscuity of today's society, is one of the major reasons that divorce rates and single parenting rates continue to skyrocket. Sex is something that is meant to be shared with that special someone.
Why the fuck is it considered racist if idon't believe in interracial marriage FUCK THAT SHIT!!!!!!!!
If you choose to marry within your own race, that is your choice. IF you believe it is wrong for OTHERS to marry, then it is racism.
I am no racist but i do believe we should marry within our race because if we were born white we were meant to have white children and the same if we were born black that is not racist if i was racist i would have a nigger hangin from a 13 knot noose as my profile picture! And o ya there is a difference between a nigger and a black man/woman. You don't have to be black to be a nigger.
Need I say more?? This statement in itself is racist. "We were meant to have white children" WTF does that even mean if its not racist?
There is no need to control the population because if the population became too large for our resources, people would start to die anyway. Secondly, the places that have the highest population are places that cannot afford to do anything about it anyway.
Also, there is no way to control the population unless we become Communist China!! It is outrageous to deny someone a child that they want because the world population is supposedly too high.
It is a parents responsibility to keep their children healthy but at the same time, the schools must make a bigger effort to promote healthy eating and proportion sizing in school. Schools are for learning so they should LEARN to eat healthy there as well.
No system is fail safe. The system you suggest will not really help them at all.
It should be enough if they don't have to pay it back with interest.
That is just outrageous, they got laid off or are starving so they should be thankful they are drowning in debt just because its not with interest? A government is not truly doing its job if it is not taking care of its people.
I am not disputing that productive people lead to success however, making them pay it back will set them back even further in the long run, therefore, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. It is possible to have strict regulation to prevent people from taking advantage without making them pay it back.
Such as, a required amount of resumes handed out and interviews a week, weekly or monthly checkups on people who are unsuccessful at finding jobs and you could even provide access to job placement agencies.
OK, as a die hard reader, I can tell you that not only is this series a bad influence, but it is pretty poorly written. I have read all four of the twilight and here is my evaluation:
So lets list the "great standards" this book teaches
1) Its OK to lie to your parents if its for love.
2) Its OK to commit grand theft auto as long as its a good cause
3) If a boy breaks your heart at 18 its perfectly normal to almost kill yourself and refuse to ever move on and he probably left you because he really cares
4) While said boy is away, it is OK to hang out with a guy who clearly wants more than friendship and let him do things for you even though you know his intentions
5) If you really love someone, you will sneak into their house without anyone knowing just to stare at them sleep.
6) If your boyfriends brother tries to kill you, causing you to break bones and have your arm ripped to shreds, you should tell your mom and dad it was just you falling down the stairs because of your clumsiness! Works great for abuse victims.
Under the system I envision, the amount of tax paid by the employer is decreased because it gets replenished by the employee.
I see what you mean, but I do not agree with the employer's taxes being decreased. It seems that all your proposals simply help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Any money the laid off employee gets is free money.
Once again, it is not free money as they pay income taxes.
Ha ha! So instead of embracing what 99% of industrialized countries do, lets destroy them so our citizens won't notice the flaw in our system. You know Joe, you give Americans on this website a bad name. If I was to gage American thinking based on you, I would think, Americans are stuck up, ignorant, racist, brainwashed idiots. Thankfully, I know hundreds of Americans who will gladly admit their system is flawed even if they do not agree with ours.
Of course not! First off, steroids can be extremely dangerous, so why would you encourage an athlete to do them? Secondly, it will cause inflated records and stats, making the true athletes of the past, who achieved those things naturally, next to forgotten. Sports is about natural ability, not juiced apes.
OK, first off, this analogy makes no sense. I am talking about giving them status, if they become self sufficient in lets say 6 months, they stay, if not you kick them out. You are not inviting them to live with you, you are giving them the opportunity to a better life.
The real problem is the companies hiring these people for below minimum wages illegally, tackle them first. If the illegal immigrants had no way of working until becoming legal, your problems would be cut in half. As I said though, this is a whole different debate.
People need to take accountability of their own actions.
That I do agree with, I just don't think making them pay more for health care is the solution. I do not feel anyone should have to pay more or less for health care.
Hitting fast food companies does help, but end of the day its up to people themselves.
True however, it is a matter of culture as well. You will notice that many other countries do not have such problems. That is something society has to correct.
So how do you suggest lowering the rates of obesity? It's literally a pandemic in western countries.
I agree that it is a pandemic however, the key is to hit the fast food companies and all these companies making the unhealthy food and marketing it. How about taxing them? Or providing incentives to eat healthier like tax breaks for companies making food healthier. Instead of taxing the people who are obese for many reasons.
Diabetes is a result of obesity.
My father has diabetes and he is anything but obese. He is only 110 pounds but he does not need insulin. My uncle, who does need insulin was not obese until being diagnosed and taking insulin injections. Its a two way street, people can develop diabetes from being obese AND in some cases, can become obese from the treatments.
We don't have to tax food, but we can tax fatties!
Why is it you insist on using such language? Why would taxing them even help? Health care is a pooled risk like I said.
Obesity can be caused by, diabetes, many drugs people take to counteract other health issues, mental disorders, physical disorders, and recently there have been studies showing that some people may even have a birth defect preventing them from EVER feeling full. Bottom line, health care is a pooled risk, we all pay in, we all take out as needed. We cannot pick and choose who pays more.
As far as taxing alcohol and tobacco consumption, the idea is to discourage people from using said products, not to fund health care. We cannot tax people's food as it is a necessity!
Or you could try a different approach. Why not give them incentive to come legally and work? If they come and within 6 months have no work or education, send them back? OR give all the illegals incentive to turn themselves in such as promising them that if they are self sufficient, you will make them legal
Who falls in the 'we' you mentioned? I would venture that the 45 million people without health care in your country would not fall in that category. I am not being self righteous. Believe me, there are many things Canada needs to improve on, including our health care as good as it is. Americans are the most self righteous bunch out there! Sometimes other countries have the right idea and you can learn from them.
The reason Canada doesn't have an illegal immigration problem is that no-one wants to go there, it's so damned cold.
You are the most ignorant person I have talked to. Canada is KNOWN for the amount of immigrants we allow in every year! We are also known for being one of the only truly multicultural societies unlike the melting pot in places like America. People love to come to Canada because we allow them to keep their culture, clothing, beliefs etc. without judgement.
Why don't you Canadians take all these people here who want it?
We do not have the problem of illegal immigration as bad as you because we do not share a border with Mexico then make it next to impossible for them to get in legally. Make them legal or kick them out and make it easier to get in but harder to stay after that but that is a whole different debate.
This website is not exclusive to americans. You posted a subject, I responded, you have no answer, you get angry. Yea makes sense. LOL
So what's the incentive to start a family business?
The same incentive as anywhere else, to become successful. How does that change with workers rights?
I completely agree. I have been looking at this as debate and not looking at the fact that a 16 year old needs help. It is also very tragic that irresponsible people like this, keep these children and make it harder for others who are responsible to raise their children. Most of all, they abuse these children to the point of out lashing and then the children are punished.
If you invest your hard earn money into creating a business, your employees can force you nit to fire them? What ass backwards concept is that?
OK now you are just being ridiculous. I DO have hard earned money in my family business and I CAN fire people. They cannot just 'force' you not to fire them, you need JUST CAUSE to fire them! If someone's livelihood depends on the job your company gives them and they follow code, show up on time, work hard and do their job then why should you be able to just fire them without notice? Or what about those that fire you for your beliefs or race? Should they not be held accountable?
What about the owner's rights?
Here is where you are mistaken, owners have many rights as well. With just cause they can fire you and even roll back your wages with notice in times when they are struggling. Plus, in times when a woman is on maternity leave, the owner can keep her on payroll even though the government is paying her wages and will get tax breaks to cover her shifts till she returns. There are many other benefits that I would have to find.
The recession is worldwide! We are in recession too! This is a useless excuse. Besides, you would not be in recession if you hadn't spent to date $939,886,734,048 on war!!!(www.costofwar.com) This is precisely the point I am making, its not about paying more taxes or taking anything away to give 'handouts', its about redirecting a portion of those taxes to benefit your own citizens.
