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Posted: 9/11/2004, 2:24 am
by Korzic
Children go to school without learning how great Saddam is.

Posted: 9/11/2004, 2:29 am
by I AM ME
true but now they face American propaganda, only slightly less wrong

Posted: 9/11/2004, 2:30 am
by I AM ME
i grew up with the notion of America being superior as well, which you realise at a certain part of your life as a Canadian as completely false.

Now i like to think of Canada as America PLUS, not America Jr.

Posted: 9/11/2004, 2:59 am
by Korzic

Posted: 9/11/2004, 11:53 am
by closeyoureyes
I AM ME wrote:i grew up with the notion of America being superior as well, which you realise at a certain part of your life as a Canadian as completely false.

Yeah, I always grew up thinking America was better. And ironically, alot of Americans have no respect for Canada[or Canadians], and neither does its government. Its pretty sad.

Then again, who does America have respect for these days.. :roll:

I think since the "Axis Of Evil" came out, alot of people have lost respect for America. I wouldnt say myself as being Anti-American, because i know alot of great people who live in America, but against the government, yeah.

Its a commonality to be Anti-America where I live because we get alot of rude tourists. [But nice ones too.]

Posted: 9/11/2004, 12:33 pm
by Soozy
There were a couple of interesting things I read in my newspaper today (The Times).

The (UK) government's scientific advisor is warning that global warming is much worse than international terrorism. Just think about it ... last year 20,000 people died in Europe alone due to a heatwave let alone other deaths around the world. This year we've had major forest fires, floods and hurricanes leaving many more dead and injured. And yet while Bush is spending billions on his war on terrorism the US are refusing to sign up to the Kyoto agreement on reducing carbon dioxide emissions for the crazy reason that this would be an attack on "the american way of life".

Then there was an article on what the stars and stripes means to americans. Now I don't know how representative the sample of people shown is, but in amongst the understandable reactions about it standing for freedom and love for one's country were some more worrying things. I know almost all the Americans I know will not agree with much of what was said, but it scared me - these are the people that are going to vote for Bush again:

"Most of them Middle Eastern countries are jealous of us. God loves this country the most. Second is Israel. George W. is a born-again Christian who loves Jesus and Jesus loves him. God put him where he is and God allowed what happened in New York on 9/11 to wake us up."

"I always keep a weapon around - I figure if some terrorist is gonna hijack a truck, I'm gonna stab 'em in the neck first."

"If you ask me how I would handle terrorists, I'd nuke them. If you wanna save lives, you do one quick radical thing and it stops the whole damn thing."

"I try to give anybody the benefit of the doubt, like our people overseas, helpin' other countries. I believe in that." (I'm assuming he's referring to the soldiers in Iraq, but I could be wrong)

"Y'know, that's the best flag in the world because it's American. We are the only nation in the world that people are dying to come to."

That last guy really needs to get his facts straight. It's so scary that he should be that ignorant of what's going on in the rest of the world.

Posted: 9/12/2004, 8:53 pm
by Bandalero
I AM ME wrote:According to most experts the next world war will be faught over Fresh Water, and Canada possess the worlds most fresh water. It's not that far of a stretch to think that America would take actions against Canada, it already is through treaties and bullying. Not to mention basically the only threat Canada has EVER faced has been from America.


everyone thinks we get most of our fresh water from lakes and stuff, but the most abundant sources of fresh water come from wells.

Vietnam was a lost war, the Korean is currently a stalemate. British agression (ignorance?) started the war of 1812.

Saddam lies vs US lies. your making it seem like our lies are worse. they're both pretty bad.

Posted: 9/12/2004, 10:08 pm
by I AM ME
maybe in Texas, not Canada

Posted: 9/12/2004, 10:09 pm
by I AM ME
Korzic wrote:http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/legend.html

Makes me smile everytime.


that my friend is awesome, i love what they put for Austraila

Posted: 9/13/2004, 3:21 pm
by Bandalero
I AM ME wrote:maybe in Texas, not Canada


well that all depends, i wish i still had my geology book, maybe then i can research where the book was published where this fact is stated.

Posted: 9/13/2004, 9:00 pm
by I AM ME
almost all Manitoban communities are fed by the huge lakes that cover our province, and i'm pretty sure most other Provinces also get water from lakes and rivers, with exception of maybe Sask, and Alta

Posted: 9/13/2004, 10:53 pm
by Johnny
Edmonton gets its water from the North Saskatchewan :nod:

Posted: 9/13/2004, 11:10 pm
by I AM ME
there we go

Posted: 9/14/2004, 1:48 am
by Bandalero
http://www.unep.org/geo/geo3/pdfs/Chapter2Freshwater.pdf

this isn't the book i used, but it's close enough. ground water is second only to glacier ice in terms of % of fresh water.

Posted: 9/14/2004, 7:52 pm
by I AM ME
if you read the article farther it says most water for human use is from Lakes, Rivers, and shallow wells

Posted: 9/14/2004, 7:58 pm
by Joe Cooler
I AM ME wrote:almost all Manitoban communities are fed by the huge lakes that cover our province, and i'm pretty sure most other Provinces also get water from lakes and rivers, with exception of maybe Sask, and Alta


Most of saskatchewan gets its water from lakes or rivers. Up north we have an insane amount of lakes.

Posted: 9/14/2004, 9:27 pm
by Bandalero
but you can live on well water just as much as you can live on lake water. San Antonio and the surrounding area gets it's water from the aquifer. it's all about what is around you. most cities that date back before plumbing are going to be around lakes and rivers because of their location by water.

Posted: 9/14/2004, 10:10 pm
by nelison
I too have read that there are theories that the next war could be over fresh water. I personally don't buy it. Water is pretty much a renewable resource. Like Reno said, dig deep enough and you'll find water. There's just so much technology out there that it's really hard to believe we would ever really run out of usable water. Maybe I'm naive. I don't know.

Posted: 9/14/2004, 10:43 pm
by closeyoureyes
I get my water from the like, 20 lakes that are within city limits.

Actually I think theres.. 9? Oh well.

Posted: 9/15/2004, 6:13 am
by Korzic
J-Neli wrote:I too have read that there are theories that the next war could be over fresh water. I personally don't buy it. Water is pretty much a renewable resource. Like Reno said, dig deep enough and you'll find water. There's just so much technology out there that it's really hard to believe we would ever really run out of usable water. Maybe I'm naive. I don't know.


Sydney's water supply is at 40% now. Shrinking ever more. We're on stage 2 water restrictions. Bring on summer we're gonna be in trouble. Unless it rains a bunch between now and Xmas. If desalination was cheap enough, there would be no problems at all. (just be prepared for extra salty chips the next time you buy your fries at McDonalds)