And so does mine. So what? Dana
On 8/12/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously my description was over simplified, but the point remains the > same. > > We do have distinct national cultures. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Gas Station Jihad? > > yeah and it isn't worth fighting over :) > > Side note, as a half-Irish Quebecoise who lives in the Southwestern > US, I have to say that I think you underestimate the importance both > of the Irish in Canada and of Native Americans in the US. In Canada > they say First Nations by the way, since the Native Americans are not > American ;) > > However... As someone who is quite conversant with American and > English-language Canadian culture, I have to tell you that while there > are real differences particularly in the sense of humor ( we are > pleased to joke that there are not, but no American had better say > that...) these differences are pretty subtle and not perceptible to > the naked eye of the average ooooh Iranian. > > Well. > > Except for the bits about locking people up in camps and torturing > them.... this is not the Canadian way ;) > > Dana > > > On 8/12/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a real Canadian culture. > > > > If you think the blend of native Americans, French and English wouldn't be > > different from our Irish, Spanish, English background. > > > > You're culture values things differently than we do. While not pacifist > you > > have a longer fuse than we do, are more diplomatic. We are more > aggressive. > > > > Communal defense and rights are valued over individual rights. Same goes > > for property rights. > > > > Hell your government still, legally, draws its authority from the queen. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:50 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Gas Station Jihad? > > > > this is not a sine qua non. Sweden and Turkey don't have a lot in > > common. I am actually rather flattered by the reference to a > > theoretical Canadian culture though... you sweet-talker you :) hehe. > > > > Dana > > > > On 8/12/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Because the governments and cultures of Canada and Mexico do not follow > > the > > > social and moral norms of the United States. > > > > > > I am a nationalist. Not a trans-nationalist, not a globalist. > > > > > > The United States of America is my nation, my people, my culture, and my > > > society. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:41 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Gas Station Jihad? > > > > > > so why would you not be in favor of a European-Union-type model? > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > On 8/12/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes I believe in minimal government intrusion, not no intrusion at > all. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:19 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Gas Station Jihad? > > > > > > > > so wait. I am not trying to give you a hard time here, honest. But > > > > aren't you the one who advocates a minimum of government regulation? > > > > Or do I have you mixed up with Gruss? > > > > > > > > By the way, I have no particular agenda in terms of illegal aliens. > > > > They are illegal for a start, which is cartainly a problem any way you > > > > look at it. But I'd like to stay rooted in reality if possible. If > > > > illegal aliens are getting government benefits, I am not sure how. One > > > > of the big problems for my local emergency room is that if say a truck > > > > full of illegal aliens flips over on the highway, UNMH is shock-trauma > > > > for the entire state, and those illegal aliens don't have insurance > > > > and are going back to Mexico once they are patched up, so it's a lot > > > > of uncompensated care. However. > > > > > > > > From what I have seen and read, most illegal aliens, here anyway, seem > > > > to be self-employed. If this is true it would seem they add value to > > > > the economy if anything. > > > > > > > > http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584 > > > > > > > > On 8/11/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Not pay the least at the cost of the law. > > > > > > > > > > No. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:05 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: Re: Gas Station Jihad? > > > > > > > > > > it shouldn't be the employers place to do what? Pay the least? I > > > > > missed something here surely. > > > > > > > > > > On 8/11/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > And it shouldn't be the employers place to do that. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:30 PM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: Re: Gas Station Jihad? > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hmm. I am trying a thought experiment here. I am an employer. I > > need > > > > > > >oh say a janitor. I have one applicant, who has papers that > appear > > > > > > >legal, though he also does not speak English. I suspect that he > may > > > be > > > > > > >illegal. On the other hand I have a good old boy willing to work > > for > > > > > > >the same pay and whose accent tells me he comes right out of > those > > > > > > >hills over yonder. Who will I hire? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I am guessing that the unemployed Americans are not where the > work > > > is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The next question to ask is how much is the illegal willing to > work > > > for > > > > > and > > > > > > how much is the unemployed American asking? Given that I am > willing > > to > > > > bet > > > > > > that the employer will hire the one who gets paid the least. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240073 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
