For that matter, why didn't the PM denounce colleague Stockwell Day on the same grounds for accusing Liberals in 2002 of being Chamberlains instead of Churchills? Who owns this stuff? Who gets a veto on how history's images are deployed?
What if someone mentions the Battle of the Bulge in a speech about diet plans? Is that insensitive to history and context? I'm not trivializing. Many people lost family members in that battle. They'll surely react, but it doesn't mean the image is unavailable for the use of others and other generations.
This whole thing is about generations. Each era has to choose its own challenges. There are now generations of Canadians not born when Hitler died in his bunker. An entire cohort doesn't recall the Red Menace or the Berlin Wall. That doesn't mean they don't care; my experience is they do — they want to honour the past and learn from it.
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Using the defense of the clueless, Elizabeth May said she was just quoting someone else. First, holocaust deniers, then the storm troopers of the people who pay the bills, then skeptics, albeit junk science skeptics.
You should see what us “prove it” types call you people who mix faith and science into your favorite cures for the planet. Then you insist we enter your reward through hardship delusions until you’ve crushed the life from our civilization and emptied our treasury. You have a lot of gall. I would suggest that improper metaphors aren’t an issue when people can’t tell science and reality from political propaganda. That is Ms May’s real offence.
Tell It Lke It Is Lyrics
If you want, something to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby my time, is too expensive
And I'm not a little boy
If you are serious
Don't play with my heart
It makes me furious
But if you want me, to love you
Then a baby I will, girl you know that I will
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed, to let your conscience be your guide
But IIIiiiii
know deep down inside me
I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride
Life is too short to have sorrow
You may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get... what you want
So go on and live, baby go on and live
Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
Tell it like it is
My time is too expensive and I'm not your little boy
Solo Saxophone
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed, let your conscience be your guide
But I.........
deep down inside me
I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride
(Tell it like it is)
got tell it (tell it)
tell it (tell it) (tell it)
uuhhhhhh
forget you foolish pride
got to believe that you love me
uhhhhh!!!!!
Tell it like it is
don't play with my heart
baby baby
Now, one could think this rude of me to respond so, but
Sometimes song sez it well.
We have lost our balance.
Balance occurs here
THE PRINCIPLE OF MENTALISM
"THE ALL IS MIND; The Universe is Mental."--The Kybalion.
This Principle embodies the truth that "All is Mind." It explainsthat THE ALL (which is the Substantial Reality
underlying all the outwardmanifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of "The
MaterialUniverse"; the "Phenomena of Life"; "Matter"; "Energy"; and, in short, allthat is apparent to our material
senses) is SPIRIT which in itself is UNKNOWABLEand UNDEFINABLE, but which may be considered and
thought of as AN UNIVERSAL,INFINITE, LIVING MIND. It also explains that all the phenomenal world oruniverse
is simply a Mental Creation of THE ALL, subject to the Laws of CreatedThings, and that the universe, as a whole,
and in its parts or units, hasits existence in the Mind of THE ALL, in which Mind we "live and move andhave our
being." This Principle, by establishing the Mental Nature of theUniverse, easly explains all of the varied mental
and psychic phenomena thatoccupy such a large portion of the public attention, and which, without
suchexplanation, are non-understandable and defy scientific treatment. An understandingof this great Hermetic
Principle of Mentalism enables the individual to readilygrasp the laws of the Mental Universe, and to apply the
same to his well-beingand advancement. The Hermetic Student is enabled to apply intelligently thegreat Mental
Laws, instead of using them in a haphazard manner. With theMaster-Key in his possession, the student. may
unlock the many doors of themental and psychic temple of knowledge, and enter the same freely and
intelligently.This Principle explains the true nature of "Energy," "Power," and "Matter,"and why and how all these
are subordinate to the Mastery of Mind. One ofthe old Hermetic Masters wrote, long ages ago: "He who grasps
the truth ofthe Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery."And these words are as
true to-day as at the time they were first written.Without this Master-Key, Mastery is impossible, and the student
knocks invain at the many doors of The Temple.
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"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
—Sir Josiah Stamp
and the Government are no longer obsessed with this
politically correct BS. Untl that day, you will continue
hearing the same distrtacting garbage from both of
them.
Isn't great when you can sweep all of the serious
issues which plague humanity under the rug by
bringing up some other irrevelant issue? Don't do it too
often, though, people might catch on.
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The above will occur until we , the electorate, in the case of government act on the fact that we are the source of their being<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversarial_system">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversarial_system</a> <br />
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Now as so far as people catching on we’ve yet to reach a critical mass to bring about the tipping point necessary to implement the kinds of changes some of us desire.<br />
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It is bad enough to have as adversaries MSM and elected governments, it is worse still to have an indifferent or colluding populace<br />
<p>---<br>"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."<br />
—Sir Josiah Stamp