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I dunno - I've seen relatively reserved Ocdts turn into spontaneous a**holes when the issue of recruits comes up (or recruits are nearby). They weren't like that on day 1, but they were on week 6. As I said, it's not explicitly "taught" but the doctrine on officers seems such that many...

Wow... that was a great piece. Military funding is one of those few areas that I side with the Conservatives on (not surprising, considering my choice of career, but hey, my motives aren't completely selfish). That being said, there's a limit to how much good Harper can do while in a minority...

Yeah, from what I gather, education is deemed a problem everywhere but Harris did little to help matters in Ontario. Although, as much as people tend to knock education, we have a generally well-educated populous. The sad thing is that one of the areas in which most people seem to be lacking...

Hilarious - that guy does a fantastic impression.

Very true - it's up to society (IE the government) to decide what its standards of stupidity are. Regular old "I think the Earth is flat" stupidity is harmless but "I think all XYZ people should be wiped off the face of the Earth" isn't harmless. Hate speech does no one any good and contributes...

Hey, I agree absolutely. I think the problem isn't so much that the Ocdts are being taught that they're superior in the qualitative sense, it's that some seem to misinterpret doctrine on officers. Having the "lead by example", "you're supposed to be the example/best/etc", constantly drilled into...

If you mean that their level of education/skill at that time was sufficient for their tasks then yes, I'd agree. I have no doubt that there are plenty of high school graduates these days that could probably do a raft of different jobs which require university degrees. The fact remains, though...

And companies are beholden to their shareholders to generate the greatest profits possible. Neither excuse really passes muster but pointing fingers really doesn't achieve much but to elicit tired references to the glass houses adage (and rightfully so).

I'm not using anything - the UN, CIA, and other bodies are. What gets used depends on what definition you're looking at - a strictly economic "standard of living" measure looks at GDP, GNP, PPP, etc. A "standard of living" measure taking account of qualify of life looks at the same measures, but...

Maybe the government should look into their own history of collaboration with the despicable before they go knocking these companies.

I can't believe anyone would be so undignified and inconsiderate to disturb a soldier's funeral. If I'm not mistaken, these protesters (the bible-thumpers, not the bikers) would qualify for hate-speech charges if they did the same thing up here, would they not? If so, just another good example...

I think the law may be a bit extreme, but the general principle of censoring stupidity isn't really much of a problem for me. Spewing racist/homophobic/etc. crap into the public sphere isn't any better than taking a shit on the sidewalk, but the former has far more serious potential...

Eeeeeeeasy now - you're about one vowel away from being on the receiving end of an "anti-American!!!" bludgeon attack. Incidentally, does anyone know if Labatt's is in the same position?

From my limited experience (IAP/BOTC/SLT/ULO dealings), a degree of jovial interaction never hurts but the maintenance of the officer-troop gap is essential to maintaining the image of the officer. I found that too much friendly interaction with superiors led to some loss of perspective by both...

It seems NCOs are mentioned alot in not helping the attrition-causing conditions, but isn't it really the officers that are responsible? How much latitude do the NCOs really have to implement different training or activities? I gather junior officers have little more power than the NCOs to...

Aside from the wasted money, another stupid aspect of the registry seemed to be its registration of long guns when stats show handguns (usually illegal, i would assume) are what compose the majority of firearms-related crime, IIRC.

I'm pretty sure they're brother and sister.

It's probably about as legal (and impossible) as it is to eat freedom in the US.

Sounds like she deserved it, judging by her behaviour on the show. Ditto on the husband deserving Joe's wrath.

I'm not saying that the "gun in the face" approach is wrong or that it isn't often necessary, just that it probably wouldn't serve too well as the sole means of communication between the troops and the populous during a counter-insurgency campaign. Hey, I don't disagree with you, especially...