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From what little I've seen, I think that, and a reluctance to have the "hard chat", is what keeps many public sector managers from being able to deal with baddies.Good2Golf said:... Lots of paperwork ...
From what little I've seen, I think that, and a reluctance to have the "hard chat", is what keeps many public sector managers from being able to deal with baddies.Good2Golf said:... Lots of paperwork ...
Bird_Gunner45 said:Finally, some move back to the "Progressive" conservatives. It's time that the Conservatives dump "losing" policies against gay marriage, assisted suicide, and the legalization of marijuana. The sooner the conservatives can move back to a focus on small government and economic prudence and away from issues like these the better.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/conservatives-vote-to-end-official-opposition-to-gay-marriage/ar-BBtB0Uh?li=AAggNb9
Bird_Gunner45 said:Finally, some move back to the "Progressive" conservatives. It's time that the Conservatives dump "losing" policies against gay marriage, assisted suicide, and the legalization of marijuana. The sooner the conservatives can move back to a focus on small government and economic prudence and away from issues like these the better.
ModlrMike said:I certainly think that the middle ground is the right approach. As much as I am philosophically opposed to marijuana, I can understand that the horse has left the barn on the subject. I think if we decriminalized small amounts, then we could save lots of money in administrative costs that can be directed elsewhere.
On the medical front, I support greater research. That being said, there are a number of cannabis derived medications that work very well, but none for pain, or any of the other supposed miracle cures. I'm willing to keep my mind open that there is something good yet to be found, but I think if "big pharma" was able to isolate the proverbial golden bullet, they would have done so by now. They would be able to manage the legal implications of the research, despite the illegal nature of the parent drug.
But that's a whole other discussion.
PuckChaser said:I agree with you except for legalized marijuana. The Conservatives can carve themselves out a niche here with a hybrid theory of decriminalized small amounts (set fine, no record) and pushing for more scientific research so that THC-derived medicines can be produced without making another mind-altering substance that people can drive around using and get a slap on the wrist. There is still no viable roadside screening yet, and the Liberals want to completely legalize next year.
PuckChaser said:Its a whole other discussion, but likely appropriate here as the Liberals have used marijuana to make political hay and a hallmark promise (although they said day one, here we are well past day 100). We have harmful drugs like Oxy, Morphine, other opiates given as a medicine in controlled doses as they are highly addictive. There's no reason we can't have a similar system for medical THC, and can prove once and for all whether its a placebo effect or does have properties that would be viable as medicine for certain conditions. I feel, however, that the legalize marijuana lobby won't like that answer, because instead of wanting medicine to heal people, a lot would rather just rolling a fatty and getting baked for a weekend.
John Tescione said:Again, I advise shutting it.
You know zero how people medicate,and I dont' appreciate you commnenting with derogatory statements. We don't roll fatties to get baked.
Sort yourself the fuck out, and stay in you lanes.
E.R. Campbell said:I advise shutting this whole, Politics, page.
Maybe we could have a Strategy page that would allow for some, limited, discussion of partisan political issues in so far as they impact on the elements of a grand strategy: economic/fiscal policy, monetary policy, trade policy, foreign policy, defence policy ...
As far as I'm concerned, this page goes on :ignore: as do some of the people who pushed it there.
Government does not have a place in your bedroom’: Conservatives vote to accept same-sex marriages
Although he had no direct connexion with any political party, Kipling was a Conservative, a thing that does not exist nowadays. Those who now call themselves Conservatives are either Liberals, Fascists or the accomplices of Fascists. He identified himself with the ruling power and not with the opposition.
E.R. Campbell said:I advise shutting this whole, Politics, page.
Maybe we could have a Strategy page that would allow for some, limited, discussion of partisan political issues in so far as they impact on the elements of a grand strategy: economic/fiscal policy, monetary policy, trade policy, foreign policy, defence policy ...
As far as I'm concerned, this page goes on :ignore: as do some of the people who pushed it there.
Instead of the scorched earth campaign against this thread why ban the offending parties?recceguy said:This is a thread about Canadian politics..........not US. There is a proper thread if you wish to discuss that.
THIS thread is SUPPOSED to be POLITE discourse on CANADIAN politics.
There has been many times that this thread has almost been shut down because certain individuals can't play nice. There has even been people banned because of this thread.
It has taken more Mod oversight and time than almost any thread in the forum.
If posters can't be civil, if they can't move past their partisan feelings and discuss things like adults, then maybe, it might be time to sink it.
After all, there is a forum standard that has been sorely lacking here in an attempt to let individuals have their unfettered say and it's not working.
Altair said:I also don't want to have to flood puckchaser inbox if this thread goes down. Think of the children!
PuckChaser said:Although we'd likely have a good debate of actual facts?
For at least a post or two ;DPuckChaser said:Although we'd likely have a good debate of actual facts?