grte @ grte @lemmy.ca

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Well, as far as I can determine from the article this wasn't a deliberate attempt like the guy in Quebec. Every year some amount of forest fires are started by some asshole who didn't do a proper job of putting their fire out or throwing a lit cigarette butt into dry brush or something like that. Based on the charges I'm thinking this is one of those cases.

Isn't Germany in Afroeurasia?

I prefer cops get high than drink, honestly.

There are more Jews in the USA than Israel. Who made Netanyahu pope of the Jews?

They can present themselves however they like, representing all Judaism is out of their jurisdiction. But I agree, an apartheid state claiming to represent an entire ethno-religious group could potentially inspire hate against that group in people who don't fully consider the situation.

Israelis. Israel doesn't speak for or act on behalf of all Jews.

I agree that this would be okay, but I think a lot of the value in HSR for Canada would be it's ability to bring the country closer together for more people. Imagine being able to go from Vancouver to Halifax for like 80$ or whatever at speeds comparable to flying. This would open up intra-national travel to a much greater portion of the population and over time help build connection in a country that can be prone to regionalism.

That of course is a sad fact of our history. However, the productivity of the average worker is also much greater than it was back then. We aren't exactly laying down large infrastructure projects with gangs of guys using hand tools anymore, or at least not nearly to the same degree. So I think we can keep production costs down (relative to inflationary differences between then and now) minus the racial oppression and awful working conditions.

Look in the description.

I find it strange that Canada could complete the Canada Pacific Railway in 1881 with a population of 4 million and the Trans Canada Highway in 1962 with a population of 18 million but such a national project in 2024 with a population of 40 million is impossible. More like, ever since the funding strategy for infrastructure moved over to the P3 model primarily, infrastructure investments can only happen if a private organization can profit from them in the relatively short term. And this makes the investment costs of such mega projects too high for private interests to want to take on. But no one points at the CPR or the Trans Canada Highway and frets about the costs now. The value of the investments are apparent. They built the country we live in. A trans national hsr network would do the same.

Doesn't seem like a believable motivation to me. You don't need to literally light things on fire to tell when forest conditions are like a tinderbox, let alone do it 14 times. I figure this guy knew in his gut that the government was setting those fires, and if he could just find some evidence then he could crack the whole case open and people would stop calling him crazy. Of course he can't find any such evidence (because it doesn't exist) but he knows in his heart what's happening so what's the harm with creating some 'evidence' to move things along?

Those fried eggs were premade and came from a case in the freezer. 100%.

Sorry, are you referring to the defense against Nazi Germany as a genocide?

You are not a serious person. And you should investigate what it is within yourself that allows you to decide an entire ethnicity needs to be eliminated. Because it's psychotic.

“We have to genocide the Palestinians to stop them from committing a genocide,“ is not a serious take.

I honestly can't grok the degree to which one must dehumanize a group to hold this position.

According to their info page Quaker Canada runs two plants, one in Peterborough like you mentioned, and the other in Trenton.

I think denying citizenship to someone for the 'crime' of criticizing a war of conquest is not what was intended with this law. I think there should be, and will be very surprised if there is not, an exception made in this case.

These weaselly accusations are pathetic. You, frankly, have no standing to question my loyalty.

You.

Back with this McCarthyist bullshit.

Yeah, I bet. Did they? Reverse it?

Those people are wilfully ignoring the 3 trillion pumped into the market to prop it up when it crashed in 2020, which absolutely dwarfs the pittance handed out as stimulus.