acargitz @ theacharnian @lemmy.ca

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I only got an emotional reaction from a Pollock painting when I saw it physically, up close. Photos do not convey anything at all. As a physical object it was sublime.

Agree about Warhol.

Frida Kahlo's paintings.

This whole thread started with me saying:

In principle yes, but don't forget language requirements.

The rest of what I wrote is just trying to get people with dismissive attitudes towards my argument ("absolute nonsense") to empathize with my point of view.

Now, your second paragraph basically operationalizes exactly what I'm talking about. We are in agreement.

Excuse me but that just dodging the question, or outsourcing the responsibility to tHE fReE mARkeT.

Let's say he speaks really shitty basic English and there is a big need for his specialty and he's hired with the assumption that it will get better...over time, maybe. Then YOU take your kid who you suspect might have something going on and are assigned to this doctor who barely speaks English. Your doctor can barely communicate with you the parent or the kid in English and you have to monkey around with chatgpt, google translate and hand gestures to explain what hurts, and at what situation. He comes back with some kind of response and then you have follow up questions, like is this invasive test necessary, can it be rescheduled, are there alternatives, what about that other drug the kid is taking and so on. And again, you have to do this with Google translate and chatgpt or whatever because the guys English is limited to "little girl test blood no needle, day tomorrow, no worry, if pain come back".

Does this sound like hell to you? It does to me.

Now flip the script, and imagine you're a francophone. That's what I'm talking about.

Oh yea? Have you ever been to a doctor that doesn't speak your language at all? Would you trust the life of your kid to one?

Edit: let me pose the question differently. Let's say I have a friend, a fantastic oncologist, but only speaks Arabic (native) and French (fluentish second language). Should my friend be allowed to practice in Barrie, Ontario? Or should he be required to learn English first?

In principle yes, but don't forget language requirements. It can be dangerous to have unilingual healthcare workers serving a differently unilingual population. A unilingual anglophone in, say, Joliette Quebec might not be able to understand unilingual francophone patients.

How to have everything and still be a miserable shit.

He does admire Putin.

Arguing for the appropriation of billionaires' assets is not violence.

Some of those that burn crosses???

So basically, the choice is to spend 12 weeks with those idiots or with your baby? Seems like a no brainer to me.

Ms. Srinivasan, a Fulbright recipient who was pursuing a doctoral degree in urban planning

I hope a prof in some Canadian university makes this bright woman an offer to continue her PhD here.

In absolute numbers, yes. As a percentage of the population, nowhere near.

Because you would refuse you would not be the one asked to do this order. You have a functioning conscience, which makes you unqualified for such a position.

He added he respects Trump’s concerns for American workers and about fentanyl.

I wish the world outside the US trumpist media bubble would stop parroting this obviously bullshit "concern" about fentanyl. Drug addiction in the US is not a result of foreign agents. It is a mental health problem with social and economic roots. If fentanyl disappears today, it will be replaced by something else tomorrow. The trumpist framing of the issue is not only a bullshit pretext to circumvent USMCA but also actively hurts addicted people and their families. It's just shit. Stop touching the shit folks.

Yup. Like I said, I'm a dual citizen, and I've experienced being an immigrant in Canada and it's nowhere near what immigrants back home experience. But of course, Europe also has strong left and left-of-centre traditions. It just so happens that right now, they're mostly on the back foot.

A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect.

Someone who cares about him needs to take him off the internet permanently.

As a loyal subject to HRH King Charles III, I propose agent 007 for the job. For King and Country.

I dont think either side fully grasp how deep and wideranging ascension would be

Precisely. Canadians are currently experiencing whiplash from the American betrayal. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with strengthening ties, full fledged EU membership is a whole other rabbit hole that requires sober thought.

Fun fact, Canadians can legislate these things on our own, without having to also adopt a whole bunch of European dysfunction.