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What do you love & hate about the country where you live?
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Auslander
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13. March 2005 @ 13:41 |
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*strokes chin* i just may
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regor
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13. March 2005 @ 17:47 |
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hey, that was pretty funny ddp...
:)
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ddp
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13. March 2005 @ 17:57 |
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i thought so & i think Auslander is thinking about it too, so he might do a paper about you suggested by me so we'll both be referenced in his paper if he does it right
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regor
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13. March 2005 @ 18:20 |
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what I really think Auslander should do, ddp, is write his paper on corn, throw in a few shuck and jive, reference you and me as contribotors, have dear kitty orate it to the entire class (not just you Auslander :) and have it set to harmonica music.
There, you have it, an eeeerie AAAA
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ddp
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13. March 2005 @ 18:33 |
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regor, you must be a corny individual than
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regor
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13. March 2005 @ 19:10 |
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yes
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Toiletman
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13. March 2005 @ 21:41 |
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Oh God.. I could go on and on about how I hate this new country of mine, named Canada. Y'see, not to tell you my whole life story but I've been forced to move from England to Canada 2 years ago, after living in England for 7 years. So basically I grew up there, and I lost pretty much everything when I came to Canada. And yes, this is just like a corny film. I had a lot of close friends, I cared about them, vice versa. Made a lot of new friends over here though, but only one or two close friends. Enough about me. Let's start with the hating.
Let me tell you, moving to Canada has opened my eyes and I do not like what I see. Hell no siree Bob I do not like what I see.
What I see is Sluttyland, Wankerville and Pricktown. I see racial barriers split RIGHT down in the middle of a school cafeteria lunch period. I see everyone acknowledging this and treating it as a natural thing. Don't know about you Canadians, but in England we call this racism. Yet everyone here accepts it here.
I could go on and on about how insane things are over here. But who am I kidding? A more polite word would be "it's different over here." I firmly believe the Canadian education system is bullshit (or at least the highschool I'm in). And hey, who the hell cares right? It's a bullshit system for bullshit people! Bullshit system for Pricktown!
You might be asking why I think the Canadian school system is bullshit. Well... there are three types of people at my school:
1. Pardon the racism here, but white kids don't study, smoke weed, drink beer and have sex. Good stuff? Definitely. Good people? Errr... I'll get back to you on that.
2. Chinese kids study 24/7, go on their computers and "^^ bakahead" until 3:00AM
3. Fobs (Basically people fresh off from Hong Kong) dye their hair and have a trailer of dyed hair high pitched "OMG I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!!!" girls behind them.
Now I ask these guys... why the hell they do it. Why the hell they study so hard, GET STRESSED, to get a job which they don't enjoy. Don't deny it, when you get up those 51 floors and go into your big air conditioning office, most of those workers are not happy. So what's so bullshit about this system? It's the fact that they are asking us to choose are future at Grade 10. THAT IS OUR FUTURE RIGHT THERE, WHETHER WE MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD OR NOT. And to get a job where we're not happy. And the white guys are still drinking their lives away. Seriously, Canada is going to become the next China.
With the racist barriers, they don't apply to me (since I'm Chinese and have a British accent), but it BREAKS my heart to see this barrier. And that is the world's future. That is Canada's future.
These are the kind of people I am going to be living my life with. And I'm thinking right here, there ain't gonna be too many geniune, good honest people anymore. You know.. one day I want to write a book about the problems of the world. It's going to be as thick as the Bible.
Everyone is entitled to their own true opinion. Either respect that or don't.
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Auslander
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14. March 2005 @ 03:25 |
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Regor, that is a brilliant and stupendous idea that i might actually use :)
Toiletman,that was nice imagery at the end of your post, using the bible like that. one of those things that makes you think. at least you don't have too many rapper-wannabes up there, though :)
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ddp
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14. March 2005 @ 06:25 |
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Toiletman, are you in toronto & if so what part of the city??
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Toiletman
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14. March 2005 @ 08:02 |
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Toronto, Markham. Huge Chinese population and very wealthy area, maybe that has something to do with it.
Auslander, yay for imagery! =D I mean no offense though, it is just a figure of speech.
Everyone is entitled to their own true opinion. Either respect that or don't.
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ddp
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14. March 2005 @ 08:06 |
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markham is on the north side of toronto as i live in TO for 16yrs & worked there for about 20yrs. i'm just south of barrie in innisfil
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regor
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14. March 2005 @ 18:55 |
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hmmmm.... this is sad, Toiletman. Although it may seem imprudent for me to even suggest but I will take the risk to ask that you rise to the occasion, overcome the obvious opression that exists in your 'now'... remember the 'good times' of your 'when' (I hope you had them) and look forward to your 'future'.
I know you don't want to hear this, and it isn't everywhere in the USA, but I can emphatically tell you that my kids (Silicon Valley raised) did NOT encounter the plight you describe, AT ALL. Nothing like you describe.
I have 3 children, 27, 23 and 19 of which the 19 year old just recently graduated from the same high school that his siblings graduated - what you describe wasn't ever brought to this dad's awareness so I assume (may be incorrect) that it isn't an issue and if it were it certainly isn't pronounced in the community.
Is what you describe known/realized by the community, parents, officials, others that care?
regor
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Toiletman
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15. March 2005 @ 08:47 |
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Everyone who's lived there knows it, and they acknowledge it because it's been natural all their life. Tis strange.
But yes, I am only slightly depressed in my situation, but I HAVE tried to change it, just not very successful =D (I am an insensitive person)
Y'see, I think the problem is we have a huge chinese population here, more than the white population, and that attracts these "Fobs". Not to be racist or crude, but if they disappeared the world would be a better place. They are simply the jerks of the asian population.
And of course, this has led to a bad view and attitude of the Chinese from the white population, therefore creating these very barriers that disgusts me. So yeah regor, it may be an unique problem.
And the school system is bullshit. I'm not very familiar from Canadian politics but basically what the new party (Conservatives I think) did was cut a lot of funding from school yet concentrate on the Maths and Sciences and cut an extra year of highschool, therefore we choose our courses that practically dictate our future a year earlier.
So now we have courses with 40+ students, and a whole less year of highschool. And rather than look after every student, and every level of learning (whether you learn slowly, quickly, you need more explanation, etc.), a cut-throat bar has been set, and if you fall behind, and aren't left-brained, and aren't a semi-genius, you get left behind. I don't know anyone who enjoys school anymore. Some might say yay, but really, it's nay for me.
Now I don't blame the teachers too much, they have gotten the shaft from the curriculum as well, and they simply do not have enough time to care. So why the hell should I care? Well... because I have to if I want to get a job which I will probably not enjoy, get stressed, come home for work, maybe start a family, get more stressed, grow old and miserable, and die. =D
Everyone is entitled to their own true opinion. Either respect that or don't.
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haymarket
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15. March 2005 @ 12:18 |
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Auslander, you can do a paper on Ghosts (less political than the above) as long as you don't start singing..
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Oh my love, my darling
I?ve hungered for your touch
A long lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely mountains gaze at the stars at the stars
Waiting for the dawn of the day
All alone I gaze at the stars at the stars
Dreaming of my love far away
Oh my love, my darling
I?ve hungered for your touch
A long lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me
Just drives me mad - then I start crying.
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?
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Auslander
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15. March 2005 @ 13:24 |
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oh, it's not ghosts anymore...now it's Atlantis :) i'm going to prove it was in the South China Sea.
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ddp
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15. March 2005 @ 13:33 |
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south china sea!!!! legend says west of the pillars of hercules which is the strait of gibralter, not the other side of the world!!!
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Auslander
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15. March 2005 @ 13:40 |
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yes, while according to Plato (the dude that first wrote the story down), it was beyond the Pillars of Hercules (Strait of Gibralter today)and in the Atlantic, that doesn't take into account the name of the ocean. he said that it was in the atlantic ocean, but that the atlantic was a continuous sea that went all the way around the world. this was before humans had come up with the idea of the "7 seas". in reality, there is but one ocean. considering that sea travel was chosen over land-to-sea travel at the time and the true circumference (or that the world was round) wasn't what could be called "common knowledge," it very well was west of the Pillars. you're right, ddp, but only partly right. no one seems to look at the entire legend.
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ddp
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15. March 2005 @ 13:45 |
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what you are talking about for 1 ocean happened millions of years ago before man even existed. about the time of the super continent pangea which is about 100 million plus years ago!
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Auslander
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15. March 2005 @ 13:50 |
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still, there is one continuous body of water surrounding all the continents, and before that body of water was called 7 different name for 7 different parts, it was considered one big ocean, which is what it really is.
also, it's easy to disprove Atlantis being in the little piece of water currently considered the Atlantic, because not only has the entire ocean been mapped with incredible detail, but if you go back to Pangea, you can put the continent puzzle pieces together and see that none are missing. :)
Plato traced the story back to Egypt, btw.
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ddp
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15. March 2005 @ 14:00 |
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they might have mapped it but they haven't photographed every square foot of the atlantic to find the sunken ruins
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Auslander
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15. March 2005 @ 14:05 |
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no, but they have used sonar...the one area that was once considered the ruins, the atlantic mountain ridge, is nothing but the magma that has risen and solidified as the continental plates have drifte further apart.
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ddp
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15. March 2005 @ 14:15 |
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a lot of silt & whatever can cover the ruins in 10000 years that even sonar won't be able to see what is actually there
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Cincyray
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15. March 2005 @ 14:35 |
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USA
What i like
Baseball Nfl Football 2 oceans and a Gulf Of Mexico surounding us.
President Bush(I Know ill get beat up on tis one.) He had a vision for the Middle East as well as Tony Blair had and it seems to be working more and more everyday. Plus for once he does not let the Corrupt UN dictate policy.
Dislikes
Liberals ;)
So called antiwar people who cause riots in the street to get their peace message out go figure
And finally sore losing Democrats who cant get over that their man Scarey Kerry lost the elction. Get over it and lets move on.
Ray Smith
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Auslander
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15. March 2005 @ 14:37 |
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lol, ddp, tell ya what: as soon as i finish my paper, i'll email a copy to you (or better yet, post it online) and let you have a read for yourself. maybe i'll convince you, maybe i won't, but at least you believe in the possibility of such a place, and that's more than i can get out of many people :)
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bassrider
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15. March 2005 @ 15:14 |
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New Zealand is fucking Banging.
I can go snowboarding, wakeboarding and surfing all in one day.
Cheapest cars in the world, (ex Japan), mean roads to drive your bad ass car on.
Bad:
American Republican Ebay sellers won't ship here. Wake up hicks
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