The fact of the matter is, the Emergencies Act didn’t need to be used…if the authorities at the municipal and provincial level hadn’t abrogated their responsibilities.
The change in legislation I want to see is where, if the lower levels of government choose not to use their powers when needed, the federal government can do what they did this time as well as penalize the lower levels for not doing their job.
Could be this.
Yeah, it’s not okay to commit atrocities on war criminals, or any other criminals, either. There are more humane ways to kill people if that’s what is going to be done. Torturing them before or during isn’t necessary or helpful.
I’m more than okay with using necessary force to deal with bad actors. But do you honestly think if you say to Putin or Netanyahu, “If you don’t stop we’re going to strip you of wealth, power and freedom,” is going to have noticeably less impact than saying, “If you don’t stop we’re going to strip you of wealth, power and freedom, as well as torture you when we kill you?”
As for the German surrender, 1.5 million Axis soldiers surrendered in a single month before Germany surrendered. 800k German soldiers surrendered in the four months prior to Germany’s surrender. How likely do you think that would have been if word got out (and it would) that surrender led to summary execution, let alone torture?
Again, I’ve never said force, war, or death aren’t options for dealing with atrocities. I said atrocities shouldn’t be. And atrocities start with dehumanizing your enemies.
“Oh, look, those people aren’t obeying the law! If we do things as bad as their worst, things will get better!”
Do you think the Germans would have surrendered if they were certain that every thing they had done to the Jews would be visited on them? Why wouldn’t they fight to the last man, causing each side to pay in millions more deaths?
Netanyahu can be stopped without committing atrocities. Committing atrocities in return just means neither side will have any incentive to stop. The rules of warfare aren’t there to protect the weaker side, they’re there to give an alternative to fighting until one side or the other is utterly destroyed. And if your response is, “Well, I’m okay with destroying all the fascists,” then you first have to identify all the fascists. This isn’t something simple like blue eyes or straight hair. Even if you could kill every fascist, that still wouldn’t mean that you couldn’t have more. The belief isn’t genetic.
And here we start dehumanizing them. How do you think this works better than enforcing the rule of law and having these people face justice? Do you prefer to have your country descend into barbarism? Because this is how you do it.
Once again, the dehumanization of the enemy and committing atrocities are inextricably linked. People really need to stop doing that.
Giving you an upvote for using three metaphors in a sentence that small. Impressive!
This point is also kind of useless. So what if more people in his country like him more than the leader of any other country is liked by their respective voters? The only benefit of that fact is misleading others while telling the truth. It certainly highlights how broken FPTP is while also highlighting how many people there are in India.
This is a perfect example of: There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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They were impressively simple once you understood the basic concept.
I think we honestly need to push for a more representative voting method, so the people are better represented. I’m not sure how we get there, but I think it’s better for the majority than collapsing into two parties, which FPTP tends to do.
I was curious, as well, and discovered we weren’t the first.
Turkish origin words (baklava is common).
Here’s a list of lists for various Indian languages (guru is common).
Seems like a waste of time and money.
Why would a billionaire limit himself to only one vote if he gets elected instead of buying all the votes he needs and not even having to bother. Seems like a waste of time and money.
In a functioning system, only the former would be an option, but this is America. We already know that buying American politicians is pretty cheap.
This is like being stuck in a porta-potty for 3 months. Sure, less megayachts, but we need these only slightly more than people climbing Everest.
Literacy rates are a bellweather for the overall education of your population, which will affect commerce, politics, etc. This isn’t a case of, “Oh no, the farmer can’t read, that’s why the empire fell!” but more that a steady decline occurred, starting with education (among other things), leading to fewer economic, political, and international advantages, and ending with the collapse of an empire.
Now, note that the majority of American adults read at a 6th grade level at best, the political choices they’re making, and the fact their military is losing ground would fit in with that overall picture.
Like the Roman aristocrats that were mentioned, it isn’t just the soldiers who are active now who are losing ground intellectually, it’s the general population those soldiers are drawn from, and that problem has been getting worse for over a generation. Long enough that their current recruits have already suffered the effects of it.
I get what you’re saying, but that still isn’t an excuse to imprison people in inhumane conditions, moreso when you see the number of false convictions for even capital crimes.
I had a relationship that lasted 3 years. I didn’t think we had no future, but lasting 10 was pretty unlikely. I still learned things that made my future relationships better. While I have some regrets, I’m still overall glad about the relationship.
If you’re getting something of value, it can be worth sticking around. If you’re just having fun and that’s what all parties involved are looking for, that’s fine, too, imo. Ultimately, you have to decide if it’s worth it to you to stick around.
Cool, they removed blockades. How about enforcing noise ordinances, or public health laws with respect to people defecating in the streets?