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  1. btrudy

    Former CO, RSM of Alert charged

    Well, the relevant comments on the reddit thread were based upon rumours that the pair wanted to put an injured caribou out of its misery, and either A) didn't ask the relevant authorities, or B) asked, were told no, and did it anyways. In either case, I'll refer back to your previous comment...
  2. btrudy

    Former CO, RSM of Alert charged

    Well, I mean, charges are being laid. It's reasonable to speculate about what circumstances led to the incident in question, because there was an incident in question. The notion that it's "unlikely" for anything to have happened without permission isn't really all that compatible with what's...
  3. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    Please don't bloody well put words in my mouth. Freedom of religion is absolutely important, and I will absolutely defend anyone's rights to worship as they choose. Their faith is important to them, and their freedom to practice their faith is important to Canada. But that does not mean that...
  4. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    Religion itself is tolerated. Religion as a function of government is not. Because those two things should not mix.
  5. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    ... No one in crisis is receiving help via prayers at public ceremonies. Quit straw-manning. Religion is a private matter for individuals (and groups thereof), and is not something that the government should ever be either encouraging or discouraging. Compelling attendance at events with...
  6. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    I think there's a discussion to be had about conduct versus performance issues. I'm generally inclined to treat the latter more harshly, since deliberates choices are made to engage in wrongdoing, rather than someone simply screwing up, even if the consequences of any particular screw up might...
  7. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    Civilian calls boss an idiot: gets fired immediately Military member does same: "Why is she being put on remedial measures? She hasn't been convicted of insubordination! <insert sounds of misplaced indignation>" Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, that does raise a point. The charges...
  8. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    The criminal justice system has a presumption of innocence. Neither I, nor anyone else here, is the criminal justice system incarnate, and we're thus free to come to our own conclusions, without relying upon the results of a rather flawed process. Even when it comes to more official matters...
  9. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    People are free to practice their own religions as they see fit. Nothing at all is being watered down simply by not having the government promoting it. Eliminating unfair and unreasonable promotion of religion is not doing harm to it. It's just bringing things back to neutral. No religion ever...
  10. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    Tolerant and accommodating of each individual's religious needs is not compatible with government promoting any particular religion. Or religion at all. No harm done to you. You didn't consider it harmful. Not all people share your opinion on the matter.
  11. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    Or alternatively, let's get rid of the problematic "prayer at what should be non-religious ceremonies" aspect of things, so we don't feel the need to.
  12. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    Sure. And said pedanticism should be limited to occasions where it's appropriate. This isn't a courthouse. There's no reason to limit ourselves solely to the technical definitions of words as used therein. It's a message board on the internet; the common parlance is perfectly suitable here...
  13. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    I would refer you to the title of this thread. We've been talking about sexual assault in general this entire time. This is not a thread specifically about General Whalen.
  14. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    I am not making a legal argument here. I am merely saying that's now how people commonly use the English language. Again, if you've got a better word to use, please let us know. But I'm absolutely not going to start refraining from forming my own opinions unless there's a court judgement that...
  15. btrudy

    Sexual Assault & Sexual Misconduct in the CF

    Ehhhh... this to me seems like an overtly pedantic argument based upon occupational specific usage of a term, while ignoring the actual common definition / usage of said term. Whether or not someone did that thing is a matter of objective truth; did that person actually do that thing or not...
  16. btrudy

    Compassionate leave eligibility

    For what it's worth, the comment was primarily with regard to the other examples; in laws, military funerals, etc. I probably should have quoted to make that clearer. My bad. I probably would grant it for a pet's death; for the same reason that I would grant (and do currently recommend)...
  17. btrudy

    Compassionate leave eligibility

    I swear, it's like some people think that if you approve a leave pass, you're required to pay out their salary for that time personally. I cannot fathom someone's initial reaction being to deny stuff like this.
  18. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    Eh, I don't think we're in any violent disagreement here. He's arguing that there's still a role to be played by the Chaplains even without leading prayers; I certainly haven't been disagreeing here. The religious aspects are the least important parts of their job. The role the play beyond that...
  19. btrudy

    Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies

    I really wish people would bloody well stop pretending like we can't take that part of a Chaplain Officer's role and responsibilities and give it to someone else. The Padres do that because that's their job. That's why we keep them around. Even if we eliminate Chaplains as a trade, that job...
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