For your wtf files....

[winchable]

If he doesn‘t know more then you because he‘s read more...and because he has more life experience...then why doesn‘t he know more then you?
Gotta watch out with those cards too, I remember a nasty MCPL chewed one up and spit it back at a private who held it up when I was on course once.

 

[Infanteer]

Wow, that was entertaining.

We definately know who the as$clowns for the month of December are on CDNarmy. I vote for locking powers for all senior NCO‘s on this board. Maybe we would have a little more professionalism and a little less potty talk from people who don‘t really matter.

 

[Deleted member 585]

jutes,

I‘m sure you‘re as tired of the proliferation of ad hominem arguments as the rest of us. Try "laughing it off" so you‘re less liable to lose face, and more likely to enjoy your time here.

Would you agree that respect for another‘s opinion is directly proportional to polemic skill with which it is delivered? Being civil (as you mentioned) isn‘t enough. A logical rationale is.

My other personality wanted to write:

(You forgot, "You‘re not the boss of me!", and, "I‘m taking my dinky cars, and I‘m going home.")

... but that‘s sarcasm, not guidance.


Edited to remove coffee stain.

 

[winchable]

and who might they be infanteer?

 

[jutes85]

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[Infanteer]

If you shut the f*ck up and do as you are told, maybe you‘ll figure it out.

You can‘t operate your ears and your gums at the same time FNG.

 

[SNoseworthy]

Jungle Said:

Canada is not a socialist state; some people like to pretend it is... if it was, we would not be in the G8.
Historically, socialist states invariably turned to totalitarian dictatorships... I wonder if Che would like today‘s Cuba... "Power to the people" yeah right...

I think that there‘s some confusion between socialism and communism here. Socialism and Faux Communism (the Communism we‘re used to is not actual communism) have the same origins in Karl Marx, however, Socialism is the more democratic approach to gaining communism - the ideal utopia that does not involve dictators etc. Here‘s a rather long definition of socialism from Encarta (I‘d provide a shorter more concise one, but I seem to have shipped my political science notes from last semester back home):

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The socialist doctrine demands state ownership and control of the fundamental means of production and distribution of wealth, to be achieved by reconstruction of the existing capitalist or other political system of a country through peaceful, democratic, and parliamentary means.
Source: Encarta.com Article: Socialism
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Is Canada a socialist nation? Yes we are, to a certain degree. The Government owns several crown corporations, which are not meant to produce a profit, but instead to provide services, regardless of how much debt is piled up, to areas where no private company will provide those such services. We have universal health care and the social security safety net - both socialist ideas as they are meant to make everyone in society equal (or at the least, secure). While Canada has its many capitalist points, the bottom line is that we are a socialist nation and moving further into socialism...not the dictator kind, since that isn‘t really socialism or communism (it‘s totalitarianism or authoritariasm), but the true form of communism which Marx believed - one where everyone is equal in society and works towards the greater good, not their own personal gain (no where in this system does it state we must be ruled by a dictator etc. - bottom line is, we‘ll all be long dead before Canada reaches real communism, and the chances of us reaching faux communism are slim to none). For the record, I‘m actually a centralist when it comes to Canadian politics (fiscally conservative, socially somewhat-liberal in other words).

Jutes:

I know when to shut up and when to state my opinion.

Good to hear, and I respect you for that. However (and this is a general tip to all newbies to Internet forums), the swearing, while we all sometimes do it, doesn‘t need to be so frequent...calm down a bit...also, the regular members of the forums tend to have been around a long time and have pearls of wisdom dripping from their mouths. The best way to get along with people at a forum such as this is to read as much as possible so you learn the stuff before you post your opinion...expressing your opinion is great, just make sure it‘s an informed one first!

Cheers

 

[jutes85]

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[SNoseworthy]

Maybe I‘m just blind, but I think that was the only time Infanteer swore in this thread...bad Infanteer, bad lol

Jutes, don‘t try to save face by implying someone is doing worse things that you...you‘ve used the f*ck phrase in some form in this thread more times than is necessary.

 

[Infanteer]

Foreign armies I have worked with are amazed at an average Canadian soldiers command of the f word. It is something alot of us take pride in.

That being said, soldier on troops.

 

[jutes85]

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[Enzo]

What is the topic again?

I‘m perplexed, are we feeling emotions over the original article in the National Post? Or are we just beating up on each other because it‘s a good time of the year for a brawl.

Merry Xmas eh, you KE eating *******s pass the ketchup please.

 

[Enzo]

Sorry, that was supposed to by KD.

I need a hug

 

[Marauder]

Jutes, you‘re one of the kids in the special class who‘s there because he‘s a little slow, am I right?
I would highly recommend you stop trying to sass Jungle. He is a large, scary man who runs with the big dogs, and ran with the biggest, baddest pack of wolves back when it was still hard. You should fear him and what he could do to you if by some off chance you ever graduate BMQ.

For what it‘s worth, I‘d also pay admission to watch Infanteer make you shed fear-induced tears.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

It‘s hard to imagine that a thread in off topic has actually gone off topic, but this one has.

Let‘s keep the personal insults and dung flinging for private messages and try to stay professional here. Neither years of service nor youth excuse the childish attacks and rants in this thread...

 

[JSA]

The direction this site is taking is embarrassing. For the past 30 years we have been ‘protected‘ by the US military. Anyone who‘s actually paid attention knows this. I don‘t have to like Americans, I don‘t even have to praise them. But I definitely won‘t carelessly insult, disparage, badmouth or make silly comments about a country that, for whatever reason, continues to support our country even though after we‘ve been getting special treatment for years in regards to trade agreements like automobile manufacturing aggreements, meat exports, forest products we still act surprised when they get fed up with our rhetoric and leave us to our own devices. I travelled all over the world, most folks I met liked Canadians because they identify us as trying to do something good in the world (most of the time what they beleived had nothing whatsoever to do with reality but hey we didn‘t enlighten them), most Americans like us too. I also noticed that lots of folks didn‘t like Americans but being observant I also noticed that most times it was just envy. If America is so bad why are all the countries around them (including Canada) bleeding talent and workers to them? Must be something going right there. Better get out of school and start earning a living and see where the real jobs and money to pay for everything come from. Nothing is free in this world and if someone tells you otherwise, check your wallet or if you don‘t have one, your self respect. Now back to the original post from the article, if the US are that sensitive to us wearing maple leafs, so what, get a life. js

 

[winchable]

Here, here.
I‘m not gonna argue with that.
Never thought I‘d say that.

I‘d like to apologise to Mike too.
Most of it was my fault, and was out of line and uncivilized and not becoming of this forum.

 

[muskrat89]

JSA - you just said in one post, what I‘ve been trying to say, for a longggg time. Thank you.

Mike - my apologies

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Well if apologies are going around I guess if anyone should make them its me. Had I not posted the articles maybe none of this bickering would have happened.

To Major Baker calling your service record and integrity into question was uncalled for and for that I am sorry.

 

[jutes85]

Neither years of service nor youth excuse the childish attacks and rants in this thread

Exactly, no one can make personal attacks against anyone based on what their feelings are regarding political issues.

Jutes, you‘re one of the kids in the special class who‘s there because he‘s a little slow, am I right?

WRONG, i have a 4.0 GPA and i can go to any college in Canada or the US i want, but i choose to serve my country. I‘m not afraid to stand-up to anyone, no matter how big they are, so i‘m not gona backdown no matter how much you accuse me of being an idiot.

Out of respect to the forum moderators and the CND army i‘m going to delete my previous posts since you find them so wrong or offending.

Out of respect