Leftists operate opposite to this. They celebrate the triumph of lies. They have no problem with lies and they repeat them over and over again until they become the ‘truth’.
By the way, The Gulag Archipelago is sitting on my table. I’m going to start it today.
Doctors should stick to taking care of the sick. Contrary to what the article suggests they’ve been wrong with every prediction. What don’t they examine the PCR test results? Tell us more about the data? How many ‘cases’ are people who actually get sick? Tell us about who is really at risk? Make suggestions to the obese and others on how to lessen risk? Etc? They don’t care because they go to work and get paid regardless.
From an Aussie govt website
“There are five explicit individual rights in the Constitution. These are the right to vote (Section 41), protection against acquisition of property on unjust terms (Section 51 (xxxi)), the right to a trial by jury (Section 80), freedom of religion (Section 116) and prohibition of discrimination on the basis of State of residency (Section 117).”
No freedom of expression, freedom of movement, equality rights, freedom of association, mobility rights etc.
Australians must argue, as Canadians did before the charter, that their rights are based on common law and originate with the Magna Carta centuries ago and the common law concept of the implied bill of rights. Otherwise they rely on statutory rights which can be overridden easily.
Generally yes. Section 33 allows governments to override most charter rights, but not mobility rights. This is the so-called ‘notwithstanding clause.’
Also, all rights are subject to section 1 which permits reasonable limits on rights where justified in a democratic society blah blah blah.
In Canada Canadians’ rights to leave and enter Canada are in our Charter. Australia has no charter or bill of rights. Australians abroad have been restricted from entering Australia for over a year now. And they must have approval to leave. I’m not a big fan of the Canadian charter but it’s better than nothing.
Just to be clear - the government of Canada can not clear Canadians to travel. We are allowed to come and go. Whether other countries allow us in is another matter. We can choose to travel to places that don’t have restrictions.
On another note, Australia, which many wish we’d copy in our Covid response, has made it a criminal offense for Australian citizens in India to return home to Australia. Unreal - it is illegal for some Australians to return to Australia. At least Canada isn’t that bad.
The huge difference in death rates between the US and EU on the one hand and the rest of the world on the other is enough to raise serious questions about the virus’s impact. Does the virus only mainly kill westerners? The difference looks too big to simply be a matter of record keeping.
No! Not at all. I didn’t mean to come across as such. I lived for years in Singapore. So it was easy to go to. KL in Malaysia is right next door, closer to Singapore than Toronto is to Montreal. I spent part of summers in montreal visiting family and my cousin is a big fan, so we went. The others i just happened to be in country at race time and checked out the races, including a visit to a friend in Detroit many years ago during race weekend (I had no idea there was even a race but we ended up going).
When travel reopens without quarantine try to make it to the Singapore GP. I’m not a huge GP fan but I’ve been to a few - Malaysia, Singapore, Montreal, Monaco and one or two others. The atmosphere in Singapore is incredible. Street circuit, night race, lots of parties. Really well done. My son and I used to go every year. Good fun.
You did. Well done. With the revisionist history being taught now the significant contribution of English (and Scottish) immigrants may well be forgotten in a generation or two. McTavish, McGill, Morgan, Simpson, Molson, Redpath, Dow - the list is long and impressive. Indeed, much of Montreal’s development in the 19th and 20th centuries is attributable to english Montrealers. (Montreal was Canada’s leading city until not so long ago - banks, breweries, retail, railways, etc started there). This fact is not something present day French Quebeckers will happily acknowledge. They have spent the past 50 plus years pushing anglos out and erasing Montreal’s rich history. Shameful.
The smart ones are really smart. But you are right - there are a lot of low IQ Americans. Like everywhere. Maybe more so in the US? (I attended a highly ranked private Uni in the US and worked there for many years - there are a lot of really bright people there; very driven.)
I’m in Asia. Lived here for many years. Asians, but Chinese in particular, are mask lovers. I was talking a morning walk on the beach a couple of hours ago. Ethnic Chinese wearing masks on the beach - nice breeze and no one within 30-40 feet, not to mention not more than a handful of people on multiple kilometers of beach.
Kudos to you and your mom. I am amazed at the brainwashing of younger people. I can’t blame kids too much - they get it from their Gen X and Gen Y parents. And from teachers and social media. But younger adults? Wtf? Why are they masked up and rabid about it? Strong and healthy yet scared shitless. Ridiculous.
High school memories for this old man!