If we refuse to even consider changing our current system, then we are no better than the conservatives. Who decides what's best for people? I think climbing Mount Everest is probably more damaging to your body than drinking beer. Should we ban that ? How about horror movies? Why do we watch...

It's very easy to deal with. Everybody should be free to make choices and everybody should pay or get rewarded for their choices. The government acts like an independent arbitrator to resolve conflicts between personal freedoms. Simplify the criminal code, but punish criminals severely. Move to...

If the scrapyard or slaughterhouse can be guaranteed to not impact other houses, why not? Of course, such guarantee would mean totally sound proof and smell proof walls, private highways, etc... The purpose of zoning regulations should be prevent one land owner to infringe the freedom of...

His opinion doesn't mean much outside this forum. As was shown during the election.

Funny you should say that, because I remember at one point, the Thames was overflown with human waste and the house of commons was almost abandoned. :) Before the Europeans came to Canada, there certainly wasn't any gun crimes or litter or graffiti or Toronto for that matter.

I have no intention to ask anybody to be like me. Everybody should be free to make personal choices. I just don't want to pay for other people's choices.

I didn't say anything about homosexuality, and my comment was not in the context of HIV. Even in the context of VD, I don't think sex orientation plays a major role. Use protections and know your partner apply to all people. I think people should pay for their lifestyles. Not just HIVs...

Unless you teach them discipline when they were kids, when they reached 18, they would still be criminals. Having said that, some of the drawings are very impressive (I doubt they were drawn by kids though since they are massive). It would be shame to remove them.

Let's be honest, this is clearly a case of Rob Ford using the report as an excuse to advance his own agenda. Still, it's fun to see TCHC in disarray. Toronto Star had a story about a man being paid $411 rent supplement for an one bed room apartment...

Well, maybe for HIV, but not for HPV. Didn't they say 75%-80% of sexually active Americans will be infected? :) Virginity for both partners before wedlock is probably the only way to prevent those. Living in a bubble would probably prevent common cold, but is that the big picture we really want...

How about when the Chinese were calling the white men "barbarians"? :) Or when the Christians were prosecuted by the Romans? Conservatism is not about whites or men or Christianity. It's about moral codes trumping individual freedom. In the ancient times, when ladies were ruling the clans...

Exactly.

Actually, a lot, if you are creative about it. You can sell the stone to somebody who needs stone and buy blood with the proceeding, you can make stone axe from the stone and kill an animal to get the blood, you can make a trap with the stone. If all you do is sit by the stone and complain about...

Yes, the city should remove unnecessary zoning restrictions, I don't see why the right wing would be against it.

That's where we disagree. I think our welfare system is bloated, obese and unsustainable. The poor health is due to lack of exercises rather than lack of food. I don't think poor people should be shot, I think they should be whipped (not literally before you start to yell evil) into action. The...

Nobody said democracy is perfect. A dictatorship is far more efficient at times since the leaders would be free to "do things" without having to worry about being thrown out. Unfortunately, when the leaders do make mistakes, they tend to destroy the country. Democracy is less efficient, but we...

You mean the lady who gave us the vehicle tax and now calls it a mistake? If that was not incompetent, then I don't know what was. No matter whether you are for the tax or against the tax, she didn't do her job. She either introduced a bad tax or she did a bad job selling it.

Public employees are different. They have much better job security and defined benefit pension plan. Even Hudak can't change all that. Even then, I would think at least a year of emergency fund is required. Unfortunately, I don't have such luxury. I have seen too many layoffs to have any...

I guess when you say you are going on a diet, you really mean you are going to stop eating altogether. When you say you are going to lose some weight, you really mean you are going to stop existing. Is that some sort of pinko lingo? :D

Aside from those who are disabled which should be in a different program, there are two main groups of people who needs welfare. The first group is as you said, young adults who are just starting out. While assistants may be necessary for this group, it should be in the form of loans rather...