Why liberals should never be in power...

[A Black Falcon]

Once again, in reference to the original topic, I am aware now of the differences between liberals and conservatives on different continents. The point was to show which of the two would like to pursue the same thing in America.

If it was in America... hmm, I don't know. It could be either liberals complaining about religion in schools or conservatives hating the Muslims, you know... I could see either one going down the path of banning headscarves... and going farther, probably too far, like France seems to? I don't know. I'd like to think that people would restrain themselves to the sensible. :)

At the risk of re-opening an old can of worms, when you give someone preference over another, in any matter, on the basis of skin color, it is racial discrimination. It is the very definition of racial discrimination, and racial discrimination it is, no matter why you think it's right or necessary, and no matter what creative name you give it.

A hundred years ago, it was in reverse. People called it "Jim Crow". And no one denies it was racial discrimination.

Comparing Jim Crow to aid programs that try to help the black people recover fromthe hundreds of years of discrimination represented by Jim Crow is totally insane, but exactly the kind of insanity I'd expect from you... totally baseless and without a shred of logic...

Discrimination is when you give one group an advantage over another that it shouldn't have. It isn't discrimination to give things to disadvantaged groups when those things will try to bring them to equality with the main group! It's the opposite of that... discrimination would be NOT having AA!

In canada conservatives and liberals are relatively the same as in the U.S ,For example the Alliance party (right wing) was for sending troops and joining the U.S in invading Iraq while the two liberal parties opposed it,But since the Liberals controled the country we did not go into Iraq since we were afraid of what might happen (vietnam masacre) and also thought the war was Imoral. The issue of gay rights is another example all Conservative elected provinces oppose same sex marriage and go with the original definition between a man and a woman ,while you got the Liberals who dont give a shit that they are changing the basic fundamental parts of are constitution.
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I've read several of articles about Canadian politics of late, and how they are so different from our contentious politics of the last few years... there is a lot more agreement and a lot less tolerance for the extreme polarization we have, and all the parties are (while definitely different) a whole lot closer together than the American parties are. Yes they have differences, I would think they would, but it just isn't on the same level as the American political system now with it's 'probably the most polarized ever' style.