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Re: Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

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Post by astrodust » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC

miguelrochefort wrote: post #24

dang wrote: post #15

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This comment breaks the HN guidelines, as have others you've posted. We ban accounts that do this, so please stop doing it, and instead post civilly and substantively, or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11833516 and marked it off-topic.

I respect your work and I have no intention to challenge your authority. That said, I fail to identify the guideline that lead to this decision. Perhaps someone can enlighten me? I'm also willing to justify my claim, if it seemed gratuitous to any. EDIT: I'm unable to justify any of my claims. I'm unhappy about living in Canada, and I can't help but feel jealous of american people when being exposed to HN or mainstre…

Then leave you ungrateful bastard. One of the great things about being Canadian is you're welcome in almost any country in the world. Take advantage of that if you're feeling so slighted.

Re: Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

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Post by astrodust » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

goCanada2 wrote: post #32

miguelrochefort wrote: post #24

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I respect your work and I have no intention to challenge your authority. That said, I fail to identify the guideline that lead to this decision. Perhaps someone can enlighten me? I'm also willing to justify my claim, if it seemed gratuitous to any. EDIT: I'm unable to justify any of my claims. I'm unhappy about living in Canada, and I can't help but feel jealous of american people when being exposed to HN or mainstre…

Canada was allies with with the US after WWII. Therefore, they were 1st world. Your claim is wrong. If you are referring to undeveloped vs developed countries, Canada is 9, while USA is 8 in the HDI. Still considered developed. You are still wrong.

In terms of every measure there's no way to qualify Canada as "third world". GDP per capita? Longevity? Quality of education?

Anyone who thinks otherwise would think Manhattan as no different than Calcutta because they're too angry to notice the differences.

Re: Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

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Post by rpgmaker » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 3:44 AM UTC

dogma1138 wrote: post #163

rpgmaker wrote: post #154

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> And while they might be arseholes on the political scene otherwise every time there is a large scale fire they do extend their hand and come in with serious help. It's difficult to top the US in terms of foreign policy assholery though.

Indeed but for most of the HN readers US foreign policy more or less aligns with their interests. In general talking about politics on HN isn't a good idea, mentioning ideas that the current conflict with Russia is largely in part due to the EU and NATO expansion is even more so. While I don't like what Russia is doing in the Ukraine and in many other parts of the world I can hardly blame them as they are living the…

Yeah, HN users, in general, have a very jingoistic point of view despite whatever progressive leanings they may have.

Re: Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

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Post by soperj » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 5:21 PM UTC

cdmckay wrote: post #37

soperj wrote: post #27

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If Alberta were it's own country their coffers would have been much bigger to deal with this mess. They probably would have also have accepted firefighters right away from other countries instead of waiting. They're is really no farmland up near fort mac. Don't know how farmland jobs are being destroyed?

Considering how they managed their Heritage Trust Fund, I somehow doubt that.

They have over 18 billion still in the fund.

Re: Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

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Post by dleslie » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 7:14 PM UTC

MustardTiger wrote: post #169

dleslie wrote: post #156

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It happened again, already. Harper contributed the largest deficits and the biggest total new debt of any PM; and he started -before- the 2008 crisis.

>Harper contributed the largest deficits and the biggest total new debt of any PM; Neither of those statements are correct. Do leftists seriously just make up nonsense because they like the way it sounds?

My apologies, Mulroney was worse[0]; as a conservative I tend to block Mulroney from my memory. At the time of Harper's 2008 budget, a deficit budget and the first of his majority government, the Canadian economy was being lauded internationally for its resilience in spite of the American collapse.

0: http://www.canadaka.net/forums/federal-elections-f43/trudeau...