For the MMA fans...

[Ao Qin]

:)

My concern is, why aren't competitors allowed to use weapons or fight against animals? Doesn't banning my right to this sort of entertainment violate my consitutional rights?

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/mixed_martial_arts_heavy_on_brutality_light_on_art-39356442.html

[MasterKiller]

:)

My concern is, why aren't competitors allowed to use weapons or fight against animals? Doesn't banning my right to this sort of entertainment violate my consitutional rights?

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/mixed_martial_arts_heavy_on_brutality_light_on_art-39356442.html

What constitutional rights? You are in Canada. You have to do what the Queen says.

[WinterPalm]

:)

My concern is, why aren't competitors allowed to use weapons or fight against animals? Doesn't banning my right to this sort of entertainment violate my consitutional rights?

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/mixed_martial_arts_heavy_on_brutality_light_on_art-39356442.html

For weapons check out Dog Brothers. Or real prison videos or real TV videos...faces of death.

I think if a participant has no say in whether or not they participate, that is a violation of their rights. Animals in the wild fighting is a great spectacle and where many forms of Kung Fu come from...but humans vs animals is a bit lopsided and where the animals do not consent to the fight, many would have a problem with this.

The article ignores a lot of things but one thing it does is touch on Ali's parkinsons...Michael J Fox has this as well and he isn't a fighter...

[Lucas]

i like the first response to that column:

'God I am so sick of your useless columns, you really have no clue at all lady. Stick to your gripes about getting your SUV stuck in your driveway or emasculating your husband. The sport is not for everyone, but neither is scrap booking, am radio, or Lawrence Welk reruns either. The way your tripe reads its as if he was lying prostate on the ground receiving a beating from a 225 man. Fighting at 135 means his opponent weighed no more than 135 pounds. If this was his first fight, he would be fighting a similarly new fighter. It is a fair competition. MMA is made to sound like a brutal blood fest populated by common thugs and goons. You don't have to search far to find all walks of life interested an participating. Look at some of the stars in MMA, Chuck Liddel, CPA. Rich Franklin, M Ed. Stick to subjects you can speak authoritatively on. You sound like a gossipy now-not when you don't.'

[brothernumber9]

What constitutional rights? You are in Canada. You have to do what the Queen says.

HAHA effin great.

[David Jamieson]

HAHA effin great.

hahaha effin out of touch.

Canada has a constitution and a charter of rights and freedoms.
Man, I think Canadians know more about the US than the reverse.
In fact, I'm certain of it.

So, I know MK was jesting, but he was doing it from a point of ignorance. Excusable, but cheering on ignorance is outstanding! lol

:p

[Lucas]

Man, I think Canadians know more about the US than the reverse.
In fact, I'm certain of it.



:p

i think you are right. the most i know of canada is the flag, the anthum(sp) and that french canadians hate my guts.

[David Jamieson]

also, Lindor Reynolds is a left leaning whining overtly soft-liberal fairy fruitcake job.

who gives a rats ass what she thinks?

I'm surprised the Press even keeps her on. She appeals to the Oprah "I can't think for myself" set.

[Exadon]

I think Canadians know more about the US than the reverse.


:p

I know Canada has really good cheese fries ;)

[David Jamieson]

I know Canada has really good cheese fries ;)

s'called "poutine".

Canada is the same standard of living as the US. Except for the climate, government system and population, there really isn't much difference at all between a canuck and a mercan.

If you go from city to city you'll see differences, but at the heart of it all, we're pretty much the same.

If we weren't, it would be hard for Americans to travel around with those canuck flags on their back packs so waiters won't spit in their food. lol :p

[MasterKiller]

hahaha effin out of touch.

Canada has a constitution and a charter of rights and freedoms.
Man, I think Canadians know more about the US than the reverse.
In fact, I'm certain of it.

So, I know MK was jesting, but he was doing it from a point of ignorance. Excusable, but cheering on ignorance is outstanding! lol

:p
All powers of state are constitutionally reposed in the monarch, which means when the Queen says "Jump, Canuck," you reply "Aboot how high?"

[sanjuro_ronin]

All powers of state are constitutionally reposed in the monarch, which means when the Queen says "Jump, Canuck," you reply "Aboot how high?"

Not sure how that "commonwealth" thing works, are you?

[MasterKiller]

Not sure how that "commonwealth" thing works, are you?

Commonwealth? What is that, French? Speak American.

[SimonM]

Basically we agree that the queen remains the head of state as long as she restricts herself to waving from a carriage and appointing who she is told to for GG.

The GG, in turn, is effectively a figurehead - until the prime minister needs to go crying to her for help protecting his retarded government until such time as the liberals deep six their own chances at forming a viable government by electing a conservative, federalist, war hawk leader.

Ignatieff is scum and should be eaten by rabid wolves...

slowly.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Basically we agree that the queen remains the head of state as long as she restricts herself to waving from a carriage and appointing who she is told to for GG.

The GG, in turn, is effectively a figurehead - until the prime minister needs to go crying to her for help protecting his retarded government until such time as the liberals deep six their own chances at forming a viable government by electing a conservative, federalist, war hawk leader.

Ignatieff is scum and should be eaten by rabid wolves...

slowly.

And if you like that, wait till you hear about our Senate !
LMAO !!

[David Jamieson]

Simon Simon Simon.

you're just going to confuse people.

You have to delineate things and not use acronyms that are only used or heard in commonwealth nations.

also, Ignatieff has yet to have his Mettle tested. So, give him that small break.

I don't want a coalition that involves the Bloc "I can't get a job in the private sector" Quebecois anyway. If it was just the NDP and the Liberals, I'd be down with that.

the sooner Harper is gone the better. At least Ignatieff has a solid brain.

p.s GG=governor general for you folks shaking your heads. Canada is a sovereign nation unto itself that functions as part of the commonwealth.

[Lucas]

one thing i know about canada.

you canadians are just biding your time, then when the moment is ripe, you will decend upon us like vicious, howling pack of wild man eaters and slay us unto death.

it has been fortold

[sanjuro_ronin]

one thing i know about canada.

you canadians are just biding your time, then when the moment is ripe, you will decend upon us like vicious, howling pack of wild man eaters and slay us unto death.

it has been fortold

Yes and we are bringing the bug guns !!

[David Jamieson]

one thing i know about canada.

you canadians are just biding your time, then when the moment is ripe, you will decend upon us like vicious, howling pack of wild man eaters and slay us unto death.

it has been fortold

SILENCE!!!

Or we'll eat you last!

[sanjuro_ronin]

one thing i know about canada.

you canadians are just biding your time, then when the moment is ripe, you will decend upon us like vicious, howling pack of wild man eaters and slay us unto death.

it has been fortold

We also have LEGAL lap dances and rub-n-tugs !
:eek:

[David Jamieson]

We also have LEGAL lap dances and rub-n-tugs !
:eek:


not in markham :mad:

dejected dude has to go downtown for that action.
and why do all those russian girls have bad teeth? :p

[brothernumber9]

classic ish from MK. Got me laughing. Today has been an unordinarily funny day throughout the forum.

[Lucas]

Sanjuro: Bring em on MAN! I eat guns like those for breakfast! ;)


okay, ill stop leaking the secrets of the northern ice warriors. but only if you promise to spare me and let me have a small token of land...

[David Jamieson]

classic ish from MK. Got me laughing. Today has been an unordinarily funny day throughout the forum.

grab this one and dip him in the beavertail batter! Then feed him to the others!

[David Jamieson]

Sanjuro: Bring em on MAN! I eat guns like those for breakfast! ;)


okay, ill stop leaking the secrets of the northern ice warriors. but only if you promise to spare me and let me have a small token of land...

Land we got, and plenty of it. Blissful cascading waterfalls surrounded by pristine wilderness the likes of which most urban dwelling palefaced basement livers have never seen.

[SimonM]

And our prostitution laws are laughable. An "escort" can act entirely legally as long as they charge by the hour and not on a fee-per-service basis.

Oh, and simple posession of marijhuana is in a sort of legal limbo that essentially works out to the legality of posession depends on the judge you happen to get.

Many people think that parliament should just officially decriminalize it but then you yankies would be breathing down our amsterdam-like necks.



also, Ignatieff has yet to have his Mettle tested. So, give him that small break.

I don't want a coalition that involves the Bloc "I can't get a job in the private sector" Quebecois anyway. If it was just the NDP and the Liberals, I'd be down with that.

I have no problem with the bloc. Seriously. I like a lot of their policies.

Ignatieff is scum, the grits should have elected Rae.



the sooner Harper is gone the better.


On this we can agree.

[David Jamieson]

Why is Ignatieff scum?

[sanjuro_ronin]

I have no problem with the bloc. Seriously. I like a lot of their policies.

Ignatieff is scum, the grits should have elected Rae

The Bloc are separatists and if they could they would destroy Cananda, remember that Meech Lake and Chareletown fiascos?

And, as someone that KNOWS Bob, personally, I would rather than a trained monkey than him.

[David Jamieson]

The Bloc are separatists and if they could they would destroy Cananda, remember that Meech Lake and Chareletown fiascos?

And, as someone that KNOWS Bob, personally, I would rather than a trained monkey than him.

well the bloc likes to use the term "sovereignist" now, but who cares, they are a one province party and they only represent clamouring people who aren't in touch with the rest of their country.

In all fairness though, people in the west can't be bothered with learning French and there is an issue of inclusion at play at the very least.

the funny part is that the Bloc was created by Liberal MPs as a stop gap feature against the Mulroney government in the 80's which lock stepped with Reagan like Harper lock stepped with Bush. (btw and fwiw it is these two groups who got us into the crap pile we're in now)

They aren't really required anymore and use the language barrier, and ONLY the language barrier as their fundamental tool of governance in the region.

if the people of quebec knew they could trust the federal government as they did under P.E Trudeau and M.Chretien you would see a lot less Bloc.

Ignatieff fits the Trudeau mold more than anyone else so far.

Rae is merely an opportunist who will change sides to suit his own agenda. People like that simply cannot be trusted in office, and especially not in the highest office.

Bob should of stayed NDP and shown some stick to it.

[SimonM]

Ignatieff is a military interventionist who wants to continue the destructive conflicts that continue to destabilise western asia.

He's also licking the spittle off Harper's boots over the budget.

He might as well be a tory.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Ignatieff is a military interventionist who wants to continue the destructive conflicts that continue to destabilise western asia.

He's also licking the spittle off Harper's boots over the budget.

He might as well be a tory.

Lets not make this thread about politics guys.
But, have you heard the oppositions budget?

[David Jamieson]

Ignatieff is a military interventionist who wants to continue the destructive conflicts that continue to destabilise western asia.

He's also licking the spittle off Harper's boots over the budget.

He might as well be a tory.

A Canadian Military interventionist? You're kidding right?

He's not licking Harpers boots, he is being politically minded in wanting to force Harper into running a minority gov as such as opposed to letting Harper continue to fantasize in his thinking he has a majority and running it as such.

He's the furthest thing from a tory you can find.

come one Simon, you can do better than that. lol

[Pork Chop]

one thing i know about canada.

you canadians are just biding your time, then when the moment is ripe, you will decend upon us like vicious, howling pack of wild man eaters and slay us unto death.

it has been fortold

I'm afraid you folks in the pacific northwest are hosed.
I; for one, have seen what the Texas sun does to Canadian flesh and I am confident that I and my progeny will easily survive the Zombie-Canadian Invasion....

[SimonM]

A Canadian Military interventionist? You're kidding right?

He's not licking Harpers boots, he is being politically minded in wanting to force Harper into running a minority gov as such as opposed to letting Harper continue to fantasize in his thinking he has a majority and running it as such.

He's the furthest thing from a tory you can find.

come one Simon, you can do better than that. lol

Come on, he bent over and took it hard from Harper rather than risk an election and showed he'd rather be the PM's ***** than enter into a coalition because he'd lose federalist street cred for compromising with the PARTY THAT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE FSKING PROVINCE OF QUEBEC!!!!!!

[WinterPalm]

All powers of state are constitutionally reposed in the monarch, which means when the Queen says "Jump, Canuck," you reply "Aboot how high?"

Nope. That 's why we weren't a member of the Coalition of the Willing while Britain and Australia were.

[Lucas]

I'm afraid you folks in the pacific northwest are hosed.
I; for one, have seen what the Texas sun does to Canadian flesh and I am confident that I and my progeny will easily survive the Zombie-Canadian Invasion....

LOL

now that I think about it....im moving back to bastrop once the wild hordes of canadians decend from the northern wastelands.

[David Jamieson]

Nope. That 's why we weren't a member of the Coalition of the Willing while Britain and Australia were.

agreed. if we were beholden to her majesty and if she had any power whatsoever or if we were beholden to the gov of the UK in general we'd be in Iraq.

we are not.

(however we did have 27 artillery officer trainers in Iraq when gw2 occured but they were shlepped out right quick)

[bakxierboxer]

Not sure how that "commonwealth" thing works, are you?

It's the true meaning of Socialism.... the system of governance that "holds everyone's wealth in common".

We used to joke about something like that when I lived in the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts".
(aka "Taxachusetts")

[bakxierboxer]

..... At least Ignatieff has a solid brain.


If someone couldn't see that you seem to favor the fellow, it'd look almost like you thought he was a bit "dense".

[bakxierboxer]

Yes and we are bringing the bug guns !!

Hmmmm..... I could maybe bug out over that........

[David Jamieson]

If someone couldn't see that you seem to favor the fellow, it'd look almost like you thought he was a bit "dense".

name one(1) politician who isn't? lol

[LSWCTN1]

Commonwealth? What is that, French? Speak American.

This is satire right?

American? Speak American?

Oh dear, oh dear!

[David Jamieson]

lol @ "speak american"

that's so....kansuke! ahahaha.

[Kansuke]

lol @ "speak american"

that's so....kansuke! ahahaha.



tee hee... :rolleyes:

Who knew enlightenment was so lame?

[David Jamieson]

tee hee... :rolleyes:

Who knew enlightenment was so lame?

apparently you don't.

it's ok, you'll get over that hump eventually.

[bakxierboxer]

name one(1) politician who isn't? lol

I don't think I want to devote that much time to thinking about it, let alone researching it.

So...... was that "dense" wording "on purpose"?

Ooooops! you said he had a "solid" brain or something like that.......

[bakxierboxer]

it's ok, you'll get over that hump eventually.

but does one ever "outgrow" it?

[Shaolinlueb]

ha jsut read the article.

man was 5 months in and fighting. sounds like bad trianing, and a bad ref.

[MasterKiller]

This is satire right?

American? Speak American?

Oh dear, oh dear!

What are you, some kind of Communist?

[WinterPalm]

Every time you don't speak American, the terrorists win.

[David Jamieson]

Every time you don't speak American, the terrorists win.

...and everytime the terrorists win, W has to cut another half acre of brush in texas!

save w from real work!

[Kansuke]

it's ok, you'll get over that chump eventually.




I hope so, chump.

[Ao Qin]

David - I respect and agree with most (almost all) of your posts.

However, I posted this article because I'm seemingly the only person on this forum opposed to MMA and the brutality associated with it, and I agree with Lindor in this respect.

She is speaking to this issue as an outsider, obviously, but with a strong moral concern which I personally agree with.

Lindor Reynolds (and no, I don't know her personally) has a strong reputation in Winnipeg as an advocate for children, the poor, etc. She's got a lot of moral fiber, and for you to say;

"Lindor Reynolds is a left leaning whining overtly soft-liberal fairy fruitcake job.
who gives a rats ass what she thinks? I'm surprised the Press even keeps her on. She appeals to the Oprah "I can't think for myself" set."

...is most interesting. Most people on this forum ascribe these same characteristics to you!!!

I just don't understand why you would slander such a good woman / journalist in this way, and I hope you will reconsider your statement.