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I don't think spamfests have any real effect to this forum's health. It just makes us seem stupid. What we really need is a deep conversation about religion, science and politics. Then we'd see how stupid we really are.

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Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the Bloc Quebecois will present the House with an unusual request that we here at the federal Parliament define the Quebecois nation.

As a consequence, with the support of the government and with the support of our party, I will be putting on the Notice Paper later today the following motion. …

That this House recognize that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada. …

Once again, the leader of the Bloc and his separatist friends are not concerned with defining who Quebecers are but rather what they want them to become, a separate country.

The separatists do not need the Parliament of Canada to define what is meant by the sociological termination. My preference has been well known. I believe that this is not the job of the federal Parliament. It is the job of the legislature of Quebec, but the Bloc Quebecois has asked us to define this and perhaps that is a good thing, because it reminds us that all Canadians have a say in the future of this country.

Having been asked by the Bloc to define the Quebecois, we must take a position. Our position is clear. Do the Quebecois form a nation within Canada? The answer is yes. Do the Quebecois form an independent nation? The answer is no, and the answer will always be no, because Quebecers of all political persuasions, from Cartier and Laurier to Mulroney and Trudeau, have led this country, and millions like them of all political persuasions have helped to build it.

With their English- and French-speaking fellow citizens, and people drawn from all nationalities of this earth, they have been part of making this country what it is, the greatest country in the world.

To millions more who live in a dangerous and dividing world, this country is a shining example of the harmony and unity to which all peoples are capable and to which all humanity should aspire.

I say to my federalist colleagues and I also say to the separatist side that we here will do what we must, what our forefathers have always done to preserve this country, Canada, strong, united, independent and free.

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It won't happen.

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Yes! Finally, Dikiyoba said it in plain enough words to salt the tiny seedling of hope in -X-'s soul!

This thread now has nothing to offer -X-. He deserts it.

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Oops. Sorry.

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Besides, if you really want to describe the characteristics of an item and then get that item, use the scenario editor. It's really easy to create a simple item, plop it in a basic scenario (nothing more than Warrior's Grove), and then pick it up.

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I offer a thought.

Einstein would turn in his grave, not only does god play dice, the dice are loaded.

(A Chinese scientist, quotation on the quantum theory)

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Another point: the attitude towards spam this past month has been lax. It's been a source of joke, even. "To spam!" Now, community-wise, it's perfectly acceptable to joke about it since everyone else is doing it. This is conforming. If one were to joke about spam in a negative way instead, the community will turn against you for not conforming. (count so far: 3, possibly more)

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I take it then that you read Girl Genius?

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