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Moderator: ArthurWankspittle
We get four weeks paid holiday a year so have fun when we're sitting on the beach at Margit!
The Declaration of Independence wrote:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
My partner is a US citizen, and I'm constantly shocked by how few rights they have at work over there in the Benighted States.We get four weeks paid holiday a year
Yeah, but we have (dramatic flourish)Comrade Sharik wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:02 pmMy partner is a US citizen, and I'm constantly shocked by how few rights they have at work over there in the Benighted States.We get four weeks paid holiday a year
Still given that it took a civil war for 'all men are created equal' to have the (except slaves, obs.) bit taken out, perhaps its unsurprising.
Oh, the "defective" part ... oh, wait, we're getting into politics.
No, surely "the right to bear alms" means the ability to give spare change to the needy?AnOwlCalledSage wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:35 am Have I been misreading it all these years? I thought it was "the right to bare arms" and enshrined the ability to wear tee-shirt and jeans to formal occasions.
Judge Roy Bean wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 4:20 amOh, the "defective" part ... oh, wait, we're getting into politics.But one has to wonder what other parts should be considered "defective" when you decide we can start slicing off certain little parts of the bill of rights you don't like.
I should hate you for that, but I personally get 6 weeks vacation plus 10 personal/sick days and the Motorcar Company is closed 2 weeks at Christmas every year. Not everyone over here is so fortunate.
Unfortunately we have the right to Bear Grylls.John Uskglass wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:17 am I heard where that bit was to make sure Washington faced no consequences for an unfortunate incident involving a grizzly and a musket.
'There you go George, you have the right to arm bears.'
I'll get me coat.
I think a lot of people in the US vastly overestimate exactly how free the land of the free is when it comes to actual rights.Gregg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 2:39 pm I was poking just a little fun of people who distort many "sacred" texts to read what they want them to say, not what they actually say. It came up because a subject of the United Kingdom mentioned the very few rights we have by pointing out the biggest difference in their own, and our fundamental rights.
We have a federal election coming up which must, by law, take place on or before October 21st. It might well result in the current ruling party and prime minister being kicked out. But it hasn't been called yet and nobody's really thinking about it much except newspaper columnists and Psam Frank. Canadians, as a group, will probably put our minds to it after the end of the summer. Until then more important things to do. You Americans seem to be constantly campaigning 24/7 regardless of the election cycle. It must be exhausting.I like that your election campaigns don't start 23 hours after the last election, it must be nice. We have people now working on their campaign in 2024 already.