I think he knows that the group thats pushing back the hardest is the LGBT community because he’s not a supporter. And therefore his contrasting example is very applicable.

Its kinda funny that he’s labelled almost exclusively as “MAGA” by the press when he’s here to do worship services. I dont believe anything he did in his first concert had anything to do with politics, it was worship music. Its not like the press wants to stir the pot by emphasizing the MAGA thing /s

If they hadnt made a big deal out of it, this guy would’ve gone across Canada and nobody would’ve noticed except a small group of Christians. Now he’s had international press and more publicity than he could ever afford to buy. Whether that was intentional or not, its brilliant marketing.

So you think buying a railway network is the same as buying single family houses from MILLIONS of Canadians, some of whom, like me, live in them or actually built them ourselves? Ok then, good luck with that brilliant plan. Im sure there will be no pushback on that idea.

Lol. Yeah I closed it. But declaring bankruptcy is more fun.

Feucht has framed the backlash as a violation of religious freedom, saying: “If I had shown up with purple hair and a dress, claiming to be a woman, the government wouldn’t have said a word.”

He’s not wrong. And if someone had shown up at a gay club and thrown a smoke bomb on the stage during a drag show, they would be hauled out on their ass and prosecuted with anything that could be thrown at them.

Good thing we live in a country that believes in equal rights for all. But some people are more equal than others it appears.

The only act of “hate” at his worship service was the person throwing a smoke bomb.

I dont support thuggery. I do support freedom of expression, even if I dont agree with it.

Mastercard refused to allow people to donate to Julian Assange. Blatant political interference.

I cut up my Mastercard.

Update: After reading the Collective Shout website, I completely changed my mind on what they’re doing. I donated to them. The stuff they are campaiging against, specifically the game No Mercy is disgusting, glorifying rape of your mother and sisters? Who the hell thinks thats a “game”? Sick.

Thank you for a civilized and reasonable answer. There are some other small brained, rabid respondents here who could learn from you.

Well ‘nationalizing’ private property isn’t exactly ‘another way of doing things’ it would be a complete makeover of our society’s core values and very unlikely to happen with the consent of the owners of that property. So unless you’re proposing forced compliance and starting a revolutionary war, how exactly would we “nationalize” trillions of dollars worth of private property?

Iran hasn’t said that Jews should be wiped off the face of the earth? One quick google says otherwise: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/27/israel.iran

Im asking legitimate questions trying to understand an international crisis. Youre making massive assumptions based on your own prejudice.

Whoa. Whose denying anything? I’m asking questions.

Wrong country. If you want communism you gotta move to one of those super successful countries like North Korea. Good luck with that.

So where were they supposed to go after the Nazis tried to eliminate them? They dont have ancestral or religious ties to other European lands or America or Canada or Australia or Asia or Africa so where?

Mined diamonds have always been a con job. DeBeers has captured the entire market and the promoted the idea that for some reason a guy should spend about 3 months income to buy a rock that isnt even rare. Heck, there are hundreds of them on drilling bits. But they had effective advertising and there was no competition so they convinced millions of people to shell out big dollars for a very common polished rock. Its about time there was some rationality and people refuse to spend that kind of money anymore.

ps If you want to know the true “value” of a diamond try taking it to a pawn shop. Sure, your “appraisal” from the jewelry store says its $5,000. The pawn shop says, I’ll give ya $45 bucks and a free Pepsi.

Do they not have historical and religious connections to the land of Israel with roots dating back thousands of years?

They were occupants of that land before and during the same time as the Arabs.

I dunno but they did. Probably so the Nazis wouldn’t hunt them down and exterminate them all like they tried to do in the 40s?

Why shouldnt they have their own country?

Someone explain this to me: https://iris.org.il/images/israel-and-arab-world.gif

All the countries in yellow are Arab.

The little tiny slice in the middle in blue is Jewish and in that blue even the West Bank and Gaza are part of that blue island and are mostly occupied by the Arabs.

And these Arab nations believe that the Israel should not belong to the Jews and some (strongly) believe they should be wiped off the earth.

Why? Why is not the 99% of that land that belongs to the Arabs not enough for them?

Where are the Jews supposed to go?

You are not performing a charity by “allowing” someone to live, literally below you, for $1280/mo. Had “mom and pops” not over invested into the market then perhaps that person could afford an apartment, a condo, or even a starter home.

And therein lies the fallacy. Why do you think there is SO much demand for housing in Canada and so little building? We WERE a nation of 32 million just 20 years years ago. Now we are a nation of 40 million. So 8 million people came here seeking housing and yet we’ve barely been able to build fast enough to keep up with PAST immigration rates let alone the current rates on steroids. What happens when 8 million NEW people are seeking housing when there is already a shortage for the 32 million who already lived here? And you think its mom and pops who raised prices?

How about building costs? When I did my first contractor hired renovation only about 15 years ago, the general contractors were quoting rates about 240 a sq ft. So if you wanted a modest 1200 sq ft bungalow you were looking at 228,000 for building costs. Now they quote about 320 a sq ft in my city. So the same house is now 384,000 to build. And thats just the main floor, the basement is extra as is the cost of the lot.

So where is that extra 160,000 for building costs going? Well, if you look at the most profitable companies on the stock exchange, guess who’s in the top twenty? Good ol Home Depot. Right up there with the Walmarts, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. Because building supplies have skyrocketed and they are pocketing massive margins.

The demand was also pushed hard due to historically low interest rates hovering some as low as 1.5% in 2020. But now, just 5 years later the rates have tripled to 4.5%. Which means a mortgage on a 700k house WAS $2800 but now that same mortgage will cost a landlord $3900, over 1000 a month more.

1. Incredible demand due to massive over immigration rates 2) Massive profit taking by building supply companies 3) Rapidly rising mortgage rates which is massive profit taking by the banks. And you think rent is expensive because mom and pops started renting out a basement or a second home? Nope. We have very little control of the forces that create demand and take massive profits from us.

Im not providing a charity. I run a business and I provide safe warm comfortable housing for a VERY reasonable cost to people who never have to worry about interest rates, building supply costs, or how to fix the broken fridge or the leak in the window. And if I sold my house there’s no way my renters could afford to buy it, therefore Im going to continue to provide their housing as a service just like any other service.

By the way theres nothing stopping any renter group from starting and building a coop. All it takes is initiative and organization. From forty years of observation, Ive noted that renters would rather protest about their landlords than get off their butts and actually be proactive. Thats not mom and pops fault.

I must bow to your superior logic and debate tactics :)