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I think that's a good point. Just off the top of my head, it strikes me that many political and activist slogans are like that. Maybe it's because short and pithy are antithetical to clarity or exclusivity.

One thing that the automatic summary missed is this important paragraph:

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party also echoed “river to the sea” phrasing in its founding charter as a way to say his government doesn’t recognize Gaza or the West Bank, according to Dr. Dagher, who was a Canadian government analyst overseeing Ottawa’s international aid to those occupied territories from 2007 to 2011. Still, she acknowledged that the phrase can be terrifying to Jewish people especially since Hamas has also placed the phrase in its charter as a call to erase Israel.

So both sides of the conflict have used the phrase as a way to dismiss the claims of the other, although it's origin is as a Palestinian slogan. According to this Wikipedia page, there have historically been multiple interpretations of exactly what is meant when using that phrase and those variations continue. In fact, as of this writing, neutrality of this article is disputed with the relevant talk page raising what could be conflicting concerns, most notably the issue of whether we take the meaning from the users' claims or from those holding opposing views.

Nice allegory!

No, it should happen at the national level for buying power. It should include the full supply chain as exploited by current national and multinational grocers.

So I guess what I'm saying, is pick one and nationalize the whole damn thing. Weston/Loblaws would be my pick.

Everyone in a position to complain about loss of wealth or income as a result of nationalization has enough of either or both to just ignore.

That sounds like the confectionary that stopped carrying a particular chocolate bar because they couldn't keep it stock. True story.

If they can't keep up to infractions, the solution is not to ignore infractions but to scale up. Or, in this case, put some traffic engineers on the case to see what's special about that stretch of road.

There are more of these than I thought!

If they do this right, it will be part of the federal labour code. No province can have labour regulations that are "less than" the federal code. For example, the federal labour code requires 2 weeks paid vacation. No province is permitted to set their own labour code such that it provides for fewer than 2 weeks paid vacation in provincially regulated workplaces. (Technically, vacation pay equivalent to 1/26 annual earnings, including overtime pay).

Ok, good. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but I agree that engaging for long enough to go beyond hot takes is nice.

I'm retired from fire and rescue. I will never forget the words spoken during orientation on my first day: "The toughest decision you will face will be the one where you choose to not add to the death toll. Remember that there are only two ways to go a funeral: as a mourner or the mourned."

Training, equipment, a plan, a way out. If you don't have all four, you don't go in.

This is not a criticism of the would-be rescuers, but a warning to those present. If there is any blame, it should be placed at the feet of those so afraid of negative reaction that they don't make these points as part of any reporting on such tragedies. There is a duty to inform and educate that transcends how people react.

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have written the "crank" bit. It seems my battle against stream of consciousness writing continues...

My apologies.

They need a Go Fund Me page. CPP ain't much but I could probably kick in a few bucks.

Okay, now I better understand your argument. I was ready to just dismiss you as a crank.

I agree with you that governments should not be in the death business. But they already are, in a sense, in their legislation of things like murder, negligence causing death, etc.

I think that proper legislation would allow for someone to help me carry out my wishes in dignified ways that are less traumatic to those I leave behind. Obviously, that means regulation to ensure that nobody is imposing their will on mine.

At the very least, I don't want anyone charged with negligence just because they didn't stop me from taking what turns out to be my final swim.