Best Posts in Thread: United we stand divided we fall.

I choose the word bully, A$$hat would be more appropriate but might get me banned.
There is some missing background. The fence owner and the bully didn't really know each other. It was a new subdivision. I don't think the was even sod down yet. The bully watched the fence being built on his property for 3 weeks and said nothing. The bully could have told the fence owner but chose not to. The bully actually had a legal obligation to mitigate the damages,
The contractor installing the fence made a mistake there was no intention of the fence owner to "steal" one inch of the bully's property.

I think the wall owner was in trouble due to an error that was not of his making. He was trying to rectify the error. The bully thought he held all the cards and was going to make the fence owners life miserable.
My point was you can be right but when you try to push people around it can backfire.
As for the US taking parts of Canada, all I can say is we will be building a privacy hedge. If Trump keeps up his BS the hedge will be prickly.

 

To be honest John, yes I agree that we stand united. At the same time though, in my home country The Netherlands we have a province called Friesland, where they have and cultivate their own culture and language (Frisian). I am quite convinced though that if ever the Frisians would want their independence (unlikely), then the rest of The Netherlands in large majority would wish them good luck. If the UK says the will of a few thousand in the Falklands to remain British should be respected then if Scotland and/or Wales were to decide they want out then that should be respected as well?

As for the Brexit thing, it won't surprise you that I think it wasn't wise. It has cost both the UK and the EU in economic terms, and even in humanitarian terms (long term expats getting in trouble because they missed some deadline with paperwork). It is too late to turn back the clock, but not too late to apply for membership again, or to hook up to Canada's associate member wagon. The "special relationship" the UK thought they had with the US has been buried by the orange clown without anyone's consent, so there's no alternative for a close bond with European neighbours anyway. Going it alone in the current geopolitical landscape seems to me an invitation to get trampled on.

 

YHBR
For me....death holds no fear, but I pray for those I will leave behind, in this world.
You can throw blame at me if you want, for what terrible things that happened in the past, but I certainly don't wish to be blamed in anyway, for the atrocities happening right now, in my lifetime, for which I don’t wish to be a party of.
That is why I try to draw attention to matters I feel strongly about. I am not offended by your choice of words, but feel deep pity for your state of mind....JB

 

Sorry if I have upset you once again YHBR
But I always do my "thinking outside the box".... Cheers JB