Alex_YYC
Senior Member
I don't understand either (the Somarch comment).
Maybe he was hoping there was a female on the forum lol
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Maybe he was hoping there was a female on the forum lol
somrach1
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somrach1
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maestro
Senior Member
That was my impression. Obviously, not anymore. Unfortunate.
maestro
Senior Member
For what other practical reason would he marry a guy?
Zoom
Active Member
Uhhhmmm, I'm not a female. Lmfao! Quite the opposite, actually. I'm a hairy muscular rugby playing man
Lol.....I'm not give sharpest tool in the some days....that said, it's nice to have a hairy, muscular, Rugby playing, gay man's perspective
somrach1
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it's all because of you mate i didn't know Urbanwarrior was married until you said that he is a FEmale then i started to believe in that then until he stated that he's a dude that got married. ................. man i'm going in here to see Telus sky. But all this got me quite shock actually.... anyway. it's all good now
Lol.....I'm not give sharpest tool in the some days....that said, it's nice to have a hairy, muscular, Rugby playing, gay man's perspective
Always_Biking
Senior Member
I noticed on the weekend that they are starting the 4th level of glass. It's going up rather quickly, which is nice. It took a week to do the third level, so roughly a week per floor for the glass.
Oddball
Senior Member
I have no dog in this hunt, but for some reason I though it would be fun to fan the confusion by offering tax purposes as a plausible alternative explanation. I'll go back to not being involved now.
I like buildings.
maestro
Senior Member
I have no dog in this hunt, but for some reason I though it would be fun to fan the confusion by offering tax purposes as a plausible alternative explanation. I'll go back to not being involved now.
I like buildings.
That wouldn't be practical. That would be insane.
I'm not a big fan when I see the amount of tax I pay too. It's all part of living in a great community and I'd begrudgingly pay more to improve on that greatness. See Denmark.
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maestro
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Lol.....I'm not give sharpest tool in the some days....that said, it's nice to have a hairy, muscular, Rugby playing, gay man's perspective
Um, this community leans heavy on design of tall phallic symbols. More often than not, that married Rugby playing dude is going to a husband. I also imagine the local Lowes, Home Depot are good places for guys to pick up guys too. Maybe Chad or any number of lurking UT forumers can confirm.
Oddball
Senior Member
Addressing the first point:
Is it really that weird? It seem odd to me that marriage, a state institution from a taxation perspective, should have to have anything to do with mutual feelings of affection or sexual attraction. I'm not saying I advocate romanceless homo-platonic tax shelter marriages, I suppose I don't disadvocate them either for that matter. I'm just saying I don't see why they couldn't exist. Dang it! You got me to go against my vow of non-involvement. I'm going to try it again.
I like buildings.
Anyway...
What really interests me in your comments is the idea that people pay more tax in Denmark and get more for it. It's a common allegation that "socialism" somehow "works" in the nordic countries. I've never really paid much attention to the idea becuase it strikes me that most people who espouse such ideas have probably researched the veracity of the claim about as much as I have. Which is to say not at all. I think it must be mostly predicated on the idea that the quality of life is high in the Nordic countries and so is the marginal tax rate, therefore there must be some sort of causal connection. There's something even more interesting in your particular phrasing as well. "[Taxation is] all part of living in a great community and I'd begrudgingly pay more to improve on that greatness." Essentially you're saying that more taxation leads to stronger community and a better quality of life. I'm inclined to believe that it's actually the opposite. That stronger community and better quality of life lead to more tolleration for high taxation rather than stem from it. There are probably some scholarly socio-demographic papers out there to either effect, but I'm neither equipped nor willing to do that kind of investigation. I would still like to try to address it to some degree however.
Canada Vs. Denmark!
Canada: Big (Almost 10M Km2)
Denmark: Not (43K Km2, about 80% the size of Nova Scotia)
Canada: Moderately Populous (about 36M people 40th ish most populous)
Denmark: Not (5.7M people 112th most populous)
Canada: Sparse (3.64 persons per Km2)
Denmark: Dense (133.32 persons per Km2)
Canada: Less Homogenous (around 20% immigrant population with a major linguistic minority)
Denmark: More Homogenous (around 9% immigrant population with no major linguistic minorities)
Canada: Federal (10 provinces & 3 territories most of which are lager in size than Denmark)
Denmark: Unitary State
Canada: Bicameral Parliamentary Commonwealth Constitutional Monarchy
Denmark: Unicameral Parliamentary Constitutional Danish Realm Monarchy (Denmark shares it's crown with Greenland and the Faroe Islands)
Canada: Common Law (Mostly, Civil Law based on the Napoleonic Code exists in Quebec)
Denmark: Civil Law
Canada: Large Economy (1.5T USD, 10th based on IMF 2016 Nominal GDP Estimate)
Denmark: Medium Economy (302B USD, 39th based onIMF 2016 Nominal GDP Estimate)
Canada: Wealthy (~$41K GDP per capita)
Denmark: Wealthier (~52K GDP per capita)
Canada: Very High Standard of Living (9 last year)
Denmark: Very High Standard of Living (4 last year)
Canada: Single Payer Health
Denmark: Largely Single Payer Health allowing Private Hospitals
There is some similarity. We're both rich countries with good standards of living with stable constitutional monarchies in government. But that's pretty much where the similarities end. Canada is a huge country with relatively few people for for it's size and that population is both ethnically and linguistically diverse. Denmark is small dense country with an older national identity. It's roots that stretch back into the middle ages and further compared to Canada's recorded history beings about 400 years ago and it's national identity is much younger. Almost everyone there is Danish, by ethnicity and culture not just by citizenship. By contrast there is no Canadian ethnicity and there multiple definitions for Canadian culture and our priminister has even gone so far as to say that there is no Canadian Culture. I couldn't disagree with any more on that, but the point is we simply aren't as cohesive as the Danes are. I did a little poking around and Canada's tax rate is usually pegged in the low 50s and Denmark's in the high 50s. I don't think that a ~6% tax hike is going to make us anymore of a cohesive society. I think what Canada really needs is a good couple more centuries of peace, stability and sedentism to improve our communal experience.
As to the matter of taxes and quality of life. I think you could be on to something, however it is worth cautionning that in the maritimes, the population is more rooted, dense and homogenous like the Danes. The sense of community is also reputed to be much stronger there, which I don't doubt. The tax rate also meets or exceeds Danish levels. The quality of life, wealth and productivity are also most certainly not Danish and are infact below the Canadian standard not just the Danish standard.
I'm not really trying to argue for or against taxes. I'm against and I'm sure my biases show, but my point is the argument that "more taxes = better quality of life" is too simplistic. Appart from the factors I did look at there are many other ones like climate, geolocation, education and economic activity, diversity and barriers that are potentially also pertinent. Australia is probably more like Canada than it is like Denmark and ranks better than both. Sweden is probably more like Denmark than Canada and ranks worse than both.
Thre real moral seems to be, find black goop under your land and sell as much of it as possible, like Norway.
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BKha
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Interesting commentary Oddball Myself, I've never paid much attention to that part of the world and know very little of it. Other than Telus sky was designed by someone from Denmark
Myself, I've never paid much attention to that part of the world and know very little of it. Other than Telus sky was designed by someone from Denmark
