Iceland to Adopt Canadian Dollars as Currency?

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HVC

#60
March 06, 2012, 04:38:16 PM
If our queen was French viper would be ok with her :D
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Malthus

#61
March 06, 2012, 05:04:56 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2012, 04:38:16 PM
If our queen was French viper would be ok with her :D

Or from Quebec.

"Let them eat poutine!"  :ph34r:
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Neil

#62
March 06, 2012, 05:06:39 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 06, 2012, 04:36:33 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 05, 2012, 08:33:44 PM
Considering that the guy is worked up about a title whose officiality has been debatable for the last 30 years and whose use has been discouraged for over a half century, hearing that sort of thing makes you think that maybe viper might be crazy.
I am not worked up about "Dominion", you are as if it had any significance.  I just pointed that we are still officially the Dominion of Canada, because it was never officially changed.  The 1982 Constitution refers the the North American British Act wich clearly states "Dominion of Canada".
That does not change anything in my life.
But apparently, it does change a lot in yours as you're trying so hard to find non existing evidence that it's not the true name of the country.  Even your fellow monarchists disagree with you.
It has been changed, through disuse.  If you can find me an official Canadian document from recent years that actually refers to Canada as a Dominion, I'll concede that there might be a kernal of truth to your words.

Am I a monarchist?
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

viper37

#63
March 07, 2012, 02:05:44 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2012, 04:38:16 PM
If our queen was French viper would be ok with her :D
If she was French, there'd abolotionist parties all accross English Canada.
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viper37

#64
March 07, 2012, 02:06:36 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 06, 2012, 05:06:39 PM
It has been changed, through disuse. 
doesn't count.

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Am I a monarchist?
you loath republicans.  and nationalists.  If you're not monarchist, you're playing one very well.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Valmy

#65
March 07, 2012, 02:30:45 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 02:06:36 PM
you loath republicans.  and nationalists.  If you're not monarchist, you're playing one very well.

Maybe he just hates tiresome people.

Quotedoesn't count.

Why does the official title of Canada count so much but the official title of Elizabeth Windsor counts not at all? :P

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Neil

#66
March 07, 2012, 02:30:55 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 02:05:44 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2012, 04:38:16 PM
If our queen was French viper would be ok with her :D
If she was French, there'd abolotionist parties all accross English Canada.
If she was French, we'd be poor third-worlders, just like all of France's former colonies.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Neil

#67
March 07, 2012, 03:04:03 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 02:06:36 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 06, 2012, 05:06:39 PM
It has been changed, through disuse. 
doesn't count.
Absolutely does.
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QuoteAm I a monarchist?
you loath republicans.  and nationalists.  If you're not monarchist, you're playing one very well.
It's possible I just enjoy the status quo.  And let's face it, both republicans and nationalists are rather dull, looking to hijack the greater good.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

HVC

#68
March 07, 2012, 03:42:35 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 02:05:44 PM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2012, 04:38:16 PM
If our queen was French viper would be ok with her :D
If she was French, there'd abolotionist parties all accross English Canada.
You're not disagreeing with me :P. why are you such a anglophobe? :( :D
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

viper37

#69
March 07, 2012, 04:31:55 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 07, 2012, 02:30:45 PM
Why does the official title of Canada count so much but the official title of Elizabeth Windsor counts not at all? :P
don't know.  Ask the people who jumped on me for my nitpick on the name.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

#70
March 07, 2012, 04:33:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 07, 2012, 02:30:55 PM
If she was French, we'd be poor third-worlders, just like all of France's former colonies.
Zimbabwe is such a prosperous country nowadays.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

garbon

#71
March 07, 2012, 04:34:43 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 04:33:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 07, 2012, 02:30:55 PM
If she was French, we'd be poor third-worlders, just like all of France's former colonies.
Zimbabwe is such a prosperous country nowadays.

You realize you are going to lose on this right?
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viper37

#72
March 07, 2012, 04:52:21 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 07, 2012, 04:34:43 PM
You realize you are going to lose on this right?
It's easy to claim the British colonies did so much better when you only count occidental countries like Australia and Canada and systematically exclude the failures like Zimbabwe, or forget the Apartheid of South Africa.
I just don't see much difference between an ex-British colony in Africa and an ex-French colony in Africa.

And it's impossible to tell how Canada would have turned as a French colony.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Barrister

#73
March 07, 2012, 04:57:03 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 04:52:21 PM
I just don't see much difference between an ex-British colony in Africa and an ex-French colony in Africa.

Well then have I got a link for you!

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/03/the_post_colonial_hangover

The TL;DR version - present day Cameroon has parts that were formerly British, and parts that were formerly French.  The British parts are doing noticeably better, although the article suggests it may be merely that the Brits were "less damaging" than the French - not that they were actually a net positive.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

garbon

#74
March 07, 2012, 05:32:05 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 07, 2012, 04:52:21 PM
It's easy to claim the British colonies did so much better when you only count occidental countries like Australia and Canada and systematically exclude the failures like Zimbabwe, or forget the Apartheid of South Africa.
I just don't see much difference between an ex-British colony in Africa and an ex-French colony in Africa.

And it's impossible to tell how Canada would have turned as a French colony.

Actually it is easier than that. Where are the French equivalents of the US, Canada and Australia?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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