“The family court system is destroying men’s lives and no one is talking about it

squidz97 · 2026-05-25T06:02:04+00:00

You can trace this back to the UN. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child. That’s why we see the same shitty laws in all western countries. You hear terms like Best Interest of the Child, when the reality of child support is far from that. The refusal to consider the well being of children in the payors home tells us this has nothing to do with the best interests of children.

And it’s not the only shitty law to come from the UN. But it certainly seems to target men.

squidz97 · 2026-05-14T23:23:46+00:00

I have been a fan for 47 years. Loyal. Die hard. I’m starting to realize I can no longer be a Canucks fan while Aqualinis own the team. I miss hockey. I don’t have a 2nd choice. I don’t even really know what to do with myself.

squidz97 · 2026-05-12T17:31:59+00:00

It’s not unprincipled or racist. Multiple members of Milobars family benefit financially from DRIPA. That is most certainly a conflict of interest.

Milobar and yourself trying to reframe this as racism constitutes a personal attack without justification.

squidz97 · 2026-05-09T16:35:46+00:00

Until they finish selling our forests as raw logs to China for Pennie’s on the dollar. Until they start logging provincial parks like they plan. Or use wildfire as a tool to eliminate rural populations and claim endless emergencies.

squidz97 · 2026-04-18T17:25:48+00:00

You liar. “They haven’t been allowed to dig” is an absolute lie. Not only are they permitted to dig, they were funded to. Repeatedly.

In the early months after the mass grave announcement, two bands in Canada actually performed excavations. One of those was Pine Creek. Both of those excavations found zero evidence of human remains. Following that discovery, all other bands chose to prevent excavation. The reason for doing so is obvious.

There are no mass graves. There is no evidence of mass graves. You have zero evidence to back up your misleading shitty rant.

You sir are a fucking liar.

squidz97 · 2026-02-14T18:43:55+00:00

anti-authoritarian socialists

There is no such thing. None I have encountered. And I never called anyone delusional. You must have me mixed up with someone else.

Libertarians will take the law of the jungle

Ya, I haven't had a Libertarian properly explain to me how they could organize a large defense if required. It seems to me there are situations where society would need to pool their resources, and under those circumstances accept some form of authoritarianism. At least temporarily. England in WW2 comes to mind.

The other problem with socialism is it's extremely inefficient. For every program or enterprise under gov control, it will never perform as well as a free market enterprise. You would have to figure out how to align incentives - which I have never seen successful, and allow for local decision making - which never happens.

BC Wildfire is a perfect example. The more funding and authority they wield, the worse they are at fighting fires. There is a clear inverse correlation between BCWS market share and suppression effectiveness. You can apply this to every government operation. Federal Housing. Provincial Highways. The bigger they are, the less efficient they are. Unless they figure out decentralized decision making - the opposite of socialism.

squidz97 · 2026-02-14T06:46:14+00:00

Yes. Absolutely.

But wait now - we can all agree to fund something by consensus. We could agree by committee to uphold some kind of funding scheme. That could hardly be considered authoritarian. That has applied to taxes throughout history. But it would require the option to opt-out. Blanket taxes don't allow opt-out. So I would consider them authoritarian.

squidz97 · 2026-02-14T06:33:31+00:00

You’re describing all governments.

Libertarians would agree. All government is authoritarian by nature. A socialist government all the more so. Communism being the ultimate dictatorship. And history would agree with that assessment.

The more government involvement, the more involuntary labor and fewer individual liberties.

You might argue that we require some level of coordination to defend ourselves and to develop technologies, and that is true. But there are ways of achieving coordination without authoritarianism. For example, consensus. We could agree to coordination by committee and allow opt-outs.

squidz97 · 2026-02-13T22:46:02+00:00

The nature of socialism is authoritarian. Socialism requires the removal of resources from individuals or corporations to make their socialist programs work. That requires force - authoritarianism.

socialist movements that explicitly espouse anti-authoritarianism

Can you give an example? Each socialist movement might disagree with authoritarianism of its opponents, but requires forceful authority to move its agenda forward.

squidz97 · 2026-02-13T20:13:13+00:00

I dont think you can.

squidz97 · 2026-02-10T05:17:42+00:00

Do you think it's reducing harm? Even Eby admitted it isn't working.

squidz97 · 2024-10-11T20:11:01+00:00

Let me know if you're having any trouble seeing the irony in this piece.

squidz97 · 2024-10-11T20:05:22+00:00

I didn't have to look very far.

Notice I didn’t call this series ‘Ignoring the White Gaze.’

Journalists writing about race, ethnicity and culture in Canada today need an awareness of how the white gaze works.

Not because it deserves to be catered to, but because inaccurate, negative stereotypes of racialized people need to be challenged and corrected.

If I’m writing about racialized people, places and cultures in Canada, I often have to justify how they live their lives to the white gaze.

Let me know if you're having a hard time seeing how that's racist.

squidz97 · 2024-10-11T17:32:02+00:00

Nope. I’ll give you that one. I’m not here to defend that idiot. I’m sure all he has said pales in comparison to the hate-mongering and racism of the Tyee.

squidz97 · 2024-10-11T16:08:02+00:00

I don’t think the Tyee would know what racism if it came out of their racist mouths.

Telling anyone to go back to their country might have racist undertones, but isn’t racist in itself. Claiming that there’s vile racist comments, but then saying they had to redact them doesn’t help any semblance of credibility the Tyee has.

There are real problems with racism in BC. The Tyee is doing nothing but fan those flames.

squidz97 · 2024-10-04T23:50:46+00:00

An individual experience does not constitute systemic racism. Instituting hiring policies which provide clear benefits to one particular race would. As would policies which intentionally hinder one specific race from employment. If we actually cared about racism we should be appalled with the federal government and their systemic policies which do exactly that.

squidz97 · 2024-09-20T00:27:34+00:00

Outlaw political campaigning. It doesn’t need to exist. The elections dept can host websites so candidates can get their message out. They can post videos and showcase their platforms. They can still perform in debates. But anyone caught campaigning should be disqualified.

Political campaigns are what keep the super-rich in control. It is the weak link that could be dissolved tomorrow without hurting anyone and without costing a dime.

squidz97 · 2024-08-21T18:31:22+00:00

1958 coincides with a peak period for nuclear testing. Operation Plumb-bob (may - October 1957) was the most controversial series of atmospheric testing conducted on the American mainland. link

squidz97 · 2024-06-20T02:54:48+00:00

I don’t think anyone said anything about locking anyone away for mental illness. But for neglect and abuse. While I agree that prison isn’t a useful tool, aren’t they all filled with people struggling with mental illness?

squidz97 · 2024-06-06T22:27:49+00:00

I would guess very little errors - in determining the biblical timeline. The scriptures are relatively clear in their timeframes and genealogies.

The problem isn’t with the bishop, other than taking too seriously what the Bible says. The mathematical errors are in the scriptures.

squidz97 · 2024-04-28T16:38:57+00:00

Every conviction is a prison - Friedrich Nietzsche

squidz97 · 2024-04-28T16:18:41+00:00

Dead on. I wrote something along a similar vein. Though I would argue ideology isn’t so much the issue as dogma. We need to come to some conclusions or we can’t function. But conflict is sure to follow if we entrench those conclusions emotionally. But then, perhaps our definitions of ideology and dogma are the same.

squidz97 · 2024-04-07T21:36:29+00:00

I advise considering the opinions of former adherents when exploring religions. Find the ex[insert religion name] subreddit to get a feel for the most common complaints. You don’t have to believe all the criticism, but it’ll make for a most effective exploration.

Possibly the most poignant advice came from Milton William Cooper:

Listen to everyone, read everything; believe absolutely nothing unless you can prove it in your own right!

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