Metal Reviews

As long as they know the difference between the blue line and the goal line then most Canadians really won't care.

As far as the American elections are concerned, the candidate pool for both parties look weak as hell. Trump stands out because he's a celebrity and a blow-hard which will play fine until the stakes get raised next fall. It's pretty scary to think he is actually a legit presidential contender. We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel this time around.

bernie sanders seems dope imo but probably too dope for reality

stephen harper also created a tip line to report 'barbaric cultural practices' lol

and justin trudeau is saying that rap has a monopoly on misogyny in music

i voted green because i live in one of the ridings they have a chance of winning, and a party that gets 5% of the vote having 2/300 seats seems a little unfair so i feel like it's my democratic duty to try to get them 3/300.

Trump is a rich douchebag, imo. Don't really want him winning but I don't want a democrat winning either.

It's kind of ironic that while they were in power the now federal opposition passed a heavy tax on carbon emissions saying it would reduce pollution by providing a financial incentive for big polluters to go green yet are now blocking government from passing legislation to create proper incentive programs. Never mind that small business was the big loser under the now abolished carbon tax and the Liberals are trying to fix things and stimulate our failing eonomy. Is politics realy as retarded as it looks?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... oman-year/

LOL Indeed. Read about this in the Guardian the other day. The thought that Glamour couldn't find a single woman on the entire planet that was more worthy of recognition than Trans-Jenner feels like a grab for publicity. Honestly, the way this whole Jenner sex change saga has been played out in the media reads like a calculated attempt by Bruce to stay relevant after getting ousted by the Kardashians.

The planet is turning into one great big giant fucking basket case. The hilarious part is, feminists pushed this call her/ him or whatever the hell Bruce Jenner is "Caitlyn" trans-this-trans-that 55 different unique gender variations lbgtq whatever else the fuck I forgot to include shit on the rest of us, they created this monster and now it has turned on them. It's beautiful, poetic justice.

What do you mean "turning into" the world has been crazy for a very long time. Honestly don't care about the Jenner thing. Makes no difference whatsoever to my life.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

Solid article on a disturbing trend.

i thought the article misrepresented trigger warnings. professors use trigger warnings because they're about to teach that material. it's a way to help students with ptsd prepare to confront the material, rather than a way to help them avoid the material. in general the article takes the "scary" perspective on a lot of initiatives that i think will help make universities more inviting to a greater diversity of students

All this trigger and microagression bullshit is nothing more than simple faggotry.

I thought the article took a very practical and even-handed approach to the current situation. As the authors stated, the "rational person" application has largely been abandoned for a totally arbitrary approach for what constitutes harassment. It's an impossible standard to uphold. Furthermore, college is not supposed to make students feel emotionally safe and comfortable, it's intended to test a person's intellectual vigor and personal work ethic. And honestly, professors utilize triggers to cover their backsides more than anything else. Some of the actual examples utilized by the authors would be laughable if they weren't actually real. Grow some balls, people. The fact that students at Missouri University want to rid the campus of a statue of Thomas Jefferson because it's reflective of some sort of long-held systemic oppression is just dumb. You can't apply 21st century racial sensibilities to the socially accepted viewpoints of centuries long past. The man was our third president, a co-author of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of the University of Virginia. This sort of thinking will only continue to divide people rather than bring about any sort of racial reconciliation.


It is pretty weak to be honest. Be a man and address your grievances face to face with an individual rather than go to administration. Most people will respect your position if you confront them in a direct but professional manner rather than go behind their back.

I've only read half of the article so far, but yeah, it appears that the capacity for people to get offended by anything has grown to the point where it does 'close minds' to an extent. Thanks for posting.

Here the question is whether universities do an adequate job of preparing students for the rigors of work in a given field. Too much of the focus is directed towards academic results with many degrees lacking practical training. My university is one of the few that actually endeavours to incorporate practical training into their degrees.

is it though? i took a tour of quebec city a couple years ago and there's a half dozen of statues of european colonists on the parliament who were famous for killing native americans and then one statue of a native american leader who fought against them. it felt kind of fucked up! i'm not sure if taking down the statues down is the right course of action, but it's a weird situation and i wouldn't call it a dumb idea. the university of missouri students could equally say that your point of view will only continue to divide people

i agree that university is about testing intellectual vigour and work ethic, but if someone's not emotionally safe and comfortable you're not getting an accurate assessment of their intellectual vigour and personal work ethic. i also don't think that the standards for harassment are totally arbitrary. they're still somewhat up in the air because there's a lot that's still being debated, but they're far from impossible to uphold.

At the same time though one could question how devoted those students are to their studies. By attemtping to facilitate social cohesion across the campus they are focusing on just one aspect of Jefferson's character whilst ignoring his significant contributions to the US. Removing the statue is not likely to achieve the kind of unity they seek. They would, in fact, need to change every aspect of their campus to avoid any possible negative association with what they perceive as a shameful history. This is, of course, unlikely to occur and so their efforts are in vain.

A more beneficial method by which to accomplish their goal would be the creation of various student body programs and activities to showcase the universities wonderful academic and communal benefits.

Nah, these people are so soft, their lives so empty (a big part of it is the immediate gratification made available via technology; nothing really has any value anymore, everything is a click away and disposable. Another part is the looney tunes leftist White guilt bullshit their gender/black/queer studies professors are pounding into their soft heads) that they seek grievance as a lame attempt at legitimization. It's a joke.
Jefferson was one of the founding fathers of a country that allows you to be anything you want if only you apply yourself. Don't like it, take your BLM shirt, shove it up your ass and go fuck yourself.

Ben Shapiro addresses this in the video.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... at-mizzou/

:3

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