The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XL

[Valka D'Ur]

I prefer Jean-Luc Picard. I don't think there's anything at all wrong with having paragons in fiction: heaven knows we have so few in real life. I was an adolescent when TNG was on, and I really admired Captain Picard. He had a formative effect on my sense of morality: respect for all life, the pursuit if peace and cooperation, his respect for individual autonomy, and so on.

When the "paragon" expresses contempt toward people of the past just because they didn't grow up with the same ideology and therefore have different priorities, and has a myopic view that "everyone" has a wonderful life because of "Federation principles"... he's no paragon. Jean-Luc Picard lives in his own blissful little bubble and never imagines that life could be imperfect.

That bubble was poked somewhat with the Borg, but it took much longer for him to open his eyes to how regular people lived on some planets (ie. Bajorans). It seemed to take forever for him to understand that his blissful little bubble isn't shared by all of the people outside of Starfleet, and that money and profit really does exist (ie. Ezri Tegan's family owns a mining business and are very much concerned with money).

Picard was willing to use the Prime Directive to let innocent people die. Kirk would not have been. And while that led to reviving Khan, Kirk would also not have hesitated to allow McCoy to revive the three 20th-century people.

 

[MaryKB]

I see things differently. I'm willing to overlook some individual poorly written episodes and not use that to judge a character too harshly. Most of the time, Picard's morality was absolutely in the right place and he did the right thing. I also hold to the belief that for the overwhelming majority, the Federation was exactly what he thought it was, and that's why TNG is far and away my all time favorite television program.

Picard also tended more to lecture beings who thought they were above everyone else, like Q.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Is marijuana legal all over Canada?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is marijuana legal all over Canada?

Yes. They legalized it a year or two ago. The provinces can regulate how to sell it, though.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Is marijuana legal all over Canada?

Unfortunately, yes. The company that owns the building I live in has written it into the lease that - contrary to federal law, and which can be challenged in court if any tenant wants to - nobody here is allowed to actually grow the plants. Smoking it is limited to inside the suite and on the balcony.

Of course that doesn't prevent the stench from getting all over the place anyway, and preventing me from breathing properly while causing the same sort of reaction I get to any other kind of smoke, which starts with coughing, continues to a headache, and can get bad enough to cause vomiting.

The impaired driving and distracted driving laws have had to be revised to include marijuana, as people who are high are not able to be in full control of a vehicle or boat.

 

[Cutlass]

Is marijuana legal all over Canada?

In Nova Scotia the government is your pot dealer.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I remember there was a huge lineup that actually went outside the nearby LC right after they started selling it.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Thank you all. I asked the question because I have a sister-in-law who wants to move to Canada and I think her motivation is the access to marijuana, so I was checking to see what that accessibility actually is.

 

[Takhisis]

A plan to get rid of in-laws… excellent.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Thank you all. I asked the question because I have a sister-in-law who wants to move to Canada and I think her motivation is the access to marijuana, so I was checking to see what that accessibility actually is.

She'd better not plan on returning to the U.S., if she does carry through with this. It doesn't matter to the American border agents that it's legal in Canada, or if you smoked it once, 20 years ago. If you answer 'yes' to any marijuana-related questions, chances are that they will not allow you to cross.

My advice would be to do some extremely well-documented research on this, regarding the laws on both sides of the border.

 

[Birdjaguar]

She'd better not plan on returning to the U.S., if she does carry through with this. It doesn't matter to the American border agents that it's legal in Canada, or if you smoked it once, 20 years ago. If you answer 'yes' to any marijuana-related questions, chances are that they will not allow you to cross.

My advice would be to do some extremely well-documented research on this, regarding the laws on both sides of the border.

We don't see her much at all and this move is all hers. I just heard about it from other family members. My understanding is that she wants to make a permanent move there. It might just be talk. Crossing the border will be her problem. I don't even think that the borders are open right now.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I don't even think that the borders are open right now.

The only people are are normally allowed to cross now are essential workers and Canadian citizens (returning Canadians have to self-isolate for 14 days). There are loopholes here and there. There are several specific crossing points where people who are Alaskan residents are allowed over, as long as they can satisfy our border agents that they really do live in Alaska and they have to take a direct route - no sightseeing allowed. Some tourists have been given hefty fines for stopping in Banff and Jasper.

Your sister-in-law wouldn't qualify at this point.

 

[Kyriakos]

Can you help me locate this building in (ww2) Odessa? (eg @red_elk )

I was asked to model it, for a computer game, and as you can see it's not like much of the building is visible in this photo...

In this WiP I had to improvise a lot:

 

[Cutlass]

We don't see her much at all and this move is all hers. I just heard about it from other family members. My understanding is that she wants to make a permanent move there. It might just be talk. Crossing the border will be her problem. I don't even think that the borders are open right now.

I don't think it's super easy to get Canadian permanent residency these days.

 

[MaryKB]

She can move to a State that has legalized cannabis (such as Michigan)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I don't think it's super easy to get Canadian permanent residency these days.

If you're disabled, Canada won't let you immigrate at all because we're just seen as burdens on the healthcare system.

 

[MaryKB]

That's BS (I don't mean you're lying, I mean the system sucks) I'm working on trying to get my brother to be able to immigrate here, and him being disabled won't be a problem.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

There's a truck (interestingly the one with the Confederate flags and pro-Trump bumper stickers I mentioned before) parked in the fire lane outside my building. Its been there at least an hour and no sign of the driver. Should I call the non-emergency police number?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Take a picture and post it for us.

 

[MaryKB]

There's a truck (interestingly the one with the Confederate flags and pro-Trump bumper stickers I mentioned before) parked in the fire lane outside my building. Its been there at least an hour and no sign of the driver. Should I call the non-emergency police number?

Definitely.