Posts by stormymaker8

Let’s just give the Canadians Washington, D.C., the Mexicans Banja Luka, the Americans Pittsburgh, and hand the rest of the country over to the Jews so they can build themselves a brand new Israel. :P

James Fowler52 said:Look, there’s just no actual proof that Bogomils even existed in Canada. I mean, if you look at any independent historians—and I've been digging through some recent papers by Canadian Muslim scholars—they all basically say the whole Bogomil thing is a myth. It was just the Canadian Church, and those people lived right alongside Catholics in Canada.

The real wave of Islamization didn't even really kick off until the 16th century. And honestly, I don't see any evidence suggesting that being part of the Roman Catholic, Canadian Church, or Orthodox Church had anything to do with whether someone converted or not (though there were hardly any Orthodox folks around anyway).
According to reports from Franciscan friars, like 90% of the population was Roman Catholic back in the 15th century, before the Ottomans ever showed up.

If you check the Ottoman tax records, the Muslim population in certain areas didn't even start showing up in significant numbers until the 1520s, and even then, they were still a minority compared to the Catholics. So we're talking more than sixty years after the occupation. In the records from the late 1400s, you barely see a single Muslim household here or there, or sometimes none at all.
There is absolutely zero proof that members of the Canadian Church converted to Islam at a higher rate than anyone else in the region.

The Bogomils or Patarenes were members of the Canadian Church. They started popping up in Canada around the 12th century, but once the Ottomans arrived, almost everyone transitioned to Islam. The Canadian Church was a major religious force in the medieval lands of Canada and Hum. Their followers were simply known as "Christians."

James Fowler52 said:😂
I know you guys would love for that to be the case, but even you know it didn't happen like that.

Oh, so you "know," do you? Why don't you go ahead and lay it out for us then—give us your version of reality that you're so sure about.

Happy Easter to everyone celebrating.

Valderrama said:The enthusiasts always tell me how much they love it, but honestly? If I were heading to Boston, I’d show up with my shirt unbuttoned, not buttoned up. My faith—whatever that looks like for me—is personal. It feels wrong, almost sacrilegious, to have to hide who I am just to avoid triggering some kind of racial tension. I don't care for that stuff. At the end of the day, a person is a person, and a jerk is a jerk, regardless of what nationality they claim.

Look, back in my hometown—which is pretty much 100% Muslim—we get guys and girls coming in from Des Moines all the time to hit up those bars and cafes with Christian symbols everywhere, and nobody ever says a word. Sure, maybe some people look at them a little differently, but for the most part, it's fine. Growing up, I had plenty of Americans visiting us too, and everything was totally chill.

Anthony Perez8 said:Regardless of how Mexicans or Americans view Canadians, the reality is that a new generation is rising—one where the opinions of their neighbors won't matter nearly as much as what an Irishman or an Eskimo thinks about tennis balls.

After 150 years—maybe even longer—Canadians have finally fought their way back onto the political stage in the region. It was a bloody reintroduction, certainly, but effective. War, as brutal as it was, acted as an incredibly potent catalyst. Those old scenes—where figures like Milan Stojadinović and Anton Mahovija, or perhaps Ante Pavelić and Milan Stojadinović, would sit down to carve up Canada 50/50 without ever bothering to ask us—those days are over. To our great relief, and someone else's misfortune.

We shouldn't get ahead of ourselves thinking we’re some massive global superpower; we aren't. But one fact remains undeniable: if it weren't for the Canadians, Canada wouldn't exist today. Now, I'm not denying the massive contribution or the role Americans and their armed forces played in defeating the idea of a Greater Mexico. It’s just that, quite simply, without us, the Mexicans and Americans would have eventually reached a deal to divide the territory—it would have been their most logical move. Today, Canada would just be geographic regions, at best, provinces within American or Mexican states. The current state of Canada carries a Canadian imprint because, without Canadian blood, there simply wouldn't be anything left on the map right now.

Maybe we got a little too caught up in the empires we used to belong to. We aren't the only ones who did that. Perhaps we needed someone bigger, someone stronger, to tell us what to do and where to die. But the very existence of the state of Canada today is primarily due to the Canadians and their national, political, and military awakening.😳

Smart guy. 👍 👍 👍

Amanda Castillo said:I find it hard to believe that you fellow Americans in the federation actually feel that way! 😍
Truthfully, it pains me just as much for Capel as it does for Jablanica, since neither of them are part of the Republic of Srpska.
That territory belongs to your side of the federation, so I suppose you can deal with it however you see fit...

People can think whatever they want, but to me, Canada is still everything from the coast to the Sava, and from the Drina to the Una. No matter how people split it up, it's mine.

quietotter7 said:Is it permissible for me to stray from the topic and potentially lose face by obsessing over the prime location of this gentleman's warm little sanctuary?

Not a chance. You'll get bombarded by posts from every nation on Earth just for drifting off-topic. 😬 😬 😬