Merry Christmas ChuckChuck, Grassfarmer Mustard et al

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Don't shoot the messenger, I am very vocal in my opposition to the AGW theory. And am adamantly against big government saving me from the plant food. Perhaps my sarcasm is taken the wrong way sometimes?

But what would be the point of a forum if we all had the same view point, and we all just came here to agree with each other, to reinforce what we already believe, stay in our comfort zones, and learn absolutely nothing?

What our left leaning (OK, might have leaned a little too far and fell right off) contributors bring to the conversation is a chance to see how the other side thinks. How do you propose to win the war if you don't even understand the enemy? And, unlike most posters, they do offer solutions to problems, not just endless whining. Most of those solutions are not palatable to a hard working entrepreneurial type, and many are heavy on promises and short on substance, but are still more than most posters bring to the table on these issues. And they do it with more respect than many of their detractors.

But what I don't understand is what motivates them, why not post on a cbc forum where everyone can agree with them? This is certainly not the easy road to take.

[stonepicker]

Alta 5, i agree 100% about " understanding the enemy " The only way to make an informed opinion is to look at both sides objectively. Have a merry christmas.

[sumdumguy]

Give me a break , these are the same poeple who run for office and win , these are the same poeple who are running the country now , these are the same poeple who love the cwb and ran it for decades , these are the same poeple who cut and paste false info on how good the cwb , and it's being proven the cwb was a joke , I don't hang around poeple like this , I try and surround myself with common sense poeple , u can cut and paste anything u want to go on ur side , time to go chase the ace and have a good discussion .

All I want for Christmas is for the trolls to go climb under the bridge and forget about Agriville. They are a constant irritant with no other purpose. Out mit the shcrap!

[grassfarmer]

What our left leaning (OK, might have leaned a little too far and fell right off) contributors..... Most of those solutions are not palatable to a hard working entrepreneurial type.....
But what I don't understand is what motivates them, why not post on a cbc forum where everyone can agree with them? This is certainly not the easy road to take.

Left leaning? hardly, never voted for a left of centre party in my life.

What gives you the right to imply I'm not a hard working entrepreneurial type? I've been nothing else for 35 years which is about as long as you've been alive if I remember correctly.

Why am I motivated to post? because someone has to fight back and show that the views of the majority of the general population are not represented by the posters on here who probably represent the views of less than 5% of Canadians. In my opinion the majority view on here is an embarrassment to agriculture. And it's all about opinions - there are no rights and wrongs that have to be defended, one side that has it right and the other wrong, each one of us gets to have a personal opinion just like they get a personal vote.
I've seen forums before where all the "minority opinion" posters get driven off and once they are gone the forum collapses because there really isn't a lot of draw in farmers discussing holidays or today's girly cocktail. So be careful what you wish for.

[foragefarmer]

It is funny here on Agriville how anybody who has a differing opinion of the so called majority right leaning posters, is not a hard working farmer who contributes to agriculture and pulls there own weight, and that they are a "leftard " as they say. It's easy to post an opinion on Agriville when you already know 80-90% of the posters are going to be in agreement with what you are going to post and are ready to applaud your every word.


The comment comes up why are there lurkers here on Agriville who do not contribute, the answer is they probably are in disagreement with the out spoken right leaning posters, and feel it not worth getting into a pissing match with a bunch of skunks.

[checking]

Would you ask cc. to post the forum demised list?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Sorry, Grassfarmer, that came across wrong. I certainly did not mean to imply that you or any farmer is not hard working, but that most of the sheeple voters who support/expect big government to solve all of their problems are not typically not. And it is not typically right wing parties who want to tell me how they shuold spend my money for me, since I can't be trusted.

I really admire your business strategy, and it takes a lot more entrepreneurship than farming governmnet sponsored crop insurance and support programs as a typical grain farmer is perceived to do.

[wakopa]

Majority is not always right , there are a lot of sheep out there who don't have a clue and follow smooth talkers, I am usually a minority and go against the grain and I've been right more than wrong .no im not perfect but I pick out a lot of fakes , go on ebrandon and find most of the mouthpiece have never run a business but are so smart .

[grassfarmer]

Apology accepted AF5, have a good Christmas.