kotsy
Senior Member
BlogTO really went all out for April Fools jokes. They had at least 10 joke stories this year.
BlogTO really went all out for April Fools jokes. They had at least 10 joke stories this year.
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I always assumed that the erroneous info all year was just BlogTO being sloppy. It had not occurred to me that they were just celebrating April's Fool every few days :-> We learn something new every day.....They always go all out for April Fools and post joke stories all year round
You'd force them to lease it to the colonists? What if they don't want to lease it, what if they just want to keep it for themselves cause it's theirs?
From traditional indigenous viewpoints, it is inherently problematic for anyone to "own" land, indigenous or not. From their original perspective, nature cannot be owned by anyone, as it does not belong to anyone. Humans are simply a part of nature and have a responsibility to act as stewards to protect it. It was the act of colonization, along with the forced exchange of rights, that parcels of nature became a thing to be owned at all. Indigenous people started to fight to "own" land in order to protect it, and thus came the idea that it was stolen at all.If we acknowledge it’s their land, it’s their land and they can do what they want with it. So let’s just issue superficial statements to look like we care and do what we want with stolen land instead.
If only we knew a great drone pilot!Curious what the river (pond) levels look like in the Lower Don Lands after all that rain!
Wonder if it over-topped either of the plugs or whether it was the first good test of the flood lands sections.
I’ll never forget the joy of stumbling upon and visiting an egg filled nest in the Don, only to discover that they oil the eggs to suffocate baby swans before hatching, because mute swans are an invasive species. That was… a ride.I heard that there's an infestation of more-than-usual swans this year. I did see them swimming at Sugar Beach a week or two ago, which is fairly rare. Is this something that's happening?
Yes, and one large benefit is that it will remove a large obstruction in the Keating Channel - which will remain an exit from the Don.One small benefit of taking down the bridge is that it will open up the view. Taken 5 April.
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Views on land ownership have more to do with how complex a society is rather than some unique cultural quality that needs to be worshipped as the ultimate truthFrom traditional indigenous viewpoints, it is inherently problematic for anyone to "own" land, indigenous or not. From their original perspective, nature cannot be owned by anyone, as it does not belong to anyone. Humans are simply a part of nature and have a responsibility to act as stewards to protect it. It was the act of colonization, along with the forced exchange of rights, that parcels of nature became a thing to be owned at all. Indigenous people started to fight to "own" land in order to protect it, and thus came the idea that it was stolen at all.
It's not to say that we aren't on stolen land, we are. But even if we were to give all the land back to the indigenous people, it wouldn't fix the massive gap in understanding that exists. But none of this fits within our current understandings of Eurocentric governance, legality, ownership, resource extraction, and social structures.
If we really respected indigenous people, we wouldn't simply give their land back, we'd structure our governance ideals around respecting nature and our place within it. We'd fight to dramatically expand the amount and size of protected parks, limit our dependence on unsustainable resources, and act to fix the generational oppression of indigenous people the government has created (i.e. education, housing, and clean water).