Comments on: North Korea? Zimbabwe? China?

By: colontos

colontos — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:04:11 +0000

Care to elaborate?

By: stacked

stacked — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:52:50 +0000

Yeah thats not really an inferiority complex.

By: colontos

colontos — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:23:51 +0000

@11 - Yeah, that was probably the reason behind what he said, and it’s a reasonable distinction. But it was his tone- “It’s not my job to give value to an American concept.” that made me roll my eyes at the obvious inferiority complex at work.

By: Janus

Janus — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:04:02 +0000

Well at least it wasn’t France.

By: bigrich

bigrich — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:39:37 +0000

I think this is much ado about nothing. It seems to me that he’s simply stating that the term ‘freedom of speech’ has no legal value in Canada. The legal term for the same concept in Canada is ‘freedom of expression’. The concept exists, but it has a different name. This is a matter of semantics, not politics.

And before any Americans accuses me of being a lefty Canadian: I’m British, and therefore I have equal snooty disdain for both upstart former colonies!

By: jtb-in-texas

jtb-in-texas — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:31:11 +0000

As far as Kiwis go, they’re rather patient with the folks from the Western Island…

There are Canadians who look forward to sharia or a Marxist “Worker’s Paradise” like Zimbabwe, may the Lord rebuke them.

I thank God every day that I’m a US Citizen. But I don’t think we can long remain free without being careful to protect our freedoms. And our government seems intent on importing enough document-challenged foreign guest-workers to overburden the infrastructure and force a collapse…

While we don’t have many like the Canadian example, the Texas EEOC has decided that merely having a Bible on one’s desk is sufficient evidence of religious harassment. Note this ruling does not apply to the Koran, the Book of Mormon, or any other (non-Christian) religious literature.

By: The Goat

The Goat — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:09:53 +0000

I just wish my province would get their act together and get out - I just may go back if that were to happen.

But that…is another issue.

By: slim

slim — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:30:41 +0000

Canada suffers southward brain drain.

By: Roboseyo

Roboseyo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:21:37 +0000

For Netizen Kim:

“Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world.” Winston Churchill, September 4, 1941.

“Blame Canada, Blame Canada
It’s not even a real country, anyway”
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, 1999

By: Leguwan

Leguwan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:52:24 +0000

My impression of Canadians is that they are very balanced people regarding the USA….they have a chip on BOTH shoulders. Like the New Zealanders have about their big neighbor, Australia.