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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Aladdin... the original article was written by an American. If you read my comment, I found the article amusing (i.e. it is coloured by the fact that the person is American and seeing Canada with rose coloured glasses) and then went on to ask what other American's takes where on the article.
I think you will find, with few exceptions, that those Canadian who are posting here are far from the "Canada is Number One!" sort of boosterism you are claiming to be here. No one is "vociferously sounding off" about the superiority of Canada rather they are defending our system against those who describe it as "piss poor" or who like the orginal article don't know what they are talking about.
Disagree all you want I don't have to roll over and agree with you.
As for your comments about the enlightened Canadian you really missed the point... but that doesn't surprise me.
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And let's put into context what the glam rock fan said to elicit such a response:
The United States is the reason the other western countries can have luxuries like socialized health care and country club prisons. Contrary to popular belief, mankind has not entered some new enlightened age where the lion and the lamb have laid down together. The only thing standing between the relative international stability we see today and global chaos is the U.S. Sixth Fleet and the American will to use it. If the United States didn't spill the treasure and blood necessary to slam some little murderous despot up against the wall every 10 years or so, western countries that depend on the United States for defense would be in deep shit. Most "allies" depend on the United States to keep the sea lanes open and the skyways safe. If Canada was unable to deliver its lumber across the ocean it wouldn't be long before its prosperity would end.
I'm betting it will happen again before all who are reading this reach old age: there will arise yet another genocidal utopian ideal that will threaten civilization, and the only country that will be able (and willing) to stop it will be the USA. So yes, in that sense, we are an anachronism.
The glam rock fan believes the US is superior to all other nations and that other nations should get down on their collective knees and praise God for the US's existence.
Meanwhile, citizens of other nations are justifiably proud of their countries but don't think everyone else should be thankful just to be mentioned in the same sentence.
There is quite a difference here...