06-19-2003, 10:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2003, 10:42 PM by Chaerophon.)
Hell, I live in Vancouver. We've already got a 'demographic imbalance'. Doesn't bother me any.
Okay, fair enough, then tell your government to quit trying to impose foreign policy goals on us through the use of threatened "trade pressure" and other means via your arrogant ambassadors. For that matter, live by your agreements and accept the economic certainty that even if we were subsidizing our softwood industry, you're still better off paying less for it. I never want to hear another word from your "ambassadors" or from your "unions".
My point is, that's not the way that it works. I despise American gun laws, I despise yokel politics and if that's the way that I feel, I've got every right in the world to voice that opinion. You think that we're not getting intense pressure from the United States up here regarding our pot laws? Unfortunately, since we don't have the economic clout of your country, we aren't able to create the same pressure on you regarding the issues that you mentioned. That doesn't mean that I can't have an opinion about them. When the Americans run off and annex someone in order to impose their way of life, that's worth condemnation. A few Canadians' opinions upon the backwards, self-deceptive and militant stance of American political objectives and policies don't compare. The day that we try to impose them on you, as you are so fond of saying, "at the point of a bayonet" is the day that you can call us out. Otherwise, you can certainly disagree with our opinions on policy, but to propose that good taste should restrict our "first amendment rights"? How un-American of you! I thought that that was what we were out there fighting for!
Quote:inside my borders, your opinion on my nation's laws are not worth spit, enjoy the laws that make you happy to be Canadian.
Okay, fair enough, then tell your government to quit trying to impose foreign policy goals on us through the use of threatened "trade pressure" and other means via your arrogant ambassadors. For that matter, live by your agreements and accept the economic certainty that even if we were subsidizing our softwood industry, you're still better off paying less for it. I never want to hear another word from your "ambassadors" or from your "unions".
My point is, that's not the way that it works. I despise American gun laws, I despise yokel politics and if that's the way that I feel, I've got every right in the world to voice that opinion. You think that we're not getting intense pressure from the United States up here regarding our pot laws? Unfortunately, since we don't have the economic clout of your country, we aren't able to create the same pressure on you regarding the issues that you mentioned. That doesn't mean that I can't have an opinion about them. When the Americans run off and annex someone in order to impose their way of life, that's worth condemnation. A few Canadians' opinions upon the backwards, self-deceptive and militant stance of American political objectives and policies don't compare. The day that we try to impose them on you, as you are so fond of saying, "at the point of a bayonet" is the day that you can call us out. Otherwise, you can certainly disagree with our opinions on policy, but to propose that good taste should restrict our "first amendment rights"? How un-American of you! I thought that that was what we were out there fighting for!
But whate'er I be,
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II