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Okay. I've taken more than my fair share of cheap shots at Canada, and Canadians, on this forum for a while now. All in a post-adolescent form of lame humor kind of way.

There is something about this post, and the responses from some folks who appear to be Canadian, that strikes a chord with me.

So. It is time, I think, for Canadians to stop apologizing for their government, and their "national opinion", if there is such a thing (anywhere - Canada, here, anywhere - it is a really ephemeral concept), and do something about it. I, and I am not alone here, am tired of hearing that "it", whatever "it" happens to be this week, is the fault of those assholes in Ottawa, or in Ontario and Quebec, and that the rest of the Canadian populace ought to be held blameless, by America and Americans, for the most recent outrage.

America, the nation, is and has been taking hits from the internationally minor State to its north. You have had a lot of historical goodwill to draw upon, and so we let it happen. We have been reasonably decent about it all, up until now. But this, frankly, is really getting old. If Canada were, for example, Haiti, would we put up with all of this? No. But have we taken down your government or your nation? No. Have we threatened to do this? Again, no.

Canadian FRiends - it is time for you to regain control over your own government, or at least stop making excuses for it. It is what it is. Act, or move elsewhere.

So. It is time, I think, for Canadians to stop apologizing for their government, and their "national opinion", if there is such a thing (anywhere - Canada, here, anywhere - it is a really ephemeral concept), and do something about it. I, and I am not alone here, am tired of hearing that "it", whatever "it" happens to be this week, is the fault of those assholes in Ottawa, or in Ontario and Quebec, and that the rest of the Canadian populace ought to be held blameless, by America and Americans, for the most recent outrage.

Bloody hallelujah on that one, brother.