[Arkinsaw]

There would be dangers, which we already see among Canadian and American conservatives. It is tempting to increase the power of the state in the name of law and order, but this encourages the state to create more crimes and paper criminals. A related danger--call it "the American danger"--consists in glorifying the state as the sacred, iconic defender of liberty. In a free society, the state should be viewed instead as a humble agency that tries, more or less well, to do what nobody else does and which appears, for the moment, indispensable to social co-ordination.

Wow, this writer has clear vision. A rarity.

[XJarhead]

I met with some attorneys from a very large Canadian firm a few weeks ago. They were headquartered in Toronto, but did have a smaller presence in Alberta. They made a number of joking references to Alberta in the very complimentary sense that Alberta was in another league from the rest of Canada in terms of economic development.

If Alberta were to secede, remaining independent would be its best option rather than joining the U.S.

[bill1952]

Yeah. Like Hitler had.

The man's a kook, and most of the posters here are right on the way.

American tyranny my azz.
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