[Vanders9]

What you have on display here is the key difference between a nation that had to win their independence through blood and toil and one which had their independence handed to them.

Oh come on - how do you get to that conclusion? There's no reasonable connection between those two events. The real problem Canada has is a surfeit of "freedom" with an insane all encompassing Human Rights act - and if you dont think that isn't coming to your country soon, I'm sorry but you're wrong.

Oh, and point of information: The Canadians DID have to fight for their independence. They had to fight the US for it.

[dfwgator]

Oh, and point of information: The Canadians DID have to fight for their independence. They had to fight the US for it.

Yes, I remember it well.

[Vigilanteman]

Yes, there was Benedict Arnold's invasion during the American Revolution and another during the War of 1812, both based on the erroneous notion that Canadians really wanted to get out from under the British thumb.

However, I don't believe the Americans ever entertained any idea of incorporating them into the United States, so the reality is that you fought off an invasion, not a War for Independence.

That being said, I'm afraid you are right about the phony Human Rights act. We will have to fight tooth and nail to prevent a similar encroachment here. In other ways, Canada is already more free than we are thanks to the supreme idiocy of our voters since 2006.