Canadian pilots unwilling to carry guns

Canadians truly are our friends. Thank you for providing a safe haven for terrorists aboard your airlines. And a special thanks to your pilots for warning our Air Force of the threat that Canadian aircraft present to our safety. Many thanks to all those Canadians aboard who will be presumed to be terrorists and shot down.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. --John 15:13

Where do I start with you? I'm clueless, everything you just said is so far out there, that it isn't worth responding to.

I'll just say one thing to you then, with your government, you are a subject, with my government I am a free citizen. You may like your sense of security, via the healthcare, no guns, etc etc ad nauseum, but this is what we call SOCIALISM!!! You may like it, you may even enjoy it, but you grew up in it, you do not know what it is like to be actually free to do what you wish, choose your healthcare provider, pay for it yourself, what it is like to actually own and carry a firearm.

I for one am terrified every time I have to go up into your country, your police are reactive, whereas if I were armed I could be Proactive and defend myself. Your police will show up AFTER I have been shot, stabbed, mugged, beat up, etc ad mauseum, whereas, If I am armed, I just shoot the perpetrator, or hold him, depending on the situation, until the cops arrive.

You are all a bunch of socialized victims, that allow and have allowed your government to take responsibility for your lives. The Soviets, I felt bad for, they didn't have a choice, you on the other hand chose it, and that I just CANNOT respect!!!

I also am Canadian. Your post was nonsense, but useful as an indication of the mentality that is ruining our country. I have also lived in the United States, and therefore can state categorically that your ideas about their medical system are nonsense. Nobody bleeds to death on the steps of hospitals. An indigent American is likely to get better treatment than a middle-class Canadian. Gangbangers with bullets in them get treated immediately, generally at the taxpayer's expense. Outside of black ghettoes, the USA is just as safe if not safer than Canada. The state of our military is worse than pathetic. Of course they can't take on the U.S. armed forces. Only a moron would think that was their purpose, not that I'm casting any aspersions. What is unconscionable is that we have nothing - no national guard, nothing. We are completely unprepared for terrorist attack, Indian wars, natural disasters, you name it. We are parasitically feeding off the defence capabilities of others. It's true that Canadian armed forces fought well in wars 50 and more years ago in Europe and Korea, but even then their campaigns had chaotic starts due to political negligence. For a concise description of the situation we are in today, you can read here:

Canada'a War is Already Over

Canadian Transport Minister David Collenette echoing the sentiments of the pilots said, "We're really not moving in the direction of having armed personnel in any guise on airplanes."

Ground 'em; Davey. Don't let any of our planes into your airspace, either. Seal the northern border, and start building the Great Wall of Canada to keep us out. You don't wanna play by the new rules? You're either with us, or with the terrorists.

Putz.

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