It's not our fault we're morally superior to U.S. (canada barf alert)

thestar ^ | 12/8/2002 | RICHARD GWYN

[freeforall]

ping

[Celtjew Libertarian]

I wouldn't put the barf alert here. The author critcizes "anti-American stupidities" and he writes it more in terms of pride in being Canadian -- nothing wrong with that, if you're Canadian -- rather than saying the U.S. is horrible.

[xm177e2]

Lots of others resent Americans, envy them, wish they'd get out of their faces. Some people hate Americans. Many others love them. Lots of people both love them and hate them.

Only Canadians, though, dare to feel morally superior to them.

Oh, please. There's Europeans who feel superior to us, and there are a large number of Americans who feel superior to the majority.

[Jerry Attrick]

It would be interesting to see who they run to if another country, say China, were to decide to invade and take over their country.....beings how they don't have much of a military (because that would be "morally" wrong) .

Yep, gotta love them socialists.

[Alberta's Child]

Our principal superior quality is that we are a lot luckier than anyone else — lots of natural wealth, lots of space, no enemies, no superpower or colonial responsibilities.

This is the basis of that misplaced Canadian "moral superiority" tone. Canada only exists because it can look down at a "morally inferior" nation like the U.S. and pontificate about Canada's moral superiority while selling lots of goods and resources to us inferior folks down here.

If Canada were such a principled nation it would refuse to trade with the United States. But then it would not longer be in a position to pontificate about anything, for it would suddenly be forced to spend a ton of money on national defense or else lose many of those things (natural wealth and space) that it needs to occupy its position at the top of the ivory tower.

Without the United States, Canada would be nothing more than a small British colony centered around Montreal.

[alaskanfan]

I wonder how that "gun registration" thing is going.

[Stakka Skynet]

The socialists in Canada have morals? I wasn't aware that our cowardly neigbors to the north were capable of such virtues. How can those repulsive canadians feel superior to the Untited States when they hide under our skirt for protection? I am getting really sick of these hoseheads taking cheap shots at America. It's about time we started returning fire.

[Publius6961]

Hmmmmmmmm.

Morally superior?
Now, there's a mindless phrase.

[LaraCroft]

..."It's quite challenging to understand why we should be so bold. My own guess is it's because we feel we are better North Americans than they are; that is, we jointly possess most of the essential attributes of being a North American — optimism, love of freedom, a sense of limitless possibilities — but, in addition, have done a better job of being a collective, of having a sense of solidarity. "

Yes,.. the benefits of being a North American. Where do they think those benefits came from? Maybe they dropped out of the sky just for North Americans?

[Lib-Lickers 2]

They have some mighty good snipers,, they saved a bunch of our guys in the mountains of Afghanistan,,,

[Hildy]

It's hard for others to feel morally superior when there at our knees with their hands out.

[fightin kentuckian]

True, it's hard to feel superior in one sense, however it's even harder for Americans to actually be superior in every sense but someones got to do it.

[smpc]

Jeez,i think it would be even harder to be a Canadian freeper than an Australian one.So many articles that totally misrepresent the country.

[TLBSHOW]

And how has gun registration helped Canada? Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray admitted that the gun registration system has never helped solve a single firearms crime.
http://www.allegromedia.com/sugi/gunregistration.html

[babaloo999]

Obligatory Propaganda

[Dog Gone]

Socialists always feel morally superior. It justifies picking your pocket.

[chiller]

We're playing on center court, whereas Canada borders on irrelavancy, which is why they have few quarrels with anyone.

Canada is like the anonymous athlete who enjoys life precisely because he's OUT of the spotlight. (ie;no threat)

Enjoy your minor league status and keep dreaming. I used to hold great fondness for Canada until they got wobbly.

[The Drowning Witch]

Effing mullets. "aboot". EGADS.

[alaskanfan]

When the Firearms Act of 1995 was proposed, the Canadian Department of Justice estimated it would cost no more than C$85 million over the five years it took to register all guns.

The Fraser Institute's Gary Mauser estimates the final costs will be between C$1 billion and C$1.5 billion by January 2003. That number doesn't include the estimated C$60 million additional dollars required each year just to keep the registry running.

And what will these billions of Canadian's taxpayers' dollars have bought? The number of employees at the Canadian Firearms Center, which administers the registry, and associated government agencies have grown from a handful of employees in 1995 to 600 employees in mid-1999, and over 1,700 by July 2000.

It makes me wonder how long it will be before the U.S. taxpayer is asked to bail out the socialist state of Canada. All of these countries hate capitalists until it comes time for a handout.