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Kind of hard to parallel the situations don't you think? It's not like Canada invaded a country in the oil rich part of the world on false pretences and then elected the same government is it? It's not like the Republicans = the Liberals is it? Our government hasn't run the deficit quite as high per capita as the US has it?
In fact I fail to see many parallels. Please tell us about how these situations are similar why don't you?
As I said, it's not like Canada has all it's crap together. But does that mean we should not hold the world's most powerful country to a high standard? Do you think we should just accept everything they do and not question it because our country isn't perfect?
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The parallel is that you and others have defending Canadians for not being critical of our governments because we don't have enough options and our system doesn't seem to empower us to change.
If Canadians get to justify their own actions that way, it's hypocritical of us to look south and hang them for the same thing. [/b][/quote]
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
I'm very critical of government and am very interested in finding ways to change things in our own country. I am going to be taking some poli sci courses in the next few years as I go back to school and you may see me get involved in national politics at some point because I feel we do need to demand better from our government here in Canada.
I will criticize both Canadians and Amercians for not caring and not getting involved in politics. But you must also realize that in the grand scheme of the things (at the world level) Americans can make more of a difference to humanity for the positive or the negative. And if you're arguing that we can't criticize them or their government then I must disagree.