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Originally posted by Bend it like Bourgeois+Jun 6 2005, 09:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bend it like Bourgeois @ Jun 6 2005, 09:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Flames Draft Watcher@Jun 6 2005, 09:42 AM
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]
True but our actions are affecting us alone for the most part. If our political sittuation changed the lives of people around the world I dare say Canada would come under more flack and certainly from the States, and they'd be well within their rights. People forget that critisism was what founded their country. Taxation without representation.