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Originally Posted by Incinerator
- Stereotype, you'd be surprise how much criminal activities there are in a supposedly "peaceful" and "safe" setting.
- More like underfunded in national defense and thus lack the capability to stir any
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- Maybe in the big metro urban centres, you'd be surprised how a visible minority still gets those subtle 1950s-esque attitude around here by the older folks.
- True
- Get out more often and you'll be surprised at the places where we get treated like royalty, everyone loves a stereotypical Canuck. Holland & Japan comes to mind personally.
- Any first world country should have this as a basic...are you saying this is exclusively Canadian? (I might be misinterpreting you here)
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Let's be honest... Canada in general does have a pretty safe setting compared to a lot of other countries. I think that whenever a crime happens in Canada, a typical person would be more appalled then one say.... in the United States. How many murders per capita between the two countries? Not even comparable. Although I know that this statistic is a direct result of firearm control, but the difference exists regardless.
In my opinion, I think the government's underfunding of national defense isn't necessarily such a bad thing. Obviously it could be a major issue, but if your not at war with anyone that funding can be used in other areas to enhance our society's standard of living, then why bother? In Africa, many countries that are presumed to be poor are spending over half of their budget on their militaries and considering the massive amount of problems in the region- it just doesn't seem to make sense from an outsider.
I agree with your point about Canadians generally being liked. It's something everybody should be quite proud of.