Re: RE: Should Canada Become
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I have little pity for people living on the west coast who are looking for a warmer place to live and work. Try Winnipeg for a winter.
Ah, Rev, so I have heard. "Winterpeg" I believe, is what a designer I hired from there called it. Took a cut in pay to move to the interior of BC -- where thirty below is not unheard of -- and thought it was tropical!

I, alas, am a sun worshipper. When the weather dips below mid-20s celcius I start to whine. I was never designed to exist this far north.
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While Canada, Europe, and the wealthy countries of Asia have at least begun to move towards addressing the very real problems that face the world, the USA has consistently worked against attempts to increase multi-lateralism and work towards bringing the developing world up to the standards we enjoy.
Kinda reinforces my point precisely. I agree that the USA rabidly goes about acquiring and depleting whatever it can like some kind of sociopathic machine. If the US has a kind of testosterone poisoning, Canada, on the other hand, lacks some of that necessary drive. While the US is a big, mean pitbull sitting there, Canada is a big, dumb, friendly irish setter wagging its tail at everyone. I think there needs to be some balance. Canada needs a little of that backbone and the US needs tempering.
Zenfisher called it idealistic. Absolutely. I live by a "shoot for the moon -- even if you miss, you end up in the stars" philosophy. I am an idealist at heart. That doesn't mean I am blind to the reality, just that I think there is a better way of doing things. We certainly can't go after the US with fierce aggression! We'd get our little butts kicked. I believe to change any system it needs to be done from within. Righteous indignation, no matter how valid, is a little like poking that pitbull with a stick ... just pisses it off and doesn't do anything to change the basic nature.
Polyanna optimist? Perhaps. But under the veneer of cynicism I cultivate, I do actually believe there is some hope for nearly everyone. Now my secret is out, I guess.
I did try to read the link posted but don't know which thread to go to in that forum and can't bear to spend that long reading political stuff.

I am a lightweight, I'm afraid, Rev. I do realize you could probably have shredded my "let's all just get along" viewpoint six ways from Sunday and appreciate you using a gentler hand with me.
This thread just caught my attention since I've always said I'd love to live in the states where I could actually get warm for once. And maybe own a handgun.

(Ducking the tomatoes again!)