It would seem so to moi...
YouTube - Ignatieff America
Certainly seems so to me. Actually, I see some positives for Ignatieff here:
1. He was willing to travel to serve his fellow man. Are we now saying that if you can't find work in your own city or country that you're best to just give up looking for work? And
2. He integrated into his newly-adopted local and national communities to the degree that he felt no difference between himself and his newly-adopted community. Are we now saying that people who move to Canada ought to be ashamed of integrating into their newly-adopted community?
So would it have been better if Ignatieff had said:
"It's your country, but it sure as Hell Ain't mine."
Or how about:
"I hate this Republic I live in."
For a party that prides itself on promoting the integration of immigrants into the community, someone on the Harper marketing teem dropped the ball big time on this one, and I can see this biting him in the but come next election. After all, we we believe others ought to integrate into Canadian society, then certainly we ought to accept Canadians integrating into foreign communities too when abroad.
Also, isn't the harper government the one that always crows about taking responsibility for your own actions when it comes to finding work and standing on your own two feet, the reason it supports free trade and open borders with the US? So what is Harper saying now, that free trade and open borders are just a diplomatic tool but that any Canadian who fully exploits this opportunity within the confines of ethics and the law is somehow a traitor to the country, and that Canadians who do go abroad must behave in a totally arrogant manner towards 'lesser societies' and refuse to integrate so as to stoop down to their level?
Thinking of it this way, not only did Harper insult Ignatieff but also the US.
He'll be very lucky if this does not come back to bite him in the butt later for his hypocrisy.
That's the kind of political bullsh!t that has me wondering if there is any political party worth voting for.
Like I keep saying, vote candidate, not party.