The United States claims to be the nation who believed no man was better than another but face it
almost everyone signing the documents of independence and nationhood owned slaves. That means
the theory and the practice were two entirely different things. Add to the mix the list of founding
principles, while the actual deeds came from the barrel of a gun.
The revolution a war with Britain.
The attempted annexing of Canada at gun point.
Then there is the matter of Texas becoming, a state on its own then a State of the Union with guns of course.
The Spanish American War,
The civil war
And last but not least the Indian Wars.
Those actions really line up to mean guns, mistrust, and conflict.
Canada on the other hand was founded by some boring old guys and led by a scoundrel and a huge drunk,
who is somehow related to me in the past. Canada does not have clean hands either, we were just more
civilized in the way we did our nasty little deeds.
The Rail was one of the biggest corruption stories this country ever saw.
The Riel Rebellion, which could have been handled far better than it was
The Regina and Winnipeg riots where the police were employed more as thugs for government and business
than they were as police officers.
The difference between The US and Canada, we appear to the world to be nice and polite people and America
brings its guns and ships to the table. Canada behaves more like the British, its just that we haven't learned how
to be as sneaky as the folks at number 10 Downing Street. So we look more like the voice of reason.
And face it with the shrill voices of the Tea Baggers, and the fringe, they certainly don't sound like the voice of
reason. I hesitate to travel there anymore, I know more and more people are packing guns and concealed ones
at that. I have not crossed the boarder in over a decade. From the impression I get from the people I hear and
some are relatives, the civilization is sliding downward continuously.
In addition I do not quite accept the idea of gun control to the extent we have in Canada either, as I don't think the
over all social aspects of society can be legislated, education takes longer, but education breeds evolution and
legislated zealots create revolution.
Remember also, that not all our southern cousins are idiots or even armed, and there are some really strange
people in my view in Canada with guns. Remember Ludwig, from northern Alberta? North America is a very
strange place with lots of contradictions. but we must all maintain our sense of humor or the place won't be
safe for tourists