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THANK you! Yes, do let's talk about "our best interests," and spare us the bullshit about "freedom" and "democracy." It's still bloody vague, but at least we're not babbling Holy Magic Words.

Do Frederick Douglass! Do Frederick Douglass!

It's less toxic than petros shit.

Well, I won't question that it's good for YOU. . .

Generally no. It is worth noting that much of their hostile "Japan first" ideas arose from conflict with the Chinese and Koreans (and to a lesser extent, the Ainu), whom they regarded as different "races," much as England and its colonies used to consider the Irish a different "race." The...

Right. Which they did out of the goodness of their hearts. Knowledge that "jumping or being pushed" were their only two options had NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

Grow up. Everybody's racist (including me). Ya can't grow up in North America (or anyplace else) and not be racist. It's what you do about it that counts. Oddly, the countries that are "least racist," i.e., least discriminatory, tend to be monocultures like Iceland. They never had racial...

It was a rough decade. NB: I consider the American social phenomena loosely called "the 60s" to be 1967-1974, starting with the Summer of Love and ending with the resignation of President Nixon. Though I got no argument with folk that want to start it at the arrival of the Beatles in America...

Neither is a "democratic" notion. Without getting all AIM about it, democracy died in North America when the Europeans showed up.

Is he engaging in as much whataboutery as you?

It was back there. You missed it. Ya snooze, ya lose.

The "general idea" is well and good, like all high-flown, misused, and hopelessly vague terms. It's when ya get down to the here and now that things get complicated. And the mindless, dogmatic invocation of magic words you don't understand and can't use correctly helps nothing.

Fraser: Can you elicidate, sir? Lt Welsh: Nah, not since the 60s. --Due South

Mornin', D-Cup. The usual screaming past each other about the Twuck Wevolution. How 'bout that NBA All-Star Game? Or the Olympics? Or whatever?

Government of Canada, I'd say. Leadership comes in many forms, most of them non-governmental.

Oh, right. I'm with ya now. Sorry, there was this really cute girl in a "skirt" that I'd call a "belt". . .

Could be. My knowledge of Canada's, Ontario's, or Ottawa's laws and ordinances governing traffic and commercial licensing are vague at best. But hey, if you hate lawyers so much, feel free not to use them.

It's not part of "democracy" in the strictest sense. Then again, neither you nor we have nor ever intended to have a system limited to nothing but "democracy." One could accurately state that the concept of having rights that are not subject to the will of the majority is "un-democratic."...

“I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president. And I hope he does a good job.” --John Wayne, formerly the conservative icon, speaking of JFK

Is it somehow news to you that 97% of Americans are, at best, vaguely aware of the existence of Canada?