Darkbeaver, what about canada's involvement in the Boer Wars, the Residential schools, etc.? Are you going to insist that 'Justice demands that' our 'flag be trampled in the dirt and' our 'citizens slave in chains to pay reparations for' our 'crimes of the last century and no fair minded human would argue that is' our 'just dessert'?
Instead, why not learn from Sweden's example. It has never acquired colonies, yet it gives 1% of its GDP every year and has been doing so for many years already towards helping underdeveloped countries. Not to make up for any past wrong, but just because Sweden feels it its duty to help the less fortunate.
Could we not think along the same lines and say that, regardless of our past attrocities, we should just help the less fortunate of the world regardless of our contribution to their misfortune, instead of wishing for our degradation and that we be trampled underfoot in punishment?
Sweden has risen above both our countries. It doesn't complain about not having contributed to the damage done to former colonies of other countries' imperialism. Instead, it just stands to the plate and makes a contribution. We have contributed to such attrocities, both Canada and the US, and all we can do is point fingers at each other? Let's rise above this and follow Sweden's lead. Let's just do what's right instead of wasting our energies in bashing each other. In the end, we need each other. You do realise, don't you Darkbeaver, that Canada's and the US' economies are so integrated that in the end, our wellbeing and their well-being go hand in hand? If either of our countries falls, the other will suffer too. And seeing that the US has 10 times our population, while Canada's fall might hurt the US economy a little, the US' fall would really give Canada a whopper of a headache.
In the end, working together to make a better world is the only way to go. The progress of each is dependent on the progress of all in this integrated world of ours.
