Comments on: Oh Contradictory Canada!

By: james huggins

james huggins — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:47:09 +0000

I once lived in Canada. Thought that Canadians mostly lived in a kind of dream world. Certainly they were a rougn and ready bunch, I was in Alberta, but they seemed to be a naive group generally about politics and social considerations. Of course, now that Americans no longer have an identity they are no better.

By: michel cloutier

michel cloutier — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:32:00 +0000

The insane speech laws M.Malic refer to only illustrate the veritable chasm between the small chattering class and the ‘real’ Canada where public discourse is often of an amazingly candid and open nature.

Most people leave these ‘bien pensants’ to bray alone in the dark. Don’t expect many lawsuits to result from any of this. As for those welfare scams, look mostly for the usual suspects.

Yes, Canadians are a bit too nice, but the pendulum is gathering moment and swinging back.

By: My RON-PAUL i

My RON-PAUL i — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:07 +0000

Freedom is being assaulted in the Western World by the “hate crimes Gestapo” (led by minorities , feminists, and gays who claim the right to arrest/fine/punish anyone who utters SPEECH – not actions – that they dislike) and the “Hollywood Copyright Gestapo” who also claim the right to shut you down or check your privacy for violations of their protocols.

While the latter two Gestapos are inspired by the left, the right gets its dibs in assaulting freedom in the name of fighting “terrorism”. The word “terrorism” no longer refers to action against unarmed civilians but rather any challenge to governmental or military or quasi-military power. Hence, lack of trials, no habeas corpus, TSA gropes, GPS tracking, RFID chips in all of us, tens of thousands of ubiquitous cameras.

The TSA logo I passed today said “Remembering 9/11” but it might as well have said “Welcome to Soviet America”.

By: Nebojsa Malic

Nebojsa Malic — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:20:31 +0000

I’ve been up there several times. The people strike me as sensible, but the insane speech laws and welfare scams illustrate what happens when “niceness” becomes the overarching value in any society.