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Posted by KRamsauer on 09-11-2002 02:47 AM:

Oh Canada

In the Iraq thread I made a little jab about Canada's voting system. I think I need to balance that with some praise. Canada really is a great country. The US and Canada share values, a border and so much more. Watching a PBS special on Canada's response to September 11th I realize how true that is. Because we share so much, any "war" on terror finds us on the same side. Sure, we may not always agree immediately on what the right answer is, but eventually we will settle on the right way; I'm sure.

Of course this all goes for the EU as well. I just haven't made fun of their elections yet.

Seriously, here's to one boat.

Posted by tantousha on 09-11-2002 04:21 AM:

Why thank you so much, but yes our voting system does need some work.

The thing I like about Canada is that we managed to gain a great amount of respect and power while having active army of only 10,000 or so....I mean it's like the ultimate message of world peace.
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Posted by yardie on 09-11-2002 03:37 PM:

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And 9 out of 10 times the "right" way end up being the American way.. sigh.

quote:
Originally posted by KRamsauer
In the Iraq thread I made a little jab about Canada's voting system. I think I need to balance that with some praise. Canada really is a great country. The US and Canada share values, a border and so much more. Watching a PBS special on Canada's response to September 11th I realize how true that is. Because we share so much, any "war" on terror finds us on the same side. Sure, we may not always agree immediately on what the right answer is, but eventually we will settle on the right way; I'm sure.

Of course this all goes for the EU as well. I just haven't made fun of their elections yet.

Seriously, here's to one boat.

Posted by Yorick on 09-11-2002 04:31 PM:

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quote:
Originally posted by yardie
And 9 out of 10 times the "right" way end up being the American way.. sigh.

the "right" of "might."
you be quiet yardie! or the US will destroy your country! and the only reason given will be "he was lookin' at us funny."
I never figured I'd ever think of my own country as a bully.

Posted by Toby on 09-11-2002 04:55 PM:

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quote:
Originally posted by Yorick
[...] I never figured I'd ever think of my own country as a bully.

As far as bullies go, we're pretty mild.

Posted by KRamsauer on 09-11-2002 05:17 PM:

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quote:
Originally posted by Yorick

the "right" of "might."
you be quiet yardie! or the US will destroy your country! and the only reason given will be "he was lookin' at us funny."
I never figured I'd ever think of my own country as a bully.

Forcing your will is not automatically a bad thing (the North forced its will on the South in the American Civil War, the Allies forced their will on the Germans in WWII, etc, etc). President Bush, in today's NYT:

"America's greatest opportunity is to create a balance of world power that favors human freedom. We will use our position of unparalleled strength and influence to build an atmosphere of international order and openness in which progress and liberty can flourish in many nations. A peaceful world of growing freedom serves American long-term interests, reflects enduring American ideals and unites America's allies. We defend this peace by opposing and preventing violence by terrorists and outlaw regimes. We preserve this peace by building good relations among the world's great powers and we extend this peace by encouraging free and open societies on every continent."

Posted by K. Cannon on 09-11-2002 08:37 PM:

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quote:
Originally posted by Yorick
and the only reason given will be "he was lookin' at us funny."

There's always the Texas "He needed killin'" defense...

Posted by John Nowak on 09-18-2002 06:21 PM:

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quote:
Originally posted by yardie
And 9 out of 10 times the "right" way end up being the American way.. sigh.

Golly -- all you have to do is be wrong about the Russian Federation accepting an expansion of NATO and missile defense, be wrong about Europe being able to handle Yugoslavia on their own, and be wrong about detante being the best way to handle the Soviet Union, and suddenly people stop listening to your advice. How weird!

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