Friday, May 04, 2007
Canada is Doomed
I'm writing this fully understanding that I will probably get more hate mail than I can handle but so what I've got a thick skin
Canada is doomed. We pride ourselves on being a tolerant and inclusive society but we are not and it is destroying us from within just like so many other countries that have split. You want some example here goes.
1. We are tolerant of same sex relationships but demonize anyone who believes different
2. We say abortion is ok but hammer anyone who says it is murder
3. We say we're a bilingual country but allow Quebec to legislate unilingual laws
4. On the blogs anyone who disagrees with our political views is the wosrt possible life form
5. We form religions around science and accuse those who disagree of being another Hitler
6. Almost every issue becomes a us against them
7. We allow kids to carry knives in school and expel 6 year olds for kissing a classmate.
8. We ban anything and everything as long as it doesn't affect us
9. We preach human rights and then condemn those who would fight for it
10. We allow a seperatist party in parliment and will even give them gold plated pensions
11. We accept history written by the victors and pass hate laws to prevent any one asking questions.
12. We allow deported undesirables to challenge us using the charter
13. We turn child sexual offenders loose on society when we know they will do it again.
Ok enough, we are corrupt from within and any study of history will conclude that we will collapse into a dictatorship or bust apart. All we need is accept the idea that we can agree to disagree .
My opinion it's to late the lines are drawn
For all those who disagree I recommend the "Rise and fall of the Roman Empire"
Canada is doomed. We pride ourselves on being a tolerant and inclusive society but we are not and it is destroying us from within just like so many other countries that have split. You want some example here goes.
1. We are tolerant of same sex relationships but demonize anyone who believes different
2. We say abortion is ok but hammer anyone who says it is murder
3. We say we're a bilingual country but allow Quebec to legislate unilingual laws
4. On the blogs anyone who disagrees with our political views is the wosrt possible life form
5. We form religions around science and accuse those who disagree of being another Hitler
6. Almost every issue becomes a us against them
7. We allow kids to carry knives in school and expel 6 year olds for kissing a classmate.
8. We ban anything and everything as long as it doesn't affect us
9. We preach human rights and then condemn those who would fight for it
10. We allow a seperatist party in parliment and will even give them gold plated pensions
11. We accept history written by the victors and pass hate laws to prevent any one asking questions.
12. We allow deported undesirables to challenge us using the charter
13. We turn child sexual offenders loose on society when we know they will do it again.
Ok enough, we are corrupt from within and any study of history will conclude that we will collapse into a dictatorship or bust apart. All we need is accept the idea that we can agree to disagree .
My opinion it's to late the lines are drawn
For all those who disagree I recommend the "Rise and fall of the Roman Empire"
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I assure you that this isn't hate mail. :) While I don't necessarily agree with all of your points and probably come from a different point on the political spectrum than you, I strongly agree with points 4 and 6, which I really believe to be the crux of what you are saying. I used to blog regularly, and I fell into that trap. As a result, I have a tough time reading blogs, much less writing my own. Everybody is more interested in scoring points than having a serious debate. This goes for both the left and right, and anybody on either side who says one is more civil than the other is nuts. (People love to point out the fallacies in the arguments of others without recognizing that they are employing the very same ones.) As McLuhan used to say, all technology has unintended consequences, and I believe that as liberating and democratic as the internet can be, it is also a very polarizing device because it allows people to more easily seek out material to re-inforce their own beliefs and ignore all else. I think it's no coincidence that since the advent of blogs we have seen the red/blue demarcation happen in the U.S., and the seemingly permanent state of minority government deadlock happen in Canada. Mass media contribute to this too, with mindlessly superficial "Crossfire" type shows, people like O'Reilly, Hannity and Olberman spouting off night after night, and talk radio which was the first to poison the well. Consensus for the common good will just be harder and harder to find if we stop listening to each other. As you say, the lines have been drawn, and I hope we can still save ourselves.
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: 1:16 AM
: 1:16 AM
I could not agree with you more. We have lost all common sense and this country is on a downward spiral. It is far too late to pull up and recover. Our governments have tried to appease everyone and in the process have managed to alienate everyone. Bilingualism is a failure. Multiculturalism is a failure. Our so-called justice system is a failure. Our whole political system in Canada has become a joke that is more suited to "Saturday Night Live" or "Mad TV" than it is in our parliament.
Can we please return to the pre Trudopian world...
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Can we please return to the pre Trudopian world...
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