SF Gate: Canada Goes To Hell

[rainbow4321]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2004/12/15/notes121504.DTL&nl=fix


It's getting more confusing by the minute, isn't it? I mean, Canada now has legal medical pot and legal gay marriage and universal health care and no known terrorist enemies and a relatively successful multiparty political system. They also have, according to U.N.'s Human Development Index, one of the highest qualities of life in the world. All coupled with a dramatically reduced rate of gun violence and far better gun-control legislation than the U.S., despite having the exact same per capita rate of gun ownership and gun-sport enthusiasm.

What the hell? How is this possible? Why aren't they scared to death like whiny red-state Americans? Why don't they want to kill each other along with anything that might threaten their access to televised hockey and cheap beer and yummy poutine?

Aren't they aware of what's happening in the world? Don't they know they are openly hated for their freedoms and their cafés and their vinegared french fries? Aren't they human, fer Chrissakes? Oh, red states. How confused and irritated you must be.

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And they simply beat us senseless on the whole open-minded, progressive thing. Kicked our flag-wavin' butts. Trounced our egomaniacal self-righteous selves and made the red states look even more foolish and backward than the whole world already knows them to be.

[rkc3]

1. They don't have Fox News to tell them to be afraid.

[rawtribe]

4. They will soon have fox

CRTC approves Fox News for Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/11/18/fox_crtc041118.html

[Minstrel Boy]

6. only for the niche of digital cable

so it won't pollute basic service.

Private broadcaster CTV picked up Rush Limbaugh's TV show in the early 90s for late-night programming, and it was a dismal failure.

[davidinalameda]

2. I love Mark Morford

he's so damn funny and a great writer to boot

[justinsb]

3. Next comes...

decriminilizing marijuana altogether, medical or not and there has been some discussion lately of some form of proportional representation or preferential balloting and even a guaranteed income - plus the Govt. is starting to build toward what will hopefully become universal day care for young children.

Plenty of room left if the sinking ship get's old. :)

[IHeart1993]

5. Canada has better television too.

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