Ah, America.

[pyat]

Currently occupying two foreign nations, dealing with ongoing violence in both, with a worrisome economy, a major port city still crippled by natural disaster, more than 1 in 100 adults currently in prison, tax rolls supporting a defense budget larger than that all the other nations of the world combined, spending more per capita of state money on healthcare than any other nation yet no socialized healthcare and a declining life expectancy, serious questions about the conduct of the military and CIA, the perpetrator of 9/11 basically forgotten, and there's an election in a few months.

And of course, the most important topics in that election are gay marriage and abortion.

Comments

[zenten.livejournal.com]

OK, what harm is there in doing so?


Canada's a great place, and we've got a lot of good things going... but we're hardly perfect. And I'm not exactly doing a lot to make things better. Plus if things went wrong, we could be as bad as the U.S. in as much time. A lot can happen in 8-10 years. Maybe when I'm 40, the U.S. will be nice again. ^.^

I can't think of a time when Canada was worse than the US to live in (I can certainly think of times when Canada was worse to live in than it is now of course). Maybe before Confederation, or not too long after it.

[relee.livejournal.com]

Well, I can offend people who like the way things are, or who think that they should go a different direction.


Even if I say that Canada can become as bad as the U.S. is now, that's not saying the U.S. can't get worse. We're their neighbors, and lately our government seems to like to parrot theirs... Or at least in issues important to me. ^.^;;

[thebitterguy]

OK, what harm is there in doing so?

Americans have feelings too, Josh.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

And? If someone from say Sweden wants to give suggestions in someone's LJ on how to make Canada's medical system work better, how is that bad or something that would hurt the feelings of Canadians?