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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html
Just read it. Canada is blaming the United States for a shooting in Toronto and claiming they are turning into America.
Yep, we surely are dangerous bunch. To quote a friend
Originally Posted by kylehnat
Yeah, streets in American cities are sooooooo dangerous. It's a wonder any of us ever leave the house with impending death waiting outside
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Yeah, Americans made those people commit murders....brilliant logic.
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Where did the social influences come from ?
Where did the easy accessability of guns come from ?
the quote seems to suggest guns are UP and half are coming from the States
Sounds like they've got areas of disenfranchised kids letting loose. Hmmm another "export" ?? This time rampant untethered capitalism ????
In all likelihood tho, I reckon this is just one of many anti-US things that will be seen from Canada after the way the lumber issue is being ignored by thte US !!!
The article didn't say THAT, so bad logic
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Of course the guy could have done him in with a heavy frying pan but the issue is guns. How easily they're acquired.
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Watching the "Bowling For Columbine" documentary might shed some light.
My opinion is that the US culture is a "macho" culture. Male gender traits are more on the "macho" side compared to other countries.
Also American culture influences other countries through cultural exchange paths such as press, cinema, internet etc.
So, Canada, like other countries is influenced from this "macho" culture.
This doesn't mean that the U.S. is responsible for something that happens in Canada. Each country should deal with its own problems. Blaming others is the easy path.
P.S. I use the term "macho" culture not in a bad way. I just want to stress the masculine traits.
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i agree that in GENERAL thats true, however it is mostly in rural areas
hell probably half the men in my neighborhood get manicures, now thats not macho
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Americans tend to treat canada as its bitch and i guess it is revenge. I wonder who will the U.S. blame? The french? The other countries that don't agree with their policies?
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
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just out of curiosity, do you live in Canada?
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Nope im californian
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
Furniture
hmm...you certainly are a little more hostile than most californians iknow
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Hardly.
Paul Martin is running in a current campaign and thinks blaming America will help him.
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Just because you have problems that you can't deal with you shouldn't blame other people just for the sake of it.
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Finally...Canada is doing something right.
I support it...more proof against idiots who think Canada is the same as the US. It's true though. The streets of Toronto used to be safe unlike big American city streets. I mean Prime Minister Paul Martin is right, you don't expect this kind of stuff from Canadians and it is very surprising...then again if this would happen in an US city, it wouldn't be a big suprise.
Last edited by Wolf03; 12-29-2005 at 04:08 PM.
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The South Park movie has more truth in it that crap.
I blame Canada, because a film told me to.
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I think canada should move if they dont like their neighbors.....
but in all seriousness, maybe they should just tighten up their borders to keep the guns from coming in.
and then there is this issue:
John Thompson, a security analyst with the Toronto-based Mackenzie Institute, says the number of guns smuggled from the United States is a problem, but that Canada has a gang problem -- not a gun problem -- and that Canada should stop pointing the finger at the United States.
"It's a cop out. It's an easy way of looking at one symptom rather than addressing a whole disease," Thompson said.
Last edited by scottie300z; 12-29-2005 at 05:06 PM.
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