> The fact is you can usually blast your way out of trouble and seat belts
> are just an effeminate affectation just like bumpers and tops.
> C Harris
I have seen an accident with the driver seat-belted and the passenger
not. Afterwards, the driver walked while the passenger did fatally
"blast" through the windshield....and in truth, I have to agree the
result made them look less "effeminate".
> I am happy that you prefer a socialist solution to things, instead of having
> to accept responsibility, and that you do not approve of executing serial
> murderers and probably think rapist are just misunderstood.
Canadians are very simple folk. After exhaustive studies in your country
and ours and all over the world proved that executing people never
stopped or deterred anyone from breaking a law, we came to the obvious
conclusion that capital punishment was only giving "closet murderers" a
vicarious kick...which sort of defeats the whole purpose of the thing,
don't you think? After all, isn't Texas executing more and more people
every year? Unless the State has expanded the death penalty into parking
violations, it doesn't seem to be doing much good for crime.
Instead, (silly us), we passed laws restricting the possession of
hunting howitzers, automatic weaponry and handguns. I cannot think of
any area of any Canadian city that I couldn't walk in day or night. That
is freedom.
We also discovered that doctors, hospitals and insurance companies
couldn't run the health care community without rampant silliness and
prices going sky-high. We stopped this because we kinda figured that
health was too important to controlled by greed. I see no freedom or
national pride in a sick person being left that way.
> Texas has the same (about) population as Canada and has developed its' view
> for a longer time independently.
I am unsure what you mean here. Quebec City was thriving before the
Mayflower ever sailed and we have had autonomous home rule since
1867...for 134 years now. My Texan history may be weak and please
correct me if I am wrong but I always assumed that the independent
Republic of Texas lasted nine years from 1836 to 1845 when it became
28th state of our great friend and neighbor, the USA. Am I missing
something here outside of your report of Texas' huge population
increase?
Perhaps having enormously more space for each of us here than you do in
Texas has given Canadians a more relaxed view about all these things. It
is sadly easier to build up animosity when you feel that you are
cramped. I bet a Canadian winter would you do you good. It is easier to
love your neighbors when you are cuddling up for warmth. (smile)
It is also easier here to be very careful when referring to another's
country.
Lorne
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