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U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-canada-sneers-at-you-you-know-you're-in-trouble dept.

A cheeky writer at Canada's Ottawa Citizen newspaper has written a story about the U.S. State Department's 2002 Patterns of Global Terrorism.

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  1. wow by Pompatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean I not only get to smoke pot, enjoy less crime, and get free healthcare, I get my civil liberties too!!!!

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    1. Re:wow by crodak · · Score: 5, Funny
      I've heard it explained many times, that the reason why America is targeted by terrorists is that "certain elements" are simply jealous of our outstanding quality of life. They want to destroy what they can't build for themselves.

      If you're right about Canada -- what, with all the pot smoking, low crime rates, free healthcare, and civil liberties -- I would expect Canada to rise to the top of the terrorists' hit list. So, maybe instead of trying to get the damned Canadians to cooperate with us, we should simply launch an advertising campaign in the Islamic world explaining that Canada is the more logical target for their anti-western fringe element.

  2. Re:Screw you, America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does Canada have any oil ressources?

  3. Oh great. by eidechse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now government agencies have even stopped pretending that the U.S. is the paragon of freedom.

  4. Re:Their evaluation of France by lovebyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Bush put it thus:
    "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur."
    -George W. Bush, discussing the decline of the French economy with British Prime Minister Tony Blair

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    I'll do it for cheesy poofs.

  5. Re:Screw you, America by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    imagine how trivial invading across an undefended border would be....

    I dunno... General Hull tried this in 1812, and got his ass whipped.

  6. Re:Hysteria. by Danse · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just don't understand. Dubya just wants to take our rights and keep them in a safe place for us. That way the terrorists can't get them, don't ya see? All our rights are still there. We may even get to take our kids to see them someday. They'll be preserved in pristine condition in hermetically sealed jars. We should thank Dubya for taking such good care of our rights!

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  7. Re:Wait- we're the ones by rtscts · · Score: 5, Funny
    and I will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States
    I think he's found a loophole...
  8. Re:Let me get this straight by holviala · · Score: 5, Funny
    What are our [Canadian] national symbols? Beer and Hockey.

    As a Finn, that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside... Beer..... Hockey.... More beer.....

    :-)=

  9. Re:canadian forces? by I+am+Jack's+username · · Score: 4, Funny

    ObSatireWire: Canadian warship seizes tanker in... wait... Canada has a warship?

  10. Re:blame canada! by Noel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sadly, it almost makes a twisted sort of sense.

    1. THEY hate US because of our FREEDOM
    2. THEY attack US because THEY hate US
    3. WE remove our FREEDOM
    4. THEY stop hating US
    5. ...
    6. PROFIT!