The Patriot Whacked

[problematika]

I put on a Haydn string quartet today and enjoyed it. A lot. I must be getting old. In other nerd news, one of the professors in our circle of friends is still not back in the country. Someone is still covering the classes she was supposed to teach this semester. I doubt too much politics makes it into these courses, given the subject matter. But

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Canada's Parliament is not made up of angels.

[luludi]

As much as Canada would like to resist the gravitational pull of America, there is no country that I've seen that is more like America than Canada. They are irrevocably linked to America culturally, economically, politically, militarily and socially. My Canadian friends won't want to hear me say this, but on a certain level I'm sure they know it's true ;-)
(I don't think they accept political asylum seekers from America, anyway.)

Re: Canada's Parliament is not made up of angels.

[problematika]

I still want to move to Toronto...sort of.

Re: Canada's Parliament is not made up of angels.

[luludi]

Have you ever been to Vancouver? Now there's a beautiful city and rich in multi-cultural influences. Mild climate (though a lot of rain in the winter).

Re: Canada's Parliament is not made up of angels.

[problematika]

too far away :-) But yeah, it's always sounded nice, too.

Fuck the conservatives.

[khrysha]

Interesting that it seems there's no where to hide and just work and live these days.

I guess we will just have to stay where we are and fight. To the death.

[rolandodrkjstr]

That all depends to what extent she supports the Palestinian cause, active support, monetary support, or just sympathetic support. I'm sorry if you actively support groups like the PLO, or even monetarily support them, your aiding terrorists.

[problematika]

If you actively support Bush, then I'm afraid you support terrorism in a number of ways... Sorry, that's my opinion.

[rolandodrkjstr]

Opinions are free and this is your journal :-) While I may not agree with all of his policies, I do what I can to influence the ones I can vote upon, and as the military says "Shut up and color" on the ones all I can do is abide as he is CiC. Do I actively support Bush? I wear a uniform 1 weekend a month and 15 days during the summer, and went to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and help bring peace and modernization to the people there, I vote pretty liberal though, pro-choice, pro-alternative religion, but the situation is still the same, sending money to terrorists like the Palestine Liberation Organization, is still sending money to terrorists.

[problematika]

I basically agree with you...but with the PLO (and, more to the point, with regard to people who support the Palestinian cause without having direct ties to terrorists), I think it's shaky ground when we label certain people terrorists and then don't apply the term at all to certain others...