A political observation from Montreal (Afghanistan, death, Canada, brainwash)

[jambo101]

Interesting read from a Montreal newsman.

Americans are mad as hell (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/Americans+hell/5038869/story.html - broken link)

[theunbrainwashed]

Article might as well have come from Huffington Post or Media Matters.

Medicare works. Gun control works. Ruinously expensive wars in farflung corners of the world always end badly.

At least the wars part was correct. Though they fail to mention that Americans of all stripes need to get mad at the $1.5 quadrillion that the Fed is going to end up having to print

[mistygrl092]

Wow, that is an excellent article and so true.

[Willsson]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Interesting read from a Montreal newsman.

Americans are mad as hell (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/Americans+hell/5038869/story.html - broken link)

I'll defend to his early death his right to speak his mind, feeble as it seems.

[mackinac81]

Sad, but so true in many ways. I often wish we had Canada's ability to be civil.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by mackinac81

Sad, but so true in many ways. I often wish we had Canada's ability to be civil.

Cuba is a pretty civil place. So is China and North Korea

[nightflight]

Originally Posted by mackinac81

Sad, but so true in many ways. I often wish we had Canada's ability to be civil.

[mackinac81]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

Cuba is a pretty civil place. So is China and North Korea

But Canada proves you can be civil and NOT end up like North Korea. Come on. Civility means disagreeing without viewing the other as evil. Something which we Americans tend to do a lot.

Yeah, nightflight, that stunned me too, but that was over hockey, not an internal disagreement over politics.

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by mackinac81

But Canada proves you can be civil and NOT end up like North Korea. Come on. Civility means disagreeing without viewing the other as evil. Something which we Americans tend to do a lot.

Yeah, nightflight, that stunned me too, but that was over hockey, not an internal disagreement over politics.

We're actually quite civil considering our past. Politicians here used to cross the aisle and punch each other in the face, and actually make insults during election season. Something they don't do today in their "negative" ads.

[mackinac81]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

We're actually quite civil considering our past. Politicians here used to cross the aisle and punch each other in the face, and actually make insults during election season. Something they don't do today in their "negative" ads.

I'll grant you that. I wouldn't return to the 1790s or 1850s at all. But I do think we could do with a little more civility. I'm beginning to think it's truly hampering our ability to solve the problems we're facing.