I totaly hate living in canada.I would rather move somewhere like the united states.It is one of the most boring places on earth I swear.All the men here seem to care about is hockey,beer,golf and weed.the weather here sucks you get 4 months of hot weather and for the rest of the year your freezing your ass off.The justice system here sucks to you could murder someone and get 10 years and be out in 5,commit a dozen armed robberies and get house arrest.At least in the u.s.a people get harsh prison sentences.The government here has no balls what so ever.they give into every whine made by the native people who get free housing.dont have to pay taxes,free dental,presciptions and university cause the white man stole their land 500 yrs ago.They are given millions which doesnt even go to their people in the first place it goes to the chiefs who go on lavish vacations,buy expensive veicles and so on while their people are living in poverty.Iam sorry to say but none of the white people that mistreated them are alive today so its time for them to get over it.The goverment here is just so fucked up and stupid to make any changes.
and a liberal country.To the person who wrote this story...I agree with you on some of the issues you've said.
The government sucks,mostly because the laws are too shitty,or because the nonCanadian's or immigrants get
more than we actually do.About the Indians,I have no comment.But as far as you saying this is a crappy country....
all countries are.So just get over it,and accept the country you live in.
i should so move there. i could take my enemys with me. i mite not be posting for five years tho. . .
Any where is better than england, the land of the chav.
Back wen we didnt have a pussy government people who couln't be fucked to get a job died and the problem of chavs was averted.
wat about all the homeless childeren and tramps im sure theyed love to have a roof over there heads but no, the frickin government is too busy lookin after all he wankers that want to be pimps!
Back home we have a solid government, not perfect but with strong morals. Especially after Clinton left office and President Bush took over. We were lucky that thne Canadian style of liberalism did not completely spill over into the US to elect Al Gore. The country would probably falled down to resemble parts of Canada by now.
in countries like Canada you can't even legally have a satellite dish to find out the truth, your stuck listening to the CBC and their version.
Bill Gates is greedy? If you were to have real in formation in Canada available you would find out that since mid 1990's Bill Gates has been the largest Philanthropist in the world.
You should be more informed. It is hard though in Canada.
The US is thinking about building a wall to keep people out - Millions want to come here.
Canada is so non-violent their entire military is smaller than the NYC police force. Canada's version of non-violence is to rely on US for protection- And claim US is bad guy for using their military.
You right there are fat people in US with morals. Skinny people in Canada with none.
The Death penalty has positive and negative sides. Canadians only see "Their" side of things - because their liberal elitist views believe that people should not judge others acions. Yet just like you, you do judge- only with half thruths. Example, there are in fact just as many criminologists that believe the death penalty is a deterent. The issue has two sides. Blind people, believe there side is always right and the other side just doesn't exist.
You do get blind from watching the CBC. Black people kill the most black people in inner cities where Black jurors judge black people. For pete sakes look it up.
The foundation's grants have provided funds for underrepresented minority college scholarships, AIDS prevention, diseases that strike mainly in the Third World, and other causes. The Foundation currently provides 90% of the world budget for the attempted eradication of poliomyelitis (polio), the World Health Organization having "moved on" to other diseases. In June 1999, Gates and his wife donated US$5 billion to the foundation. They have donated more than US$100 million to help children suffering from AIDS. On January 26, 2005, it was announced that the Foundation had made a further contribution of US$750 million to the international Vaccine Fund to help fight diseases such as diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, poliomyelitis and yellow fever. As of 2005, the foundation has an endowment of approximately US$28 billion. To maintain its status as a charitable foundation, it must donate at least 5% of its assets each year. Thus the donations from the foundation each year would amount to over $1 billion at a minimum.
Bill and Melinda Gates, along with the singer Bono, were named by TIME as Persons of the Year 2005 for their charitable work.
John dope should stay in Canada and watch television shows that teach him things.....
When I was there- They were actually blaming BUsh for 9/11. WHere did Canadians get that dumb idea.. Hmmmm
Bush caused global warming- the New orleans hurricane etc.
Want more examples or can I refer to your diatribe for them....
There is evidence
You are such a hypocrate.You rant on and on about Canada having no morals with not even a good reason.
Being anti-American,prejudice,etc...you have to insult the country and intentionally speak of hatred or nonsense about it.Being prejudice includes being biased and stereotypical.What I am doing is just listing facts while you spreading hatred just because you're an idiot.Oh yes,us Canadians sure are "one-sided".We just see things in black and white terms.That makes alot of sense.You Americans think all arabs are muslems,and all muslems are terrorists.So that means that all arabs are terrorists,yes that makes alot of sense.No,we are not all liberal.I am what you call in the middle.I am religious and I don't believe in killing people,whether it's inmates or innocent Iraqi citizens.Did you know that the CIA spent millions of dollars training Osama Benladden?And guess what he did with that training?Yes,he caused the horrific incident on 9/11.I don't believe we ever blamed Bush for 9/11 btw,we blamed him for starting the unnecessary war.We never blamed him for global warming or huricane Katrina,but nice try.As far as morals go,we have alot more than Americans do.
In the US, Bigotry existed because it was never discussed in the public form- back then it was the newspapers, today lets just say media. People only heard the local bigots- and never heard opposite views. That changed in The US- that is why the US media had extreme left (liberal), Extreme right, conservative and the center. The media covers all three sides in US- unfortunately if you don't understand the US media then you might only hear one side like the NY Times or LA Times - two powerful, gigantic and largely extreme left media conclomerates. Or maybe you only understand the Christian conservative media outlets.
In the US, people choose what side of an issue to be on because they have exposure to all sides. This sadly is not as true in other countries.
Canada has been leaning left for many years. It is difficult to find any powerful media outlets in Canada that cover issues completely.
People in Canada get indundated with one sided versions, typically backed up with conjecture and opinions and not facts.
For example, It is okay not to believe in the death penalty. Many Americans are against it too. It is not correct to state that the US is wrong and everyone else is correct without proving something with real facts. That would be no different than stating that Canada is so leniant on criminals and so tolerant on anti-social behavior that to prove it they let Karla Homolka, a serial killer walk the streets less than ten years after her guilty verdict.
The US majority choses to weigh punishment over rehabilitation for heinous crimes. They believe punishment sparks deterence. Some people believe the reverse. There is no evidence in either direction as each side can come up with facts, figures and opinions that bolster their beliefs.
There is no evidence that GWB lied to American people of his belief of WMD in Iraq. Even the NY Times - an anti Bush liberal newspaper reported that every country in the UN permanent member council, including France and Germany believed he had WMD. They sighted evidence with quotes from all the countries major political figures in their story.
Why do some individuals believe he lied? Could it be they only hear one view from their media?
Why Would US go to war in IRAQ over oil. If the US were such a bad country, couldn't they just go to Venezuela and take it? Or go to Canada and take it.
Canada isn't the only country lacking in full media disclosure and fairness, but it certainly deserves to be on the list of one sided media coverage.
The US did indeed fund Bin Laden during the cold war to fight off Soviet expansion in Afghanistan during Jimmy Carter's Presidency.
The US as a world superpower was and still is obligated to protect the world against opression and agression. Canada is not. Decisions made twenty five years ago that helped can sometimes backfire in your face in the future. The world benefited from Soviet Union losing the war in Afghanistan, and soon after collapsing. It is easy to forget the good and point fingers at the bad if someone is uninformed, biased and has deep rooted Anti-American feelings in the first place. Most Anti-American feelings stem from feelings of inadequacy, jealousy and powerlessness.
You really cannot give an "honest, true" opinion any more than you can give out "your personal facts," which is what it seems to me you are doing.
Maybe you're not anti-american. Good for you. But you sure as all h*ll are one of the most idiotic, uninformed imbeceles whose close-minded rants i've actually wasted my time on reading. (by the way, that is an "OPINION")
Fact: n, the quality of being actual: ACTUALITY
Opinion: n, a view, judgement or appraisal formed IN THE MIND about a particular matter
Before your next rant, please do us all a favor and memorize these definitions, or, better yet, just shut the f*ck up and save us all the torment of reading your bullsh*t. Thank you, and have a wonderful day.
What we have are people so biased by there own opinions- they spin facts to support the views - tell themselves that these facts are real and then can't comprehend why other people don't understand there spun views -so they resort to name calling and character assination.- All along demonstrating their bias without knowing (or caring).
Same as Hollywood- They all hang out together - no exposure to other views- form opinions, call them facts and use their celebrity media access to blast other people.
Just watch the Oscars. Have you ever thought about a group of professionals who have no shame in promoting themselves and patting themselves on the back in a public forum- as if to say "we did it- so it must be good."
John Doe probably gets his "facts" from Michael Moore and Hollywood movies.
How can someone informed believe that Bill Gates is not charitable?
Aside from his very public desire to eradicate major diseases, Bill Gates has donated more money to Canadian libraries across Canada than anyone else.
Certainly, John Doe didn't visit a Canadian library for his facts.
How can any logical thinker sight the percent of serial killers in America as an example of America being immoral. All that fact does is prove that America has a lot of serial killers that are probably immoral.
These are examples of twisting facts/opinions to suit a belief - and then attacking others.
You see, John Doe probably already hates Microsoft,so it was easy for him to believe lies, incorporate them in his thinking and use his "sledgehammer" to force other to "listen".
Just as it is normal for John Doe, to take a real fact "75% of serial killers come from America"
and spin it into a fact that it proves Americans, rather than "American Serial Killers" are
less moral than Canadians.
And in John Doe's mind, he is really making the moral comparison between Canadian citizens and American serial killer. WOW
So John Doe's anti-American bias is so deep rooted that he can't even see that he just compared immoral serial killers with Canadian citizens. Its no wonder that John Doe believes only things that support his pre-disposed belief system.
Where and how did John Doe's thought process develop into such a closed minded, one-sided mis-use of his God given brain.
It would really help if John Doe would cite his sources?
Are they the friend he hangs with? The schools? The newspaper he reads? The television he watches, The websites he visits?
Okay,so no more opinions okay,just facts.
-60% of all american adults are overweight,and the numbers are increasing.As well as 1/3rd of all american children are obese.
-Yes,76% of all serial killers are in America,which proves my point that America is a violent country.I'm not saying that all Americans are like that.
-America has ruined and basically destroyed more countries than it has helped.
-In America,crime has gotten so bad that it's to the point that:a murder in America happens every 22 minutes.A rape happens every 5 minutes.A robbery every 49 seconds and burglery every 10 seconds.(check "http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/crime.html" if you don't believe me.)The media doesn't help either.You say that Canadas media is shit,look at Americas.At almost every minute of the day,you can turn on the tv and see a murder being reported.In Canada,it's rare that a murder happens.
-You think crime is decreasing in America??...Well,barely.In America In 1982, 390 teens ages 13-15 were arrested for murder. A decade later, this total jumped to 740.
Do you really think I am anti-American?...Well,I am not.Hopefully this will get you to listen,even though you are probably going to twist my words like you usually do.1/3 of the world hates the US and are basically anti-American,so get used to it.Don't pin-point me being anti-american when infact you hate my country.That is being hypocritical.So,sorry about this long post,but hopefully it will get you to shut the fuck up.
Kind of lying to himself I guess....
i dont know much else about it
(im american)
at least he, unlike the vast majority of know-it-all Americans replying to this post, knows something about what he's saying...and at least he also knows what "anti" means
The weather also truly is a huge turn off. Yea I know we get all four seasons blah blah blah, but in reality we get 3 to 4 months of nice weather and then the rest of the year is gray, miserable and cold. I love how people here in Toronto like to say we have a similar climate to NYC, take a look at the real weather stats, we are nowhere close to that. Even in American cities like Chicago which has similar temperatures to Toronto, they average WAAAY more sunshine in the winter months then we do, which makes a huge difference.
Everything here is controlled by the government and it is very difficult for somebody with entrepreneurial spirit who wants to break away from the pact to get ahead. I think someone said previously you can not even start a dairy farm and sell milk in Canada without paying huge amounts of money to the government first! Everything is a monopoly and controlled by only a few companies.
Worst of all, we have no national identity and truly do pride ourselves on what we are not instead of what we are. Did you know that they are even considering taking O Canada out of schools because it offends people!? what kind of true country would do this!!?
Our news is very one sided and we are not allowed to get stations with a republican point of view here to balance it out and so we get a one sided view on everything. I am independent leaning slightly left when it comes to politics but it is awful how one sided out media is to liberal thinking.
This is way so many Canadians have such a negative view of America. That and the fact that so many Canadians only trips to America involve Buffalo and Orlando. Go spend some significant time in a city in America that is the equivilant of yours in Canada and tell me it doesn't just have a better vibe and soul to it.
We are heavy partakers in the UN missions around the world. In fact, we have one of the most UN mission completed by our military than any other military.
HDI. The Human Development Index registers the amount of crime, Infant mortality, racism, and poverty. Canada has ranked 1st out of all countries in the world 10 times, we are currently in fourth. The US following in a near...... fourteenth.
We are multi-cultural, peaceful (for the most part) and a loving society with low poverty and crime. We have millions of immigrants from the USA and we have millions of Emigrants to the USA. We have a trade surplus, making us the number one trade partner with the US and vice-versa. Our army is not as Shi**y as you think it is. We are well trained, and consist of nearly 100,000 participants. only about 150,000 less than the USA. Not very much when the US has 10x the population.
to whom it may concern. Channel 2.
CNN. Its always on. I watch it as much as i watch the Canadian news. Canadian schooling systems teach an incredible amount about other countries history and geography, so on and so forth. We Aren't narrow minded. It's just not us. If you hate Canada, you're one strange person, because if you get to know us, you'll love us, and well love you.
I mean we're Candians, nicest people on the planet. Stop fighting people. Why can't everyone just like everyone.
If anyone doesn't want to stop fighting, and learn to like Canada.. Just Take off eh!!
I mean we love the USA... return the favour buds. Later, eh.
and if you more person says...well WE have universal healthcare...well i hope you enjoy it when i put you in a hostipal bed...hell move over, as much as i have to pay, I deserve that bed...nice though you have to be sick and hospitalized to see how wonderful it is.Car insurance is ridiclous and so is parking..traffic horrible. I have yet to ONE person at a store say hello, or thank you...guess they are just as miserable at being fucked over as everyone else. I much rather move back to the States and be illegal than live in this miserable hell hole