I get some very intelligent citizens of the United States of America leave comments on one of my websites. But I get a lot of things like the following: Shutup about Iraq and OUR policies and international affairs....why can't you Canadians worry about your own? O, wait...nevermind. This just shows why I tend to assume that USAers are ignorant. The above quote says that other people should stay out of the internation affairs of the United States of America. This shows a patently absurd concept of internation affairs. By definition, internation involves more than one. It's funny ...

I've just discovered an example of doublethink in neo-conservative ideologies. Doublethink, loosely defined, is when you believe two mutually contradictory ideas at the same time, and use which ever one is useful (or needed, or mandated) at that particular time. Not all conservatives believe this. But if the ring leaders are to be believed, they actually think the following about liberals. Liberals being anyone who is not a conservative, of course.Many conservatives call liberals "bleeding hearts" and pandering to "special interest groups" like blacks, women, or anyone who has had a hard ...

The Canadian Parliament was debating same-sex marriage back in 2004, I think. One things the Liberal Party of Canada said was that the Canadian public was divided on the issue, with a slight majority favouring it, but an large majority favoured same-sex marriage when you looked at the younger population (say, under 35). The Conservative Party of Canada shot back, asking when we started listening to (essentially) children. Who should we listen to? The old wisdom, or the fresh ideas? Personally, I think neither. Or, perhaps I should say both. We should listen to all sides, and think ...