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joiedecombatA few days back there was a student article in our university newspaper basically saying that all of this anti-French nonsense is pointless and silly, an opinion I agree with. In the latest edition there is a letter to the editor replying to the article. The full text is here. The salient quote:
"He suggests that Canada not supporting us is a problem. We don't need Canada and never have. Mr. Odom also says, 'Mexico doesn't support us.' WHO CARES? Canada and Mexico only exist as separate countries because we let them."
I can't properly express how monstrously arrogant this statement is. Furthermore, it's indicative of a much larger problem with our country as a whole. We damn well better care what Canada and Mexico think. They're our neighbors. When we're done in the Middle East, we still have to live next to them. Unless you bright and shining patriots think it's time to start bombing them, too?
Not to mention that they happen to be the only land routes into our country, so even if we're going to be arrogant fucks who are still right even when the world says we're wrong, we ought to think twice before we tell them to fuck off just in case someone gets tired of our lording around at everyone and decides to do some smacking down. Considering that we've already pretty much announced to the world that we don't give a damn about the UN and were only going along with it because it was convenient, I'd hesitate to alienate our two only physical neighbors.
RRRRRRRRRRR.
So running away to Canada.
"He suggests that Canada not supporting us is a problem. We don't need Canada and never have. Mr. Odom also says, 'Mexico doesn't support us.' WHO CARES? Canada and Mexico only exist as separate countries because we let them."
I can't properly express how monstrously arrogant this statement is. Furthermore, it's indicative of a much larger problem with our country as a whole. We damn well better care what Canada and Mexico think. They're our neighbors. When we're done in the Middle East, we still have to live next to them. Unless you bright and shining patriots think it's time to start bombing them, too?
Not to mention that they happen to be the only land routes into our country, so even if we're going to be arrogant fucks who are still right even when the world says we're wrong, we ought to think twice before we tell them to fuck off just in case someone gets tired of our lording around at everyone and decides to do some smacking down. Considering that we've already pretty much announced to the world that we don't give a damn about the UN and were only going along with it because it was convenient, I'd hesitate to alienate our two only physical neighbors.
RRRRRRRRRRR.
So running away to Canada.
