Why do canadians fight so much?

[Asher]

Do your represenatives shout things like "Why don't you ask your boyfriend!?" to male politicians?

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Asher

You haven't seen news clips of "debates" in Canada, have you?

It's everyone screaming at eachother and yelling.

I have to admit I have not

I have only seen the US and UK debates

the UK debates are pretty funny

the US debates are fairly boring

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Asher
Do your represenatives shout things like "Why don't you ask your boyfriend!?" to male politicians?

hmm, apparently you have more British style

I think we use to have it similiar (right before the civil war one man was almost beaten to death with a cain), but we have grown more civilised (in our politics) ...

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I like our diversity. It provides endless entertainment and stifles mindless flag-waving...

How does it do so?

I do not see the causality here

Jon Miller

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Asher
Do your represenatives shout things like "Why don't you ask your boyfriend!?" to male politicians?

Or, in response to Deborah Grey (an overweight opposition MP)talking about the federal government's "pork-barrel" practices: "speaking of pork, that's more than a side of bacon talking right there".

[Asher]

Why must you fight so much, Jon? Are you applying for citizenship?

The Canadian Citizenship test involves a keg of beer, a hockey stick, and a beaver in heat. Are you ready?!

[Tingkai]

The United States was created by a unified effort to kick out the Brits. That created the mythology of a unified people. Immigrants were welcomed, but were expected to conform to the American dream and the American way of life.

Canada was created by bringing two distinct people together: the predominately Protestent English and the Catholic French. As a result, it was impossible to create the belief that immigrants should conform to a Canadian identity because there was clearly two distinct identities. There was no way for Canadians to create the traditional mytholody of a nationhood where people shared common beliefs. So instead, Canadian created a more modern concept of nationhood where people are more likely to be tolerant towards others who hold different beliefs.

The willingness to tolerate different beliefs leads to an acceptence for debate.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Jon Miller


hmm, apparently you have more British style

I think we use to have it similiar (right before the civil war one man was almost beaten to death with a cain), but we have grown more civilised (in our politics) ...

Jon Miller

Grown more civilized = grown less honest

But at the same time you have campaign attack ads that would never fly up here...

[Jon Miller]

Ha haha HA

I will agree that your politics are funnier than ours

why do you think this is so?

Jon Miller

[Asher]

The willingness to tolerate different beliefs leads to an acceptence for debate.

But I don't tolerate your beliefs.

[RedFred]

Segregation may not be the right word. Canadians operate under very different legal frameworks as the provinces have more responsibilities and autonomy than the states do amongst themselves. The Quebec Roman Civil law base makes it unique, as is Newfoundland which was independent of Canada until 1949.

I think it is dangerous to make too many assumptions based on the four or five regular Canadian politics debaters. But it may be that as a very young country, one that is more regionalistic and less nationalistic than most, we are still developing and thinking a bit more about what we are and we stand for.

[KrazyHorse]

Ha haha HA

I will agree that your politics are funnier than ours

why do you think this is so?

Jon Miller

False dignity.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Asher
The Canadian Citizenship test involves a keg of beer, a hockey stick, and a beaver in heat. Are you ready?!

Ack! I forgot about hockey. That's why we fight so much.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Grown more civilized = grown less honest

But at the same time you have campaign attack ads that would never fly up here...

ok

I get it, our politicians just pay others to say what your politicians say right out

makes sense

Jon Miller

[Asher]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
Ha haha HA

I will agree that your politics are funnier than ours

why do you think this is so?

Jon Miller

Canadians learn to develop a sense of humor while we wait for the entrance to our igloos to dethawthaw each year.