murchadh@shaw.ca (Murchadh) wrote in message news:<401bfe62.10163734@news>...
> On 31 Jan 2004 07:26:22 -0800, rcaetano7@yahoo.com (Rafael Caetano)
> wrote:
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> >murchadh@shaw.ca (Murchadh) wrote in message news:<401b6c38.33653270@news>...
> >(...)
> >> The last draft dodger got here in 1973. Since then American immigrants
> >> have mostly been well-educated professionals who prefer to live in a
> >> quietly democratic country with a low crime rate where you can walk
> >> the streets at night without worrying about being mugged and where
> >> universal health care means you aren't sent home to die as in the US
> >> when your health insurance runs out.
> >> 
> >> Canada is a nice place to bring up children and has never lost sight
> >> of the original reason for having a country - to look after all the
> >> citizens, not just the greedy, buck grabbers. 
> >
> >The "original reason for having a country", eh? 
> >
> >Rafael Caetano
> 
> Well, what would you describe your country's decision to enrich the
> Halliwells of your society as? Why have only two Enron executives gone
> to jail? Why is good health care the prerogative of the wealthy?
> That's not a country; that's a conspiracy to rape those unable to
> protect themselves, and historically is squarely in line with the
> pattern of US development on the North American continent.
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> I suppose you also think monogamous marriage is an expression of love
> between two people and not an invention of the weak to stop the strong
> from grabbing all the women for themselves.
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> Murchadh.

Lighten up.