Isn't it just wonderful how the hurricane has brought out the best in people?
Via Bill Quick, we find these tender sentiments from our northern neighbor:
Why I Will Not Donate to Katrina Relief
Why, when they had the chance to NOT elect Bush, did only ¼ of the eligible voters of America vote against Bush? That means that ¾ of the eligible voters in the United States either actively or passively gave permission to Bush to keep on invading countries in order to steal their resources. It legitimized the use of murder, torture, and terror by the America government. Some people may not donate because the people of the USA don’t deserve help. That is still not my reason for not donating.
Yes, Bush is a monster, on par with Mussolini and Pinochet, but the American people are just people, identical to you and I. They do not deserve to suffer for the past actions of their elected leaders.
I feel horrible for the people affected by the hurricane and I wish I could help, I will not donate because every dime I save the US government will be used to kill, murder, torture, terrorize, and blackmail, and I will not have that on my conscience.
From the comments (at Daily Pundit):
This is terribly disappointing; Bush has been demoted from being Hitler to merely Mussolini. What a comedown.
And this:
As nobody pays any attention to Canada -- why would anyone want to? -- people down here have small idea how anti-American it has become. They hate us. Canada is a place where nothing much happens and anyone of ability or talent moves south. Beneath the surface of sanctimony and pretense that Canada is "listened to" on the world stage, they are a bitterly envious and jealous people. It is a virtual one-party state whose politicians were formed by the attitudes of the 60s, meaning political correctness has tap roots that stop just short of the earth's core. The western part of the country, the only one with any future, despises the rest. Quebec is the Jesse Jackson of provinces, shaking down the others for money and power way out of proportion to its numbers with the recurrent threat to leave the confederation, a threat western Canada is now beginning to mutter. The last time I paid any attention, there was a 10-month wait for a bed in a maternity ward. So much for the health care system they brag about. Anybody with a serious problem hocks everything and heads south of the border for treatment. Like Britain, another country with a national health service, its hospitals are breeding grounds for the super-bugs. I could go on and on, but nobody really gives a s[**]t about Canada or what it thinks.
It may be that the days of calling Canadians our "friends" are over. Or is this just a minority view that gets more airtime?
Reading the comments on the Canadian column itself, one finds a lot of agreement:
Well, if it were American help, from the Bush crime family, then I would not WANT their help.
...Countries hit by the Tsumani that are receiving American "aid" had to sell off public infrastructure, such as water and power systems, for a pittance to companies specified by Bush. Extortion, not aid.
And this:
The USA takes care of the world? Last time I checked they are the stingiest country when it comes to sharing it's wealth. I also will not donate a penny to a country that has so much wealth but can't learn to share amongst itself. The richest nation on earth is getting donations from Afghanistan,Sri Lanka and India. If that isn't humiliating what is?
...Americans are some of the most selfish people on earth. Any other city in the world would come together and help each other out. In New Orleans people are stealing from stores(and I'm not talking about food and water) and there shooting at people trying to rescue them. The mentality in America is every man, woman and child for themselves.
It's not hard to figure out why the city fell apart after the hurricane it's because americans don't care much about each other.
There were a few good rejoinders to that one.
And on the other hand, there are a few comments like this:
The people who are attracted to this site are truly tiny, petty, completely inconsequential losers. They don’t speak for all of Canada. Indeed, the Canadians I know would see people like “wayne Cody” [a commenter] as the sub human pieces of crap that they are.
The level of sheer bitterness and hatred for anything American comes through loud and clear. We don't help other nations, let alone our own. The "Bush crime family." Good gosh.
And they claim they're not just envious of our prosperity--but nothing else accounts for the hatred, bile and intentional misrepresentation of the facts that you see in threads like this.
Posted by: DaveG | Thursday, 08 September 2005 at 02:42 PM