We Canadians think of ourselves as peace-makers, as opposed to the USA (and numerous other nations), which we deem war-makers. That's just one example among many.
Every once in a while there comes along a news story to buttress our pretensions, but only rarely does one emanate from the USA (Rick Santorum, who couldn't have won a single vote other than his own in Canada, aside). But now there's a recent one, and it's just a tad amusing. It's got all the right ingredients to cater to our pretensions to fairness, impartiality and objectivity:
As knorthern knight recently wrote on slashdot:
When 2 light civilian planes collide in U.S. airspace in Virginia, the usual response includes calling in the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) to investigate and make recommendations based on their results. But what do you do when the crash involves two planes piloted by a crash investigator with the FAA and the chief medical officer with the NTSB? In order to avoid conflict of interest by American investigators working for these agencies, the investigation has been turned over to to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada as a neutral 3rd party."Although we Canadians like to view ourselves as impartial, modest and most of all, self-effacing, we cannot help but bristle with pride at being asked to adjudicate between two warring factions in the USA. It has the dual advantage of making us feel proud and making our American neighbours look weak and disabled by self-interest.
The only problem is, How do we persuade our fellow Canadians what a calamity has occurred with the election of the Conservative majority led by Stephen Harper? To whom can we turn for help on this?
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