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01/23/2004 Archived Entry: "America's war of ideas is exactly what we need"

Posted by steve @ 06:47 PM EST [Link]

WE NEED A CIVIL WAR: Although she occasionally annoys me, Elizabeth Nickson had a marvy essay in today's National Post arguing that unlike our American cousins, Canadians discuss little of importance.

Not fair, not fair, not fair. The Americans can have a war of ideas and we can't discuss anything. Because anything not out of the Bigger Government playbook is called right-wing extremism, and worse Christian, and thus demonized. Meanwhile, the sleepiest country in the world, which lives next door to the most vibrant country in the world, continues to tumble into the wormhole of complete irrelevance. Unluckily for us, the extraordinary American growth and innovation can float even our dozy economy, and we never have to grow up and behave like adults.

Read on.