Comments on: Ann Coulter controversy in Canada http://alainsaffel.com/ann-coulter-canada-controversy/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kris Darch http://alainsaffel.com/ann-coulter-canada-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-2409 Kris Darch Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:24:34 +0000 http://alainsaffel.com/?p=856#comment-2409 We don't stereotype much of anything. We hardly ever even talk about Canada down here. It is you that is constantly talking about US and what we need to fix. Why don't you work on cleaning up your own house before you tell your neighbors how to mop their floors? How many times have I brought up Canada except in a rebuttal to a comment you have mad about what we are doing wrong? You don't consider yourself a moderate, your views are pretty much middle of the road. Okay, well maybe I need someone to redefine what moderate means, but I thought it meant someone pretty much not taking extremes on either side, otherwise known and being in the middle somewhere. Freedom? You country is also telling Churches that they HAVE to marry people they don't wish to marry and which goes against their religion. I was reading a story about it last month. Why does your country restrict the freedom of people to own firearms much more than ours? Why does your country not allow you to purchase a beer at 7-Eleven? Why does your country not allow and protect what you call "hate speech"? We are different countries. We have freedoms that you don't have and visa-versa. I like being different and not a carbon copy of another state or system. You seem to want the United States to be like you. I don't get that. I don't see why if you are so happy with your system, that you want to see ours change? I like differences, that is why I love to travel. If every country was the same, then there wouldn't be much reason to go anywhere. I don't see too many news sources that do give both sides of an issue fair play. Most are biased one way or another. That is why I look to several sources. I believe it is the responsibility of the citizens to seek out and inform themselves. Yes, Fox news is biased towards the right on most of their commentary, but they are not somehow further right than CNN or MSNBC is to the left. It used to be nice to sit down and watch CBS news in the 60's and 70's and feel like you were actually getting the news and not someones spin on the news. Times have changed. Everyone is more polarized. Here is a group I belong to that might interest you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCq9gUnNToo We don’t stereotype much of anything. We hardly ever even talk about Canada down here. It is you that is constantly talking about US and what we need to fix. Why don’t you work on cleaning up your own house before you tell your neighbors how to mop their floors?

How many times have I brought up Canada except in a rebuttal to a comment you have mad about what we are doing wrong?

You don’t consider yourself a moderate, your views are pretty much middle of the road. Okay, well maybe I need someone to redefine what moderate means, but I thought it meant someone pretty much not taking extremes on either side, otherwise known and being in the middle somewhere.

Freedom? You country is also telling Churches that they HAVE to marry people they don’t wish to marry and which goes against their religion. I was reading a story about it last month. Why does your country restrict the freedom of people to own firearms much more than ours? Why does your country not allow you to purchase a beer at 7-Eleven? Why does your country not allow and protect what you call “hate speech”?

We are different countries. We have freedoms that you don’t have and visa-versa. I like being different and not a carbon copy of another state or system. You seem to want the United States to be like you. I don’t get that. I don’t see why if you are so happy with your system, that you want to see ours change? I like differences, that is why I love to travel. If every country was the same, then there wouldn’t be much reason to go anywhere.

I don’t see too many news sources that do give both sides of an issue fair play. Most are biased one way or another. That is why I look to several sources. I believe it is the responsibility of the citizens to seek out and inform themselves. Yes, Fox news is biased towards the right on most of their commentary, but they are not somehow further right than CNN or MSNBC is to the left. It used to be nice to sit down and watch CBS news in the 60′s and 70′s and feel like you were actually getting the news and not someones spin on the news. Times have changed. Everyone is more polarized.

Here is a group I belong to that might interest you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCq9gUnNToo

]]> By: Alain Saffel http://alainsaffel.com/ann-coulter-canada-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Alain Saffel Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:44:43 +0000 http://alainsaffel.com/?p=856#comment-2402 Evidently you missed the joke about the t-shirts. :) It's funny how Americans tend to stereotype Canadians as living under a nanny state reminiscent of Orwell's 1984. As for being a moderate, I don't consider myself a moderate. My views are pretty middle of the road. That being said, my views run across the spectrum, depending on the issue. This is similar to many people. I get my news from many sources also, whether labelled left or right. My preference is for news sources that present both sides of the issue and let the viewer/reader make the judgment. Funny also that you call Canada a mother state when your country doesn't allow its residents the same freedoms we do here. Why should the state make the decision on who marries and who doesn't? Patriot Act anyone? Evidently you missed the joke about the t-shirts. :)

It’s funny how Americans tend to stereotype Canadians as living under a nanny state reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984.

As for being a moderate, I don’t consider myself a moderate. My views are pretty middle of the road. That being said, my views run across the spectrum, depending on the issue. This is similar to many people. I get my news from many sources also, whether labelled left or right. My preference is for news sources that present both sides of the issue and let the viewer/reader make the judgment.

Funny also that you call Canada a mother state when your country doesn’t allow its residents the same freedoms we do here. Why should the state make the decision on who marries and who doesn’t? Patriot Act anyone?

]]> By: Kris Darch http://alainsaffel.com/ann-coulter-canada-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Kris Darch Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:39:38 +0000 http://alainsaffel.com/?p=856#comment-2401 Down here we have a first amendment to protect speech you don't agree with. In Canada, you have the right I guess to stop free speech. Personally Alain, your bullshit picture you posted trying to associate it with Ann Coulter's views is more offensive than anything she might ever say. She has never sold such shirts! You my friend, who try to portray yourself as moderate in your views, are nothing more than a left wing hack listening to one side of an argument. I listen to all sides. I remember from before all the sources you posted for your facts - every last one of them was from a leftest source. I garantee you I watch a lot more of MSNBC than you ever watch of Fox News... I watched the whole thing unfold in Ottawa, and your description of the course of events leaves much to be desired. Have fun in your mother state, oh and please remember to only smell the flowers that your government allows you to. Freedom, yeah sure, a security blanket is more of what you are looking for. Down here we have a first amendment to protect speech you don’t agree with. In Canada, you have the right I guess to stop free speech. Personally Alain, your bullshit picture you posted trying to associate it with Ann Coulter’s views is more offensive than anything she might ever say. She has never sold such shirts! You my friend, who try to portray yourself as moderate in your views, are nothing more than a left wing hack listening to one side of an argument. I listen to all sides. I remember from before all the sources you posted for your facts – every last one of them was from a leftest source.

I garantee you I watch a lot more of MSNBC than you ever watch of Fox News…

I watched the whole thing unfold in Ottawa, and your description of the course of events leaves much to be desired. Have fun in your mother state, oh and please remember to only smell the flowers that your government allows you to. Freedom, yeah sure, a security blanket is more of what you are looking for.

]]> By: Max http://alainsaffel.com/ann-coulter-canada-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 Max Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:03:51 +0000 http://alainsaffel.com/?p=856#comment-2380 The more I look, the more Ann Coulter looks like an afghan hound. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/Mega-Pimp/Anncoulter.jpg The more I look, the more Ann Coulter looks like an afghan hound.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/Mega-Pimp/Anncoulter.jpg

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