I am angry

I am angry at the higher ups for allowing Canada to become like the U.S.

I am angry at the decision to stop funding Palestine after a legitimate vote took place to empower a government, that granted might have an extreme approach and definition of democracy, but elected by its people for it people none the less.

I am angry at the suffering that will be caused by this fundamental decision. I am angry that he is following in bush’s footsteps.

I am angry at his attempts to make us anything but a peacekeeping nation. I am angry at his indiscretion and short sight. I am angry at his growing ability to fill the hearts of Canadians with hate. I am angry at the way 17 Men were rounded up, denied visitation and made into monsters without having been proven guilty. I am angry at the panic the media has managed to create. I am angry at his in ability to tell people to get a grip and resolve the issue in a chic non militant manner. We don’t know if these men are innocent or guilty yet so shouldn’t there be a basic civility in the way we handle the situation?

Wouldn’t have containing the subject benefited Canada as a whole far more than plastering their faces, names and addresses all across the papers?

Yes take your precautions protect your people but do it in Canadian fashion. Respect these people’s autonomy as humans, give them their basic rights and think about what the over all affect of the big spins in the media have on our identity as a whole. Canadians are known to be extremely tolerant, accepting and multicultural. With all the hysteria in the air people are vandalizing mosques, looking at each other suspiciously and above all they are gobbling up the ignorance. I do not know if these men are guilty or not but I am enraged at the idea that people are afraid of teenagers, silly boys who want to be thugs. Youth who obviously have been misguided… or NOT. I am certainly not making excuses for inexcusable behavior but for us as a nation to condemn people based on the US’s experience is entirely unfair. For an entire shopping mall to be evacuated because a van without a license plate was parked in front of the entrance is insane. We need to get a grip. Canada is a good country. It has not invaded lands, it has not involved itself in politics for revenue’s sake and it definitely has not alienated its civilians by creating hate through the media. We need to remember what it is that makes Canada grand. We need to remember all these things and hold on to them because without them Canada becomes the US. There is absolutely nothing worse than being a follower lacking the punch and zeal to back up your insanity. I am Canadian and I will not succumb to the madness.