CoronaVirus

SouthArk370Z · 03-30-2020, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Don't make me post the opening scene from "The Newsroom" ;-)

Been a looonnnnggggg time since I watched that movie. Had to re-watch the opening on Youtube.
Your are correct, sir. The US is not perfect. Far from it. The US is comprised of humans with all the accompanying foibles.
The US has done a lot of wrong things in its' short history. A lot. Too many to enumerate here.
But the US has also done many good things. With CA's help we jumped in to kick the Nazis out of Europe. During foreign disasters, the US is always near the front of the line to provide support. Etc, etc, etc.
I have to totally agree that The Constitution is a masterpiece. Was/is it perfect? Nope, but it's pretty close (IMNSHO) and it has provisions to change towards something a little closer to perfect (or away from it, but you take the good with the bad).
As individual Americans, we run the same gamut as every other group of humans - some of us are saints, others are pure evil, and all points in between. From what I've seen, most of us are decent, compassionate folks.

I do not always agree with my government (and it seems like I agree less and less as time goes by) but I am always proud to be an American.

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Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Tens of thousands of Canadians have done the same, and will again tomorrow. That blood is sacred here as well, and our freedoms hard won.

And I am so thankful that they did.

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But there must be something in us (most of us) that makes us different from our southern neighbours, I guess. Because we haven't really needed to enforce infringements upon freedoms very much here (yet, at least) to fight this disease.

Y'all have a different culture up there. Not necessarily better or worse, just different. The culture in NYC, LA, etc is a lot different than it is here in S AR.

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Of course, having a larger land mass and 10% of your population does help us with "social distancing" LOL.

And probably has a lot to do with the cultural differences, especially when compared to the larger US cities. I'm guessing most rural Americans and rural Canadians have a lot in common - once you get past the weird accents. It's them city folks that mess everything up.