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It Takes a Lot to Anger a Canadian
Even the Nicest Country in the World Doesn’t Like China
Beijing’s lack of transparency and veracity around its handling of the coronavirus is a factor in this steep decline in favorability.
Not long ago, Global News of Canada published an analysis on the important question: “Are Canadians really as nice as the world insists?” The article discusses the well-known stereotype from multiple vantage points, including the finding by researchers at Ontario’s McMaster University who even concluded that “tweets originating in Canada . . . tend to be kinder and gentler.”
Gosh, those Canadians are just so nice and polite. If a Canadian gets down on you maybe you ought to realize that there is something very wrong with you. China is awful in so many ways right now that one doesn’t know where to begin. They lied and spread the COVID-19 virus, thereby creating the pandemic. They have put a few million people in concentration camps. They are breaking their word and crushing liberty in Hong Kong. They are threatening Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and Australia. They are committing military aggression against India. They are using the internet as a means of internal social control and a means of espionage against the world.
China is so awful even Ezra can’t stand them.
Yes, exactly. China is the Evil Empire. Time to wake up and smell the tyranny.
Good Shabbos.
Regards,
Jim
Published in General
Yup
No way China has the logistics to threaten Australia.
How do get a bunch of Canadians out of a pool?
Say “Everyone please get out of the pool.”
The most Canadian pool story ever:
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1968297
China committed an unfriendly act against the west, and has proven itself to be an untrustworthy partner. Since our policy of engagement has brought us to this point, we should go the other way for a while – disengage, and see if we can reform China’s behavior.
I should also point out that the policy of engagement was sold as the opportunity to import reform, modernization and capitalist democracy to China. Instead China has exported its intimidation and censorship to the west.
ESL much! fixin my Englishes.
Randy,
Not militarily but they have plenty of investments there and a lot of Australian companies are doing business in China. Where the government is one giant monopoly they can conspire to restrain trade against you. Luckily, China is not economically doing so well right now so their bellicose statements are mostly economic saber-rattling.
How’d you like to have this monster not very far from your doorstep? The Aussies aren’t thrilled.
Regards,
Jim
Except for how they have been treating Mark Steyn in Canada.
“Forget about being nice. It doesn’t work. Be gentlemen. Be kind. But forget nice. As learned Latinists, you no doubt know that the word comes from nescius, which means ignorant. It came, early in modern languages, to mean foolish.” – Robert Royal
You can’t trust nice people. “Nice” is just a euphemism for passive aggression.
How do the Canadians like the lack of Yank tourists? US border will be closed until July 21 now.
Rush,
I’m still hoping for them to tar & feather Trudeau and throw him across the border in a burlap bag.
Wouldn’t it be loverly?
Regards,
Jim