http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/just-because-it%e2%80%99s-canadian-does-that-make-it-good/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/just-because-it%e2%80%99s-canadian-does-that-make-it-good/#comment-3709 sk Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:01:05 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/just-because-it%e2%80%99s-canadian-does-that-make-it-good/#comment-3709 Here's one <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2199263.ece" rel="nofollow">project</a> where the "soft touch" of Canadians could come in handy. Maybe humanitarian coordinators in Ottawa can look into this and cobble together a Code Of Conduct that might alleviate the "appalling conditions" under which these workers are toiling (more importantly, that might counter the negative publicity being thus generated which is "sending exactly the wrong message to Iraq and the rest of the world about US respect for human rights.") Here’s one project where the “soft touch” of Canadians could come in handy. Maybe humanitarian coordinators in Ottawa can look into this and cobble together a Code Of Conduct that might alleviate the “appalling conditions” under which these workers are toiling (more importantly, that might counter the negative publicity being thus generated which is “sending exactly the wrong message to Iraq and the rest of the world about US respect for human rights.”)

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/just-because-it%e2%80%99s-canadian-does-that-make-it-good/#comment-3703 Wes S Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:07:57 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/just-because-it%e2%80%99s-canadian-does-that-make-it-good/#comment-3703 Totally agree with the author. I am Canadian, but I do not support any of those foreign ineterventions. I even sent the email to then Prime Minister, Cretien, protesting the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Surprisingly I received the reply, unsigned email, with all the lies that were oficially used to justify killing Serbian civilians. Unfortunately most of us Canadians are arrogant and do not accept the criticism that we might be just like US citizens. I felt this arrogance every time I talked international issues with my fellow Canadians. One of my managers made probably most idiotic statement, comparing Milosevic to Hitler. I did not know whether to cry or lough, insted I just left. This is just to show the example of many Canadians kind of thinking. Totally agree with the author. I am Canadian, but I do not support any of those foreign ineterventions. I even sent the email to then Prime Minister, Cretien, protesting the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Surprisingly I received the reply, unsigned email, with all the lies that were oficially used to justify killing Serbian civilians.
Unfortunately most of us Canadians are arrogant and do not accept the criticism that we might be just like US citizens. I felt this arrogance every time I talked international issues with my fellow Canadians. One of my managers made probably most idiotic statement, comparing Milosevic to Hitler. I did not know whether to cry or lough, insted I just left. This is just to show the example of many Canadians kind of thinking.

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