As for the article, one more good reason why we really should invade. Those Canadians could use some real freedom, instead of the charade they apparently have.
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Ha. The politicians of Ontario do not speak for the whole country. Hell, they banned Harry Potter books in one part of Ontario. Oh well. The only thing that annoys some people is the import regs. They make it so it takes a while to get anything from the US. For instance, a friend sent me a book in the mail. It took about a month to get here because it was held up at customs.
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America isn't exactly 100% freedom of speech either.
Fabrux mentioned Harry Potter books being banned. Here in South Carolina parents have tried to have them banned from school libraries.
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Why would you possibly ban Harry Potter books, when they let books like the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kompf in libraries (my school library has a couple copies of both those books).
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Oh Yeah? We'll fuck you in the ass! Screw the goddamn shit-for-brains know-nothing low life scum that the "suits" are! For Christ sakes, spare the fucking pity, and just feed us the fucking pie!
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Well, personally, I think that any country where a significant portion of the population actually LISTENS to that moron could probably use a good invasion, but...
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He is, of course, American, with the majority of his record sales being in America.
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So is it that fantasies about killing your wife qualify as protected speech whereas claims that Christianity is a sham aren't? Is it that hip hop is on the way in, and any nation so deluded as to think that Manson's Alice Cooper stylings are "in" deserves a visit from the fashion police? I'm confused.
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359: Well, you have to remember, these tend to be far-right-wing Christian fundamentalists who try to ban Potter. In fact, the only reason I chose to read the books was that those groups didn't like them. I figure, if they don't like something, chances are it's probably good... :-)
And honestly, I was surprised. If you aren't bothered by reading something geared toward a younger age group, you might look into reading them. They aren't half-bad...
And that's a general "you", not Matt specifically anymore. :-)
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