Soldiers: April 26, 2010

I am a Canadian citizen.

There has only been one war on Canadian soil (not counting the wars between the French and English), and that was when we were attacked by Americans in 1812.

Other than that, no Canadian soldier has ever died for my rights. We got our independence from Britain through words. Our soldiers have died and are dying to protect the rights of other people, not mine. But soldiers are soldiers. They kill innocent civilians. 98% of all those killed in modern warfare are innocent civilians, not excluding women and children and including men who are not fighters. They rape innocent civilians. There are videos produced by news crews that are not allowed to broadcast in the United States about soldiers laughing as they mercilessly shot a father and his kids and then blew up a van that tried to rescue the wounded.

People want me to support the troops. I will not support the troops until I have proof that 100% of them are WORTH supporting. Until then, they can either come home and go to jail, because that's where most of them would end up if they were normal citizens, or they can continue to get themselves killed by an enemy that the media has demon-ized, but are really just normal human beings fighting for what they see as the right way.

I personally want soldiers to all come home now, and let the NGO's do the real work in the current war zones. An NGO doesn't kill people.

Now you might start asking me, well, what about 2001, 9/11? Well, more American soldiers have died since the outbreak of the war than American people did in the attack. 100,000s of innocent people have died at the hands of American soldiers. There's your revenge. Americans have to stop thinking about revenge and start maturing.

Revenge is so middle schooler.

Blessed be us

April 18, 2010 Quebec Hijab Law

AlJazeeraEnglish on Youtube has recently reported on, what to me, is a devastating blow to what Canada and its people are supposed to stand for. Freedom.

Apparently 80% of all Canadians accept the new hijab law that is pending in courts. 95% of Quebec, where the law will be passed, are also in support. Women who choose to wear the hijab will be blocked from using government offered programs, such as schools, and government jobs.

Support of this new law goes something like "male relatives are pressuring these women into wearing what we see as a symbol of oppression". I think people are simply more afraid of the Muslim culture right now than they are of women being oppressed.

Hopefully I can find more information to comment on, but for now it seems to be a law of racism and fear. I am ashamed of my country.