Comments on: Limp Nationalism – Do you love your country?

By: sobich

sobich — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:09:52 +0000

Mr. Martin Loves Canada so much he won’t put it’t flag on his ships, he loves Canada a lot when it lines his pockets.

He knows so much about loving Canada he’ll tell you how to love Canada and who doesn’t love Canada.

By: kaqchikel

kaqchikel — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:11:28 +0000

I was watching the show, and my 9-year old was next to me. When the question about love was posed, she looked at me and said “what a silly question!” That sums it up for me.

By: Garth Wood

Garth Wood — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:53:08 +0000

Why yes, I love Canada. It’s excellent, particularly if you douse it generously with hot sauce before you scarf it down.

Wait…

…you mean, like a member of the opposite sex? Ewwwwww, gross! What kind of a sicko is that reporter, anyways?

By: DJeffery

DJeffery — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:24:02 +0000

I expect he wasn’t as vociferous as Martin, because he doesn’t like what Martin and his ilk have created… a country of dependents, who are paid to vote liberal; a country of entitlement, who steal and vote liberal and a central population mass of hegemony who wield that power.

By: J. Franklin

J. Franklin — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:35:19 +0000

You don’t love me, er, Holden? I’m crushed…

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:05:50 +0000

According to Thomas Hobbes, it’s unintelligible to love God because “God” is an insignificant term (i.e., it’s not something we can touch, see, feel, etc.).

If Canada is a nonentity that only exists in the imagination of Eastern intellectuals, how can one say one loves it?

Unless loving Canada = loving Eastern intellectuals.

Eww.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:02:50 +0000

My concern focuses more on the relevance of the question. Does lip service to ones “love” of a country make them a better leader? Is that the point that is trying to be made? If so, the question is ridiculous. Patriotism is a far better determinate.

However, for the heck of it lets indulge the idea that someone can love their country, shouldn’t the announcement that one “loves Canada” be supported by actions and not just words? Love, in this context is more about doing what is best for the country you love instead of loving the country because of what it can do for you. Hmmmmm, I wonder which leader exemplifies this kind of love more????

By: Rempelia Prime » Blog Archive » I love Canada, and pancakes

Rempelia Prime » Blog Archive » I love Canada, and pancakes — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:14:47 +0000

[...] Holden makes a point that, while entirely commonsensical, will be incomprehensible (and infuriating) to mindless Liberal nationalists: I mean really, how can someone love a country? Say it out loud for a second, Ã¢â‚¬Å“I love CanadaÃ¢â‚¬? and tell me that you donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t feel a little silly doing it. Personally, I only love my family, and beyond that, everyone (and thing) falls considerable behind in terms of loving endearment. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve always found that those that were so quick to pronounce they love something were usually the same people who were using that statement to achieve some goal. [...]

By: Peter Rempel

Peter Rempel — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:10:40 +0000

I love pancakes because they make me feel all warm on the inside. Mindless Liberals love Canada because it does the same thing for them.

By: Holden

Holden — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:19:12 +0000

Perhaps it is you Lyndon, that has the agenda.

By: A La Derecha

A La Derecha — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

rightly points that Martin has neglected as yet to publicly thank the United States for treating our wounded soldiers in an American military hospital. So I thought I’d take a moment to do his job for him, paraphrasing his wordsfrom day 1 of the campaign: I am told that Mr. Martin has had a little difficulty saying this, so let me say it. Thank you America.