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Sep. 4th, 2005 01:04 pmDear United States of America,
We are done. I will no longer cross your borders, not for the forseeable future.
I have been considering this for some time, wondering what it would take to push me over the edge. Your bullying of Canada over the softwood lumber tariff, your refusal to participate in the Kyoto Protocol, your continual tightening of your borders, your determination to explicitly disallow same-sex marriage, among other things.
And now the inconceivable humanitarian tragedy that is the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Your country has always made me uneasy; now it frightens me. I don't feel welcome there and I don't feel safe.
I do not dislike US citizens as individuals; those that I have met have predominantly been nice, decent people. But the country as a whole -- the ideals, the institutions, the government -- is something I cannot deal with.
I have dear friends in the US that I would like to visit, cities I would like to see, conventions I would like to attend. Three times this year I've been to the US, a little nervous, but enjoyed myself anyhow.
But no more.
Your country is not a good place to be. And so I will not go there.
Good luck to you. I hope you find your way. And if you don't, I hope you don't take Canada down with you.
We are done. I will no longer cross your borders, not for the forseeable future.
I have been considering this for some time, wondering what it would take to push me over the edge. Your bullying of Canada over the softwood lumber tariff, your refusal to participate in the Kyoto Protocol, your continual tightening of your borders, your determination to explicitly disallow same-sex marriage, among other things.
And now the inconceivable humanitarian tragedy that is the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Your country has always made me uneasy; now it frightens me. I don't feel welcome there and I don't feel safe.
I do not dislike US citizens as individuals; those that I have met have predominantly been nice, decent people. But the country as a whole -- the ideals, the institutions, the government -- is something I cannot deal with.
I have dear friends in the US that I would like to visit, cities I would like to see, conventions I would like to attend. Three times this year I've been to the US, a little nervous, but enjoyed myself anyhow.
But no more.
Your country is not a good place to be. And so I will not go there.
Good luck to you. I hope you find your way. And if you don't, I hope you don't take Canada down with you.
