Bush Commutes Libby Prison Sentence

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Originally Posted by August

Well that would depend on the subject. Internal politics like Bush pardoning Libby (which is what we were talking about) has nothing to do with Canada.

Well we somewhat digressed didn't we from the main subject. You generally said that foreigners should sod off, without qualifying veryu much. But I also pointed out that the US has routinely butted into internal Canadian affairs with no regard for our interest or our sovereignty.

But yes at the end of the day I have no say in what your president should do. But neither do you. He's an elected official and until the next election none of us can do anything about it. But since we're all people and we all have opinions and we have a vested interest in the health of American democracy we like to banter on about whats right or wrong with the most important country in the world. When I say he shouldn't have commuted Libby's sentense its a theoretical discussion. I'm talking about why it was a bad thing to do and why I as an observer of significant political occurances see it as a problem for democracy or just wrong morally.

And do you realise that while it is your constitution August, it is in many ways mine too? The American constitution, as my father put it, is the greatest document of the modern era. It gives us something that we never had before and it does it so well that so many nations have either used it heavily for inspiration or have down right ripped it off (I believe its Vietnam that has a constitution that is only different from the American one where 'The United States of America' is exchanged for 'Vietnam'). So the health of American democracy is important to us all.

And if you are so sensitive to non-Americans expressing opinions about your country then perhaps you shouldn't be posting on a message board with significant numbers of nosey opinionated foreigners. But I don't mean that seriously, its just another point. What else is a message board for if not to discuss things?