Originally Posted by rickholio

The difference is that Canada (and apparently the Brits) don't live in abject terror from future attacks, nor gladly hand over our various freedoms in exchange for bragging rights over brown people body counts and an imaginary sense of protection or safety. We appear to lack the reprehensible administration which has tried to wring every last bit of political gain out of the situation as possible, or the increasingly substandard 'journalism' being churned out by the Newsertainment networks that would keep us properly fearful and easy to control.