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Originally Posted by MargaretR
It isn't democracy...........It's slavery
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That's what you get when you surrender without fighting the battle, like the French in 1940 ...
Ever since Confederation in 1867, the main focus of every Federal govt. has been the struggle to maintain national unity in the face of so much diversity that .... I would need to write a book to explain it. The forces threatening to tear this country apart (and Quebec seperatism is only one of them) are always in a delicate balance with those holding us together. Also, we share this continent with the world's only remaining super power. It's a constant battle ... but we are still here, still fighting disintegration; and those of us who think about it realize that failure is always an option. But in the words of one of your poets: "Say not the struggle naught availeth."