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November 09, 2004

Fed Up? Moving To Canada? Don’t let the door of freedom hit you on the way out

John Kerry’s loss to George W. Bush has left many Americans feeling alienated. Some of them are even looking—as I heard one man on the news put it—for a more “hospitable environment” in which to live.

This isn’t the first time in history when unhappy Americans wanted to flee the land of the free. In the ‘60s, many young American men fled into Canada because they didn’t want to go to Vietnam or jail and decided, out of desperation, that heading north would be a better option. But those were different times. We don’t have a draft these days, and today’s emigrants say they’re going to leave this country due to what amounts to a difference of opinion. In my opinion, that’s a pathetic reason to leave. Instead of sticking it out and working to make a difference, they would rather just quit on America. I guess that’s their right, but really, Canada? Aren’t there better places to run off to?