Call in the Mounties!

Via Mad as Hell we see another example of American arrogance (toward other countries). And this one is classic._[1]

The McLellan family had written to Canadian senators to say they cancelled a vacation in Canada because of the hunt, which they called “horrible” and “inhumane,” Montreal’s La Presse reports.

In her response, Senator éline Hervieux-Payette said that what she finds horrible is “the daily massacre of innocent people in Iraq, the execution of prisoners – mainly blacks – in American prisons, the massive sale of handguns to Americans, the destabilization of the entire world by the American government’s aggressive foreign policy, etc.”

So they cancelled a vacation to Canada. Why were they going, I wonder? Were they planning on fishing, hunting grizzlies, gambling? And honestly, did they think that Canada would miss them? Of course, they were only cancelling one vacation. They would come back if Canadians promised not to kill seals.

“All senators received the letter from the McLellans and I was the only one to respond,” she said.
The family “did not choose a good cause,” she added.

In their letter, the McLellans said they love Canada and have Canadian ancestors but cancelled a trip to Canada last year because of the seal hunt and will scrap plans for one this year if the spring hunt goes ahead, La Presse said.

* FROM MARCH 8, 2006: Seal hunt will go ahead

This is just a classic case of arrogance. This family thinks that by boycotting Canada they will miraculously save the seals. This Canadian lawmaker doesn’t care one way or the other if uppity Americans come up for gambling. She just wishes we’d quit killing people. And around we go!

The most disturbing part of this article isn’t that one Canadian Senator snubbed an American family that was snubbing Canada. That went to this part:

It is not clear whether she might pay a penalty for remarks that could be seen as anti-American. Once appointed, senators have a job until retirement at 75.

A Toronto-area MP, Carolyn Parrish, was thrown out of the Liberal caucus in 2004 after she stomped on a George Bush doll and renounced her loyalty to the party. She stayed in Parliament as an Independent but did not seek re-election this past winter.

Wow. A penalty for making un-American comments….wow.

_{[1] The idea of clubbing cute seals just make me sad.}