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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (8322)	2/16/2006 11:57:03 PM
From: Stephen O	Respond to of 37496

Peter You make a lot of sense.

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (8322)	2/17/2006 8:24:08 AM
From: Bicycle	Respond to of 37496

I was brought up in a world where children 5 years old could walk the mile to school, and come home at lunch and never get abducted. I was brought up in a Canada where most boys joined cubs and got a pocket knife and every kid over 10 had a knife. No one I knew ever stabbed anyone, but everyone had a knife. When we fought, we used our fists, I didn't know anyone who got shot either, although most boys in my school were taught in the school gym how to use a .22.... I remember when we got medicare, and when schools were a safe and sometimes fun place, where you respected everyone who was your elder, and were scared to death of teachers. That is the Canada we offered to the immigrants. I can remember this Canada too. And I miss the place profoundly. What I find amazing is this: fifty years from now, there'll be people telling us how wonderful things were back at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Tomorrow's reality results from today's choices. I hope we choose with more wisdom in the next few decades than we have in the recent past. Thanks to the skills of those participating in the current debates, such as those on this thread, we may be better informed, and perhaps, elect better leaders. One thing's for certain: the old leaders made a mess. Bye4Now, FD.