That's true, your politics don't fit neatly into the left/write divide - apologies for the implied mischaracterization. I was referring to your eoconomic and geopolitical leanings, which aren't relevant to what we've been talking about.
To get pack to your point, Canadians probably are much less inhibited than the rest of the world believes.
As a couple of examples less obviously significant than gay marriage or our temporary (and much-lamented) experiment in the decriminalization of marijuana, The Globe and Mail (this country's wannabe New York Times) has printed the word "fuck" in full for more than a decade, and all the commentary I heard about Janet Jackson's Superbowl nipple-exposure was of the head-shaking, "What in the world are they getting so upset about?" variety. And of course, our religious right is not nearly as strong as yours.
I credit much of this to the French Catholic element here - as a people who threw off the Church with incredible speed and enthusiasm only some 40 years ago or so, Quebecers have become the vanguard of social liberalism in this country.
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To get pack to your point, Canadians probably are much less inhibited than the rest of the world believes.
As a couple of examples less obviously significant than gay marriage or our temporary (and much-lamented) experiment in the decriminalization of marijuana, The Globe and Mail (this country's wannabe New York Times) has printed the word "fuck" in full for more than a decade, and all the commentary I heard about Janet Jackson's Superbowl nipple-exposure was of the head-shaking, "What in the world are they getting so upset about?" variety. And of course, our religious right is not nearly as strong as yours.
I credit much of this to the French Catholic element here - as a people who threw off the Church with incredible speed and enthusiasm only some 40 years ago or so, Quebecers have become the vanguard of social liberalism in this country.