Glad you posted the link. That was very enlightening in terms of seeing where he's coming from.

If I had the inclination, I could take each heading used and relate some facts and/or my interpretation of events and portray the UK as a lousy place to live.

Then again I could probably do the same for here.

Then I could go back through the headings and do it all in reverse to show how life in Canada and the UK is actually pretty good.

None of it would "prove" anything for anyone else but me.

Excuse me WHERE the f'in hell does Canada ever purport to being a Socialist Nation???????

Socialised medicine, Unemployment Insurance, Welfare, "Liberal" attitude to same sex relationships etc etc. You would have to have your head up your arse to miss it


Its all relative in Canada..... relative to the US that is.

That would make the UK a socialist nation? Australia a socialist nation? NZ a socialist nation? Me thinks not.

Relative to the US they are.

All of them practice "social interventionism" to some degree

The UK was a socialist nation when I left it, government provided healthcare, unemployment benefits, education etc. Its just degrees of provision and government ownership that change.


Having said that, recent events in the US and UK regarding ownership of GM and a few banks probably make them more technically socialist than Canada now, but thats not the argument, perhaps "liberal" is a better word to use to describe canadas positioning on a world political scale, even if its not nearly as true as it was.

Its true to say that the majority of Western Nations (including the US) practice social intervention in some way or another. Employment laws, legislation NOT banning unions, publicly funded police and fire services etc would all fall under the criteria of social intervention.

socialized mail

(anti)socialised mail maybe

More so than the USPS?

Meh. Scratch one more whinging pom.

http://http://www.urbandictionary.co...m=Whinging+Pom

Thanks for letting us know what it meant. We might not have known.

Thanks: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thanks

You sarky b'stard, you didnt even click on the link, or else you would know its broken!

Is that a royal "we" - or you gonna send me some chocolate?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=we

You 15K+ posters are so mean . . .

I would just like to say to Canadian Critic that when I read his original post it was very like how I feel sometimes about the UK!
But everything is relative and the Grass always appears greener on the other side!

I moved to France when I was 9 and back to the UK at 22 as I missed it so much. After a year or so I desperately wanted to go back to France!

I stuck at it in the UK and can now say that both countries have their merits.

So beware, don't wear those rose tinted glasses when thinking about the UK. Be honest with yourself and consider what you would do if you got back to the UK only to discover that all was not rosy here! Food and utility prices have shot up, unemployment has escalated and there is a larger and larger rough element. There is a lot of unrest due to the ever growing eastern european population (before you start throwing stones at me, I have no problem with them myself!)

So do think carefully before you invest more of yourself in another life changing move.

Good luck though with whatever you do.