Canadians. We are such pretentious pains in the ass.
We immediately started the finger wagging and scolding as our
American friends and neighbours tried to hold themselves together against the shock
waves of the mass murder of 26 school children and teachers Friday.
CBC National TV news, being far more intelligent than Americans
and its own declining Canadian viewership, intoned how America just can’t seem
to control the problem of guns like Canada has. Its reporters shook their heads
sadly, pontificating that Americans probably never will get it right.
The Toronto Globe and Mail rushed in with an editorial
saying it is time for the U.S. “to cure its sick gun laws.” It seemed annoyed
that yet again it was “forced” to write about mass shootings in America. It
called the U.S. a murderous society led by a president who has stuck his head
in the sand.
In times of tragedy, real friends put their arms around
those who are hurting and keep their yaps shut. They comfort and they give help, if
and when they are asked.
Americans will debate and eventually solve their problems
with guns, and without scolding from holier-than-thou neighbours to the north. But first they need to deal with their grief.
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