I was reading Matt’s post about drawing a maple leaf like it looks on the Canadian flag, and I thought to myself—this is the perfect summation of being Canadian. We know what we’re like, others think we’re distinctive, but when asked to describe ourselves—well, the results are not pretty.
“The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. We lie daily, very complexly, and at great length. If not for our excessive vanity and our over-active imaginations, we would be quite difficult to deceive.”
ps.the note i wrote before is mine,dumdum posted by sony at 8;29pm on feb,18,2009.
Posted by sania at 8:36 pm on Feb. 18, 2009
You know, when I was a Youngin, we didn't spend all of out time drawing leaves! We had to walk five miles every day to get milk for breakfast!!! And even if I did want to draw a leaf, it wouldn't SUCK as much as yours!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Grandma FatFace at 9:13 am on Feb. 19, 2009
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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