kevnbro a écrit :

> Peter Aitken wrote:
>
> > Canada has been morally and ethically superior to America for decades. With
> > this election they may be on the way to changing that.
> >
> > And, as anyone who pays attention knows, the main reason the conservatives
> > won is the disgust over the terrible corruption that has happened underthe
> > liberals.
>
> > Peter Aitken
>
> Are you saying that, "even when under a corrupt liberal government,
> Canada was "morally and ethically superior to America"? And that now
> that there is a conservative government, that may change?
> Maybe I don't see your point, you're basically saying there was
> "terrible corruption" under the liberals and although superior (to the
> U.S) morally and ethically, there's the possibility that under a
> conservative government, there's the chance that you no longer will be.
> So are you saying, you may go from corrupt to corrupt and if so, how
> does that make you morally and ethically superior?

On November 15 2005, the former leader of what became the Conservative
party quoted Lord Acton:

"Mr. Speaker, the power consolidated in the Prime Minister's Office
would be a dream for anyone who wants total power. The Prime Minister
can and does appoint the Governor General who is also the commander in
chief of the armed forces, all lieutenant governors, senators, Supreme
Court judges, Federal Court judges, the cabinet, key positions on
regulatory agencies and the heads of major boards and commissions. That
is a dream for anyone who is seeking power.

"Lord Acton said that power tends to corrupt and absolute power
corrupts absolutely. Therefore, it is no surprise that judgment is
corrupted when one has that much power. I am not even putting a moral
tinge to it, just judgment itself."

The Conservatives are now in the Prime Minister's office, and if they
don't see the irony in being avowed Christians seeking to become
absolutely corrupt, well...to quote the Joker: What this town needs is
an enema!