Bowling for Columbine
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- I'm sorry about the intrusion.
- No, no problem.

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- Thank you for not shooting me.
- No problem at all.

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- Bye-bye.
- Okay.

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- As an American,
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I gotta say this all
seemed kind of strange.

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Until I looked up at the TV
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in the bar and noticed
what they watched

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for their evening news.
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- They're friends of ours.
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We'll certainly listen to them
courteously and carefully,

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but you don't just make war
just 'cause someone says so.

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- The Canadians weren't being
pumped full of fear.

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And their politicians seemed
to talk kind of funny.

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Mayor Mike Bradley
Sarnia, Canada

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- ...making sure they have good daycare,
assistance for their parents

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when they're elderly and need
to be in an old-age home,

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that they have proper
health care that insures

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that they won't lose
their business or their house

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because they can't
afford their medical bills.

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That's how you build
a good society.

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No one wins unless everyone
wins. And you don't win

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by beating up on people
who can't defend themselves.

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And that's been the approach,
unfortunately,

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that's been spreading with some
of the right-wing governments

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across North America.
They pick onto people

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that can't defend
themselves and at the same time,

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they're turning around and
giving financial support

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and tax breaks and tax benefits
to people that don't need them.

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- Where are the indigents in
the city? Where do they live?

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- Uh... indigent... uh...
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- You act like you've never heard
the word before.

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- There's... We don't have that
problem here, really. It's...

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- So I asked him,
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"Could you at least take me
to a Canadian slum,"

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and well...
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this is what a ghetto
looks like in Canada.

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Is this the same mentality that
says, with Canadians, if someone

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gets sick, they should actually
be able to have health care?

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- Yeah.
- Oh, definitely.

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- Yeah.
- Yup.

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- Why?
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- Because!
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- Human rights. Everyone's got
the right to live.

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- You just came out of
the emergency room?

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- Yes, I did.
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- How much did you have to pay
for your treatment?

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- The bill is covered
by our hospital plan.

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- You're telling me you didn't
have to pay anything?

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- No, I don't.
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- I have family that lives
in the States.

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They used to live in Canada
and moved over there.

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And it's so different.
- They get afraid more easily.


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