I very much appreciate Quebec's Quiet Revolution - there was so much oppression and occasional abuse "in the name of God," especially under Duplessis, that Quebec intellectuals banded together and politely exorcised religion from all branches of politics (government, public hospitals and schools, etc.) and replaced it with a mode of governance that focused on the well-being of society as a whole. This is very much in the spirit of the "peace, order and good government" line in the Canadian Constitution.
I sincerely regret the gradual extinction of intellectual politics, as bible-thumpers and peace-makers are once again taking it upon themselves to "fix" everybody else's problems. Does anybody else see a parallel between "it's our duty to export peace" and the crusades of the middle ages? The American government has already embarked on that mission, with less than ideal results, and I hate to see us follow them down that path.
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