Moral superiority
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"Novelist Stephen Marche once wrote, “I wish Canadians could still be smug. about our neighbours, I really do."

"But one of the advantages of losing your sense of moral superiority is gaining a better grip on reality."
"The truth is, we were never that good, and America was never that bad. And by now, anyway, the difference is gone.”
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From: Canada refuses to give answers about getting off no-fly list - Shahid Mahmood - Star - Jan 25 2014