A post writer on this board invoked North Korea and, in their defense, asked "Imagine an Asian power arbitrarily divided Canada in an afternoon? Would you fight for Canada?"

Hello?

Seriously, hello?

I think a better question to ask is this:'

"Imagine an Asian power arbitrarily divided Canada in an afternoon and put you in charge as the leader of the northern half of Canada including Edmonton and Yellowknife. As leader, would you turn that region into a totalitarian dystopia where you declare yourself as a god to your fellow citizens who you then starve and enslave without human rights?"

And, um, my answer to that question is "no".

And, further, if my answer was somehow "yes", um, I would hope that those in southern Canada would do their best to end my brutal reign of terror...