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I know I’m Canadian, I asked a question to create a conversation!

A) why isn’t this publicized as much as the USA advisory?

B) you think safety concerns for countries you’ve inked are equal to the USA?




A seems obvious for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that the US is supposedly a modern country, much like Canada and most of Europe. When it acts like an autocratic, undeveloped nation, people find that notable.

Is there some reason you think that we should spend more time talking about how non-Western countries treat gay people, than how the US does, especially in light of the number of Canadians who might visit one vs. the other? Or are you just trying to blame shift?

Why do you think anyone is implying that the safety concerns in those countries are comparable to the US, or that that matters in terms of advisories? Should Canada only warn its citizens of the single worst country, and pretend other concerns don’t exist? Should US citizens be proud that at least FL isn’t throwing the gays in prison?

I don’t understand why you think your questions have any meaning or value, aside from a sidestep into saying it’s actually ok to treat gay people really poorly as long as there’s someone else who treats them worse.


> why isn’t this publicized as much as the USA advisory?

Why does media, etc., give more attention to the USA advisory?

Have you…looked at a map, for starters?

~400k people cross the US-Canada border per day.

There’s not that level of travel between Canada and any of the other countries on that list, by several orders of magnitude.

That’s why a travel advisory, in either direction, between US & Canada is phenomenally more significant.


> A) why isn’t this publicized as much as the USA advisory?

USA Advisory is new and it's being reported as it's being given.

> B) you think safety concerns for countries you’ve inked are equal to the USA?

Apples/Orange and a shitty disingenuous distraction. Just because X may be worse than Y doesn't mean X shouldn't be discussed.




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