Oh, Canada - Where a Little Vice Is Only Nice

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WINDSOR, Ontario, Feb. 3 -- Five minutes from downtown Detroit, the countdown to Super Bowl debauchery has begun. Soon, fans will be carousing with escorts and nude dancers while smoking Cuban cigars and stuffing thousands of dollars worth of gambling tickets in their pockets. That mix could result in jail time in Detroit, where Super Bowl XL will be held Sunday. But just across the Detroit River, it won't draw a second look.

The people of this city are bracing for an onslaught of Super Bowl tourists, with the proximity to Detroit and Canada's more liberal entertainment laws providing an enticing combination. In Windsor, fans can find government-licensed prostitutes, all-nude strip clubs open almost around the clock and serving alcohol until 2 a.m., legalized Super Bowl gambling through the provincial lottery, a legal drinking age of 19 and no trade embargos on Cuban goods.

-- Jason La Canfora for The Washington Post

To think that we in America like to call ourselves the land of the free! By contrast, we can seem more like a big Taliban. Sure, we can still do everthing here, with the possible exception of readily savoring those vaunted Cuban cigars, as human nature is human nature, without regard to borders and politics, but to be able to enjoy the sweeter fruits of manhood without risk of peril in the open air of liberty must be truest freedom.

And I have not heard any whisper that the Conservative Harper is looking to reign in this spicy aspect of Canadian liberality.

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Oh, Canada - Where a Little Vice Is Only Nice

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WINDSOR, Ontario, Feb. 3 -- Five minutes from downtown Detroit, the countdown to Super Bowl debauchery has begun. Soon, fans will be carousing with escorts and nude dancers while smoking Cuban cigars and stuffing thousands of dollars worth of gambling tickets in their pockets. That mix could result in jail time in Detroit, where Super Bowl XL will be held Sunday. But just across the Detroit River, it won't draw a second look.

The people of this city are bracing for an onslaught of Super Bowl tourists, with the proximity to Detroit and Canada's more liberal entertainment laws providing an enticing combination. In Windsor, fans can find government-licensed prostitutes, all-nude strip clubs open almost around the clock and serving alcohol until 2 a.m., legalized Super Bowl gambling through the provincial lottery, a legal drinking age of 19 and no trade embargos on Cuban goods.

-- Jason La Canfora for The Washington Post

To think that we in America like to call ourselves the land of the free! By contrast, we can seem more like a big Taliban. Sure, we can still do everthing here, with the possible exception of readily savoring those vaunted Cuban cigars, as human nature is human nature, without regard to borders and politics, but to be able to enjoy the sweeter fruits of manhood without risk of peril in the open air of liberty must be truest freedom.

And I have not heard any whisper that the Conservative Harper is looking to reign in this spicy aspect of Canadian liberality.

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