It looks as though Canadians based their charter on rights and freedoms, while the Americans based it on the relationship between people and government. There are also a lot of military terms used in the USA one.
I got to thinking of other documents of independence and wondered what one would look like if it were communicated by women...so courtesy of Destiny's Child, here is what they have to say about being independent:
It may look ridiculous, but the words talk about the current state of the world...
- 'Hands' and 'feet' instead of 'The right to bear arms'
- 'Honeys' show concern for the declining bee population and threat to global food stocks
- 'Women', 'girl', 'ladies'. C'mon fellas, you gotta admit those are nice words!
- ...and hey ladies, don't miss the 'shoes', 'rock', 'dollas','car','clothes'
- 'Buy', 'profit', 'house' economy, economy, economy
- 'Depend' amongst the capitalism, there is still room to help each other out
- 'Question', so philosophical even!
- 'Angels', religion balances out the philosophy
I could go on, however I'd like to know what you think...
