When I saw SiCKO I of course stayed for the credits, in which Moore had a note about www.hook-a-canuck.com, for Americans wishing to marry Canadians for the health care. It was funny, but am I the only one thinking that this is pretty much the same as being a mail order bride or groom? That things have gotten so bad here that something once considered the territory of melodramatic legal TV shows, used only by those from what we pretentious Americans considered poor, developing, or crumbling nations, is now a possible route for us to "a better life"?

I haven't looked at the site, so I'm not going to assume anything about it other than it's probably a regular dating site, where you have to find someone that, you know, you can actually get along with. :)

I'm not talking about people who marry someone who just happens to be from outside the U.S. or those who (semi-)jokingly ask about marriage for EU citizenship-- I'm also not trying to insult anyone or cast aspersions, or anything like that (and I really don't blame anyone for considering marriage as a way out, either).

Of course I have to end this by asking which ETer is gonna marry me to get me out of here when it all hits the fan. ;)