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Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on December 02, 2002 12:21 AM:

Do Americans know about Canada as much as we know about them?

Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on December 02, 2002 02:01 AM:

Heh. I didn't know most of those questions off the top of my head, but I was certainly aware of them when my memory was refreshed. Though I *did* know the capital is Ottawa right off the bat.

Besides, isn't Canada just an unofficial, self-governing territorial annex of the United States? [Razz]

(I'm kidding!)

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on December 02, 2002 06:02 AM:

Well, see, it only pays to be informed about IMPORTANT countries. [Big Grin]

Canada has little of use to us, (besides the occasional entertainment personality, most of whom move here to become important) and if we really needed to, we could blow it up in short order. Hence, it's relative lack of importance. [Big Grin]

I propose a trade: our left-wingers for what passes for the right-wingers in your country, a one-for-one exchange.

Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on December 02, 2002 06:41 AM:

Not losing your freedoms fast enough FOT.

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on December 02, 2002 06:49 AM:

Least I've got them.

Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on December 02, 2002 05:39 PM:

Without meaning to denigrate Canada in any way, is there any reason why Americans should be expected to know these things? I don't see any articles about how ignorant they are of the current administration in their other close neighbour, Mexico - and yet I gather Americans are more likely to go there than they are to Canada. . .

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on December 02, 2002 06:22 PM:

That would depend on the demographic, I think.

Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on December 02, 2002 07:52 PM:

Probably. I know more Americans who've been to Mexico than I do who've been to Canada. Then again, it seems to me that while everyone else in the western world talks about which country they went to on their holidays, you guys talk about which hotel you stayed in in Las Vegas. 8)

Posted by newark (Member # 888) on December 02, 2002 09:07 PM:

Why do people act surprised when they learn Americans are not educated about the world? This is a very old habit of our people. Hell, we don't much about ourselves. There have been polls showing Americans didn't know which general fight in the Civil War or the names of cabinet members in the current administration. I think Americans are more happy not knowing than knowing.

Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on December 02, 2002 09:16 PM:

A great deal of this would be due to the more insular educational system of the USA. But having said that, if you are the type of person who cares about these things, you'll find out.

Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on December 02, 2002 09:19 PM:

quote:
Least I've got them.

Wait till GWB is finished with you.
You'll be learning the words to "O Canada". [Wink]

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on December 03, 2002 12:20 AM:

"Then again, it seems to me that while everyone else in the western world talks about which country they went to on their holidays, you guys talk about which hotel you stayed in in Las Vegas."

Well, in all honesty, someone who takes a trip from New York to Las Vegas will have travelled farther than someone who takes a trip from London to pretty much anywhere in Europe.

Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on December 03, 2002 06:52 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Vogon Poet:
...yet I gather Americans are more likely to go there than they are to Canada. . .

Slight tangent: I recall hearing on CBC that US tourism to Canada has sky-rocketed in the last year, apparantly due to the fact that Americans no longer feel safe/welcome in many parts of the world. While I have no idea how it would compare to Mexico and the Carribean in terms of numbers, it still struck me as being slightly amusing [Smile]

Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on December 03, 2002 04:17 PM:

my presence in Canada is bound to skyrocket once i find myself tired of living in a dictatorship.. i won't feel safe here.

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on December 04, 2002 02:44 AM:

quote:

"The Americans are ignorant about us. We're not important to them. We're not ignorant about the United States because they are important to us."

That's it in a nut shell.

Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on December 04, 2002 03:05 AM:

*prepares his army of Canada Assault Geese and Beaver S.E.A.L.s*

We're not important enough, eh?

Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on December 04, 2002 10:17 PM:

Canada stole my Dr. Steve away from me.... I'm still not over that.... [Mad]

Oh, well.... such is life.... soon as Lacey gets better, we'll be going up there to find him. We have to... we're going to go bungee jumping! [Razz]

~LOA

Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on December 04, 2002 10:59 PM:

quote:
A Canadian flag flies over the Canadian Rocky Mountains near Dead Mans Flats, Alberta

They're crazy I tell ya. Cwwazy.

quote:
The L�ger Marketing survey found only 8 per cent of 1,500 adult Americans named Jean Chr�tien

OH NO!

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on December 05, 2002 12:26 PM:

Hey, isn't he that guy on Farscape...?

Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on December 05, 2002 05:46 PM:

"My name is Jean Chretien - a president. . ."

(or is he a Prime Minister? I can never remember)

Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on December 06, 2002 01:21 AM:

We're more loyally tied to the Brits, you know.

Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on December 06, 2002 03:19 AM:

I should bloody well hope so, too! During one of my politics lessons, it was decided the only countries everyone in the room liked were Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
[Smile]

Anyway, after the Empire rises again... [Wink]

Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on December 06, 2002 03:46 AM:

...Britain will move even further down on everybody's popularity list.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on December 06, 2002 06:46 AM:

Southeast Asia is a bit shakey on the Australia-liking these days.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on December 06, 2002 11:48 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Tahna Los:
We're more loyally tied to the Brits, you know.

I'm sure I can sleep soundly at night now.

Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on December 07, 2002 07:59 PM:

Ahh yes, South East Asia.

Our PM does have a little international debacle to take care of. But in all honesty, what he said was no different to what Bush said.