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Okay, what's with all this Canadian nationalism lately? I mean, I'm all for nationalism, but sometimes it seems a bit extreme. Twice this week I've seen Canadians complain about being called American, even though they live in North America. And it's not like there's much difference between Canada and the US, beyond funny accents, eh? Both were founded by England. Both are predominantly English-speaking (sure, there's some French-speakers, but no more than Spanish-speaking people in the US). The level of technology and culture is similar. And both, uh, share a common border (okay, fine, that's stretching it a bit). Doesn't Canada even rely on the US military for protection? If there's a war tomorrow, I'd like like to see the Canadians go, "No, we don't need your help, US, we're independent, we are!" How about the US says, "Oh, go away. You burnt down the White House!"?
(I don't actually have anything against Canada or it's citizens. I just felt it was time someone threw them on the grill.)
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easy on the similair culture thing. Everyone is different. Attiudes are different. Just look at the gun issue, jail,mentatlity of the people and their view on the,selves. totally different
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Everyone has their own culture, and what if it's similar? They're proud of being Canadians, so let them be. I am a Pakistani living here in England, and I consider myself to be a British Pakistani. I will never deny that part of my heritage, and no-one should be held accountable for honouring or acknowledging their own background.
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I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, and the topic drifted to Quebec and such, and how vehement some Canadians are becoming about their nationality and sovreignty. "You'd almost think they were from the US," she said.
Which fits, when I listen to talk radio and such and hear people moaning about how we're "giving up sovreignty" to the UN and NATO and such. (I say "and such" a lot, don't I?) And I wonder what they would have said if they were present at the Constitutional Convention, when the original States of the US gave up sovreignty to form the US. How far down does nationalism have to go before it becomes stupid? Probably where it is in Yugoslavia.
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*walks in all mean-faced* *takes out a beefy arsenal of weapons and means o'mass destruction* *blows all the Canaduuh-Bashers into little kibbles and then kicks the kibbles out the airlock* How about that, eh!? >:-) Die.
Americans. They support the death penalty. They like the heat. They still haven't switched over to the metric system like everyone else. They think they're the kings of the planet, regardless if they are or not. They still use 1 and 2 dollar bills. They supported slavery. They are all rich, live in big houses with two cars and 10 pets, they are the world's enemy right now, and come July 14 1999, they will all die. Gee. Sucks to be you.....eh? Hehehe.
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