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"A Star Wars picture that preaches against greed is a little like Bill Clinton in the pulpit for a chastity-begins-at-home campaign."

You missed Maryland, but I did get a map to check, mostly because I'm lazy.

>Um... first of all, be glad that the DEW line existed. Without it, you would have been wide open to nuclear missiles from the Soviets in the Cold War.

Right, you built and maintained the DEW line and NORAD all by yourself...

>Oh, and how about that little thing... the.. um.. Suez crisis? What was the name of that guy who solved it? Pearson? A Canadian? Naaah... the sheer thought that a non-American would invent the UN peacekeeper is ludicrous.

Yeah, that was only what.. 40 years ago? I wouldn't call that flexing muscle.

>And how about the treaty that the US refuses to sign because it's too dirty... you know, the Treaty of Ottawa that every civilized country (except the US... or is pointing this out even necessary) has signed to ban Anti-personnel landmines. Who came up with that?

You're right on on that one. That's a good example. But I don't see y'all enforcing it. Coming up with a good idea is one thing, implementing it is quite another.

>Or that battle in France in WW1 where the Canadians saved the asses of everybody... Vimy something?

More 80-some year-old "current events?"

>Basketball's Canadian too, just in case you were asking. And Trivial Pursuit. And William Sha...um...nevermind.

I hate basketball. It's dull. Trivial pursuit is a good game, but it hardly influences world events, the movie "Spies Like US" notwithstanding.
And the director of Star Trek V.

>You hit the nail on the head there by saying all the US cares about is its immediate borders, or whatever it can blow up in order to preserve "the American Way" outside the US. But if that was the way "ALL other countries" acted, then this planet would be a radioactive cinder. Canada, unlike the States, is far less concerned with appealing to the lowest common redneck denominator than the fate of humanity in general.

Or so the Germans would have you believe. Remember, self-preservation is enlightened self-interest, too. Don't like the way we do business? Then shop on your own side of the border.

>Screwball Fact: Americans are so ignorant that, as a percentage, more Canadians can name all 50 American States than Americans can name all 10
Canadian Provinces. Talk about one big, close-minded nation.

I can and would, but somebody already did. Course, the way you're holding onto Quebec, it might be 9 pretty soon. The maritimes aren't particularly economically healthy, either. Heard some grumblings a while back about that..

More than that, I can point out any country you can name on an unlabeled world map. Including a lot of places that aren't there anymore. (Anybody else here remember Tannu Tuva or the State of Franklin?) I know the names of most of the "autonomous areas" in Russia, I can draw a fairly good N. America map, states and provinces included, from memory. And I predicted the breakup of the Soviet Union while my PolySci professor (guess where he was from) was still saying it was "extremely unlikely."

First of all it seems to me very foolish to carp about history that happened so long ago. You all can brag about how each of our respective countries did that and did this and how the other country ruined this and screwed up that. The point is that both Canada and the US has done great things for the world and also screwed it up in many ways. Most people with a cool head and some common sense will be able to see that. There always be those people who'll need to show how superior they are. Unfortunately, most of us tend to focus on just those people and forget about everyone else.

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"It's good and well to leave the government in the hands of the perfect man but what happens when the perfect man gets a bellyache?" - Belgarath the Sorceror by David Eddings

Tell'em where to do their shopping.

L

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"Everything I needed to learn in life I learned from Optimus Prime."

Rule #1 : Always try to help a friend redeem himself from a past mistake.

But I like Canada, haven been there to wonderful Grand Centre and Cold Lake Alberta--near Edmonton! I'll say this, the strippers are a hell of a lot better--tossing loonies at snatch requires more skill than slipping a dollar into a garter-- and so is the Molsens Triple X. (I believe this idenitifies my priorities and concerns.) Also, Canada has the balls to put a demon, and a couple of guys rowing a boat across the sky, on a beer lable. That's cool!

*thwaps Frank as over 1% of the Forums' population is from here*

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Vreenak: "The man who started the war with the Dominion... Somehow I thought you'd be taller." (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")

That's about all I'm gonna say for now.

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Star Trek : Dark Horizon
Creator, Owner, Only Writer

One thing for you all over there in the continent of North America. What's the capitals of England, Scotland, Britain, Wales, Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom, and EIRE.

And don't look at the US citizens/Canadians (delete as applicable) answers.

England: London
Scotland: Edinburgh
Britain: London
Wales: Cardiff, isn't it?
EIRE: Dublin
Northern Ireland: Belfast, I believe
The UK: London

Although I have to correct you.

The correct answer for the capital of Wales is: WGAF.