Here's how you can tell the Canadians in a group of people sitting around a table. Just start talking about how Americans and Canadians are the same. The people who get upset will be the Canadians.
There was a recent survey that I saw in the Washington Post a few days ago (I'll have to dig up the reference later), anyhow of the countries surveyed Canada has the most positive attitudes to the US, compared to Britain, Australia, France, Germany Russia and a few other countries. In contrast when you looked at opinions on the Bush administartion, the vast majority of Canadians surveyed had very negative opinions. larry On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:50:10 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure that Canada is benefitting all that much from the US military. > Canada's proximity has as much to do with it's relative security as anything > else. > > I agree with your sentiments about anti-americanism in Canada. Similarly, I > deplore the sentiment fairly prevalent among Americans, this idea that > somehow Canada owes their prosperity to the US and the protection we somehow > afford them. > > Personally though, I think this is mostly just a bunch of noise. The average > american and average canadian meet on the street, they are much more alike > than different, and I bet they treat each other like friends....because they > are. > > > > Heh, the article was funny and thankfully much of it true in its ironic > > way. I wish I could agree with the author about the consumerism and the > > environmental destruction, but that's another discussion. > > > > I don't know anyone who is anti-Jew either. But I do know that Canada is > > just coming into its own in many ways. Kind of a young adult country. It's > > mostly a tolerant place, but there are exceptions. The extremist fringe is > > very small, I would guess smaller than in the states. > > > > But there is an history of an insular kind of mindset. I am happy to say > > that as a whole I think it is something that we are outgrowing, but there > > are those that still cling to it and feel disaffected. Like those who > > voted for the Reform Party. Or perhaps in Quebec among certain factions of > > the Parti Quebecois. Amongst others you see it in a kind of thoughtless > > Anti-Americanism. Then there are a few hopped-up violent youths who will > > target anyone they perceive as different, including Jews. Witness the > > deaths of Matti Baranovsky > > http://www.bnaibrith.ca/tribune/jt-041214-17.html and David Rosenzweig > > http://truthnews.com/world/2002070119.htm in Toronto, and the fire in a > > Jewish school library in Montreal http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/96 > > Those incidents make me very sad. > > > > But I think prejudice is more subtle and insidious than that and it's all > > about not seeing when you could be seeing. And overcoming prejudice is > > mostly about acceptance of otherness or even welcoming of it. There is a > > strong culture of that that has rooted and is growing here but the battles > > are far from over. Prejudice may not be as visible here as in the southern > > US for example, but it's just as real. And I detest the smug attitude that > > many Canadians have towards the US. And personally I agree with Gel that > > we mostly don't appreciate the benefit of living in the shadow of the US > > military presence, although a few have written about it. > > > > Patrick > > > > The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so > > certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. > > -- Bertrand Russell > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140246 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
