[gcruse]

A lot of young Americans left for Canada in 1970 to avoid what
they disliked about America - mainly the Vietnam War and the
draft.

             Yes, they did.  I, on the other hand, served honorably
              in the US Navy from 1961 to 1965.  I went to Canada
              to operate the Canadian subsidiary of an American country.
              I didn't leave to avoid anything.

Yes, and many of them returned in 1980 - after the war -
only to find that there were still things they disliked about
America. If thing were better up north, why return with complaints?

              If you are insinuating I was a draft dodger, please
              stuff it.  As for the rest, if my criticizing the coarsening
              of feminity during the 70s bothers you, well, you
              can stuff that, too.  Thank you.

[bimbo]

I didn't insinuate anything ... my point was that a lot happened to America in the 1970 - 1980 decade; most of it was not good. You really missed a lot if your main complaint with America in 1980 was the vulgarity of American women. I thought your complaint was trivial; those who had serious problems with America in 1970 didn't bother to return in 1980.