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To: coteblanche
Didn't mean to offend you. And I'm sorry that I sounded like I was generalizing about Canadians. That was wrong. You're right, there are a lot of pro-American Canadians. And as far as the American hating sort of people go, they do come from all over the world. And unfortunately, a very high number of them come from within our country. Directly after 9-11 I did come across quite a few hateful Candians.... and hateful S. Africans, Americans, and I'm sure there are a number of Europeans, etc. I'm sure they were all progressive/Greens or some similar party. I was pretty surprised to see hatred coming from Canada. I guess I see us as being pretty similar since we're neighbors. But anyhow, my point was sarcastic, not meant to suggest that Canada was evil, too. It's just that the lefties around the world believe that America is the root of all evil. And my ultimate point is that no system of government is perfect, even the most decent governing system, like yours and mine, have a few flaws. I don't like seeing people with big logs in their eyes thinking they can point out the splinters in ours. I don't know, do the Canadians get the same level of hatred and criticism as the US does? Maybe you know what it's like to see your fellow Candians brutally attacked, and then be told from people all around the world that your country deserved it. I guess I woudn't know because I spend too much time on the Yahoo boards, or something.
23 posted on 08/08/2002 11:05:07 AM PDT by Sally II
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To: Sally II
Good response. Not many people hate Canadians because there are not many of us, so it is hard for us to offend on a large scale, however, a small vocal minority seem to succeed.Unfortunately, we do have more than our fair share of noisy,useless, leftist, elitist horsesasses and being America's little brother has lulled some Canuckleheads into a sense of false security.In general,Canadians love America and Americans just about as much as we love our own country and it's people, we just don't like being taken for granted.
60 posted on 08/12/2002 11:55:36 AM PDT by canuckwest
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