Canada rocks....

James R. LeClair wrote:

tell Etain that, she has this thing for Starbucks {I blame her American Mother personally}







oohhh I’m not gonna live that one down

James R. LeClair wrote:


Ottawa is canada’s capital, and it isn’t so much “important facts to know” in relationship to your life, or that of Americans in general. It just shows the general disinterest in anything outside your borders.

it isn’t important that I should know John Howard is the Prime Minister of Australia, or Tony Blair the Former PM of england,or Gordon Brown the new one... But I do

Kim Il Jung, being the insane leader of North Korea should be a little important, cause he’s a nutcase. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the Iran whacko too.

Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister being a Bush-cronie however *is* important.. to *me*. But I wouldn’t expect him to be elsewhere.

But knowledge in things outside your “homeland” is still important, seeing as without knowledge of the world around you, many grow up to think things like the True Sonic Wind. *chuckles at the “complete and utter freedom” comment*

If you can’t see a car that’s about to hit you, you won’t really care until it does, and if it doesn’t then what does it matter... right? That is until it hits someone you care about. but the majority of Canadians, just because we are Canadian, do care.

for example, I am on Disability because my Multiple Sclerosis, and barely make ends meet. but 2 months ago I went to http://spreadthenet.org/default_en.aspx and spent $20 on 2 mosquito nets, to send to children in Africa, to prevent Malaria and West Nile Virus and all that. I’ll never see, meet, or get thanked by whoever uses those nets. But I still did it, and over 500,000 nets have been bought in the last 6 months by canadians who feel the same *shrug* it’s just our way


“hmmm $20... should I order a Pizza, or save some lives?“

Xtrm Liability wrote:


Hold on now, basically you’re assuming Americans don’t donate because they’re heartless bastards and pretty much every Canadian cares more for the less fortunate. I would like to see where you come up with your stats because it sounds like your attempting to dazzle people with bullshit in your country’s favor. I’m willing to bet the U.S. has donated to far more 3rd world countries in need than Canada could ever produce total, hell even I’d even go so far as to say per capita. American’s and American companies supply donations in large quantities that actually make an impact. However, there is a huge tax reduction in favor of the U.S. taxpayer if they choose to donate. Besides the point, I personally have donated over $2,000 USD over the past 3 years to the M.D.A. association. Yes, it’s important to me and I am aware only because it DOES affect me personally. My son has Myotonic Dystrophy which is a form of Muscular Dystrophy. Don’t know if you’ve ever heard of [url=http://rarediseases.about.com/od/musculardystrophy/a/md05.htm]Jerry Lewis and the the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Labor Day Telethon[/url] but I’m am very grateful for the massive donations that come from Americans alone.

Anyhow, not every American is a cold heartless bastard as portrayed through the world of stereotypicalism (not sure if that’s a word but it is now). I mean hell, we’re all the same damn people with basically the same ethnic origins. There’s just a line that divides us into two countries. Can we help it if our government went on a rampage? F*ck no! At the time of election Bush seemed like a great candidate. Nobody was prepared for this and I guarantee you most Americans are against Bush’s policy. Awe fuck, I’m babbling on. For what it’s worth, other Country’s hatred for all Americans is just as degrading and ignorant as the American government’s actions itself.

On another note, I really could care less about Canada. I’m not saying I care less about the people in Canada on a personal level, just trivial facts about Canada holds no value to me, whatsoever, and probably most Americans.

Xtrm Liability wrote:
On another note, I really could care less about Canada. I’m not saying I care less about the people in Canada on a personal level, just trivial facts about Canada holds no value to me, whatsoever, and probably most Americans.

bAyBeE_ChRoNiC wrote:


Thats fair enough lol it just seemed like common knowledge to me ...

& Americans stole land too.

zeta_evolved wrote:

america is founded on stolen land

Etain wrote:

Xtrm - no one believes that you need to know every single detail about this country. Not all Canadians even do. However, knowledge of the country’s leader, capital, etc. is hardly “trivial” knowledge.

A little knowledge about other areas of the world, other cultures, and other points of view is necessary. For example, if someone couldn’t locate Asia on the map, or thought it always snowed in Nigeria, I would think that their world-view was very narrow...and as such would think their capacity for understanding other cultures and other points of view would probably be just as narrow.

It’s an unfortunate effect of being a “superpower”. If you look back in history nearly every empire or “superpower” believed that their culture and their country was THE most important, and as such willingly remained ignorant of many essentials of other cultures. It doesn’t mean every single person in that country is ignorant. But it does mean that there is that underlying sense of other countries/cultures being insignificant.

And for the record - I don’t hate America, or Americans. I loathe the current politics, I loathe some people’s points of view (such as those who are racist), but I don’t hate the people.

NEREVAR117 wrote:

No it isn’t.

Etain wrote:

Yes it is. So is Canada. The land was taken from the Natives.

Dhem wrote: Canada has maple and mooses, what else could you want?

Etain wrote:

Yes it is. So is Canada. The land was taken from the Natives.

Etain wrote:

Xtrm - no one believes that you need to know every single detail about this country. Not all Canadians even do. However, knowledge of the country’s leader, capital, etc. is hardly “trivial” knowledge.

A little knowledge about other areas of the world, other cultures, and other points of view is necessary. For example, if someone couldn’t locate Asia on the map, or thought it always snowed in Nigeria, I would think that their world-view was very narrow...and as such would think their capacity for understanding other cultures and other points of view would probably be just as narrow.

It’s an unfortunate effect of being a “superpower”. If you look back in history nearly every empire or “superpower” believed that their culture and their country was THE most important, and as such willingly remained ignorant of many essentials of other cultures. It doesn’t mean every single person in that country is ignorant. But it does mean that there is that underlying sense of other countries/cultures being insignificant.

And for the record - I don’t hate America, or Americans. I loathe the current politics, I loathe some people’s points of view (such as those who are racist), but I don’t hate the people.

zeta_evolved wrote:

the us stole land from
Natives and Mexico
by war and murder

Xtrm Liability wrote:


Yes they did. However, your entire race was created from Spain taking over Mexico and breeding with Mayan Indians to create what you are.

CPO Fraser wrote:

*Has little knowledge of the states*

does the US still have Native Reserves?

zeta_evolved wrote:

lawlz dude get your info straight
I’m guesing u watched apocalypto I hate mel gibson
guess it’s too hard to pick a history book WITH STRAIGHT FACTS