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PDiddy · 06-01-2004, 06:24 PM

The reason I ask is because Germans get annoyed if Americans don't know about our culture. So do Mexicans. So do the British, and the French, and Italians... They all get annoyed because they think that since they know who OUR president is, we should know who THEIR leader is.

However, since Germans don't know the Canadian PM, they don't care if a Canadian knows the German PM.

Americans are held to an insanely higher standard than anyone else. The fact of the matter is that Canadians dont know who the US president is because they are more cultured or intelligent, they know who he is because he is much more important to their lives than the Canadian PM is to Americans' lives.

Americans knew who was running the USSR, back in the day, because it was important to. It simply isn't important to know who Paul Martin is.

06-01-2004, 06:24 PM	#31 (permalink)
PDiddy Upright	Do Canadians know German politics? The reason I ask is because Germans get annoyed if Americans don't know about our culture. So do Mexicans. So do the British, and the French, and Italians... They all get annoyed because they think that since they know who OUR president is, we should know who THEIR leader is. However, since Germans don't know the Canadian PM, they don't care if a Canadian knows the German PM. Americans are held to an insanely higher standard than anyone else. The fact of the matter is that Canadians dont know who the US president is because they are more cultured or intelligent, they know who he is because he is much more important to their lives than the Canadian PM is to Americans' lives. Americans knew who was running the USSR, back in the day, because it was important to. It simply isn't important to know who Paul Martin is.