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Originally Posted by Aladdin Sane
In another thread I dared defend the United States and I was immediately told (by an enlightened Canadian) that "it is people such as yourself who sound off so vociferously about the US being better than everyone else . . . that has turned a lot of opinion against the US around the world." But now the shoe is on the other foot, and "vociferously sounding off" about the superiority of Canada is acceptable. I think I understand. It's politically correct to point out why Canada is so much better than the U.S., but politically incorrect for Americans to have the nerve to disagree.
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Aladdin... the original article was written by an American. If you read my comment, I found the article amusing (i.e. it is coloured by the fact that the person is American and seeing Canada with rose coloured glasses) and then went on to ask what other American's takes where on the article.
I think you will find, with few exceptions, that those Canadian who are posting here are far from the "Canada is Number One!" sort of boosterism you are claiming to be here. No one is
"vociferously sounding off" about the superiority of Canada rather they are defending our system against those who describe it as "piss poor" or who like the orginal article don't know what they are talking about.
Disagree all you want I don't have to roll over and agree with you.
As for your comments about the
enlightened Canadian you really missed the point... but that doesn't surprise me.