This whole thread just reeks of ignorance and hate, stereotypes and fallacious conjecture. I think it needs this, so that future posts can cut through the bullshit and we can maybe have an actual conversation about why our two countries seem to hate each other so much.
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CANADA AMERICA FLAMEWAR FORM
I am from (select one):
[ ] Canada
[ ] the United States of America
I think that the country not selected above is inferior for the following reasons:
[ ] Their leader is incompetent
[ ] Their healthcare system is fundamentally flawed
[ ] They are stupid, lazy, ignorant, selfish, racist, etc.
[ ] They are arrogant, loudmouthed idiots
[ ] The women in my country are beautiful
[ ] The women in their country are ugly
[ ] The people in my country are great
[ ] Their country has a history of brutalizing the aborigional population
[ ] The French had a large influence in the creation of their country
[ ] There is a lot of crime in their country
[ ] I do not like celebreties/television shows from their country
[ ] People in their country excessively hunt cute animals
[ ] I met someone from that country and I did not like him/her
[ ] They have no honor/honour (select one)
[ ] My country's _______________ is better than theirs
[ ] Other generalization: ___________________________________
In conclusion:
[ ] My country is better
[ ] Their country should be more like my country
[ ] They should quit acting like children with their patriotism
[ ] Random rhetorical picture
[ ] Their world view is wrong
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Our countries are strikingly similar. The vast majority of Canadian resentment of the USA stems from their perceived "bullying" of Canada in international issues. Canadians see the USA throwing their weight around and not giving Canadians the credit/input into the situations that they feel would be fitting of such close trade partners.
Canadians see the USA ignoring trade rulings they don't like, and bending/breaking the existing agreements.
Generally, Canadians feel that since we give you so much (Water, electricity, oil) we should at least have a voice heard when it comes to hammering out deals which will be beneficial for both parties... such equality is lacking.
It has gotten to the point that any Canadian official/politician which is perceived to be too friendly to the USA is going to be hurt in the polls.
Canadians don't believe they need a superior army because Canadians would rather just not piss anyone off. We'd rather keep a small but deployable army to aid in humanitarian and peacekeeping initiatives. It shouldn't be a slight on us that we don't feel spending billions and billions of dollars a year on arms is a good idea.
A solution? Become less reliant on the USA. Put money into our manufacturing sector and build up/upgrade our capacity to refine our raw materials. We ship vast quantities of raw goods to the United States so that they can be refined, packaged, and sold back to Canadians at a premium.
Another solution? Americans:
STOP thinking about us as the little weak kid up top. As stated, we don't feel we need a vastly superior army. ALSO, GET THIS:
We don't feel we need your constant supervision/protection
So get this:
Stop throwing it in our faces that you're "protecting us". You're not protecting us from shit.
The rest of the world has our back... if only Harper would stop pissing off the middle east.