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Originally posted by KnifeMissle
I've heard that there is growing unhappiness with Canada from the US (or, perhaps, just the US government), much like with France. Can any Americans shed some light on this issue? If any of this is true, can you list some of the issues? Was it Iraq? The "moron" incident? Marijuana decriminization? Gay marriage? Something else?
Just genuinely curious, thanks!
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I don't know if I would label it any more than a small fringe phenomenon; I find it hard to believe that anyone would hold Canada and France in the same contempt. I do think that Canadians in general politically follow a more European than American mode of thinking, and maybe that irks some people. Most Americans I know (wrongly) think of Canada as their benevolent but harmless neighbor up north with the weird accent. If anything, I would bet money that most Americans are ignorant of the Canadian health care and education system, drug policies, or gay marriage laws.
If anything, Canada ought to be more angry with the US. After all, we bomb your troops (accidentally, of course) in foreign countries and steal your best hockey players. All you Canadians get in return is underage college students hoping to get drunk clogging up the bars on the border.
I just thought of something, maybe those home-grown good ol' Americans get a bit unhappy with Canadians because everyone they don't like threatens to move there!
-- Alvin
EDIT: I mean "wrongly" in that most Americans brush aside Canada as some insignificant country when in fact the reality is completely opposite.