dave

I like Canada. I'm 1/8 Canadian. I think it's a great country.

Are you being serious?

Come on. Quit kidding around here. That's BS and you know it. Every time I've been to Canada (probably 10 times over the last 10 years) I've gotten shit for being a "yank" or "from the States" and I've heard endless bitching about the US. Here are a couple favorites:

"I hate that all the movies here are American." - Well, first, you guys did have "The Cube", which was just <b>spectacular</b>. Cough. And if you don't want American movies, <b>don't pay to watch them</b>. Obviously enough Canadians want to watch 'em, otherwise they wouldn't be there.

"All these goddamn American TV stations." - Don't watch them, you knob gobbler.

"American stores coming up here really piss me off. [Ikea|McDonalds|Starbucks|WalMart|other US company] sucks." - Well don't buy stuff there. They wouldn't be there if there weren't a market.

I've also encountered a <b>lot</b> of uppity-ness in Canada. Wow, I'm from the US so I must be an unenlightened hick.

I don't believe it's a majority that feels that way, but it sure does seem like it at times.

Many Canadians just have a gross inferiority complex and it shows.

This shouldn't devalue the lives that were given, though, and I don't want you to think that I feel Canada is a bad neighbor. I just think it's grossly inaccurate to portray Canada as wholly loving (or jumping through hoops to please) their southern neighbor.