Why americans need to know more aboot Canada

[Sprailenes 47]

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/03/why-...e-about-canada/

A bit of a long read but interesting still.

[thetreble 19]

Thanks for that.

Interesting about how we show the dead from Afghanistan. I never thought about it before even though I've seen in 100 times. It is incredibly sentimental and I think a nice gesture our news media provides to us and the families.

They obviously don't do this in the US.

[Sprailenes 47]

Very much agree with you there Amanda.

Here, they think its all about out of site and out of mind, but why put the people who have died out of our minds? We should remember them, and we should see them. Those are our men and women.

[Emancipation 2]

we are boring?

[SpiritAlight 1]

That article looks very interesting and I will have a close read.

And until then, I wanted to say:

when I meet someone from the U.S. and they talk to me about Harper and the non-confidence stuff, I find myself in deep amazement.

When I meet someone in Canada and they say to me, "Now that Obama is in there will be growth in both countries for all of us in sustainable energy work", I am not so amazed.

Go figure.

PS If there are any super punctuation buffs out there, would you guide me as to how to correct that paragraph up there (the part with the quote). Thanks. I got stuck on it.

[Danu 19]

I know one thing that astonished my American friends was the trip from Trenton to TO. That there are so many people on the over passes to salute, that people pull over to salute as the body goes by. That they stand out in the freezing cold to honour our brave soldiers who will never see the light of day again, and that we renamed the highway for them. The couldn't believe that we would do all this, probably because as that poll shows, they don't really see us as patriotic

[Sprailenes 47]

we are boring?

You would be surprised how many people think that.

Personally I think we're much more fun and laid back.

When I went to Disney World with my inlaws last summer we shared a table at the German restaurant in Epcot with a US soldier who said that while deployed he met many Canadians and said they were so much fun and they knew how to party.

[Krikit 1,165]

we are boring?

I find Canadians so much fun. Americans are sometimes fun. The ones I've met seem to be suspicious and untrusting of everyone to varying degrees. They also take things really really seriously. Everyone I hang out with in Canada will find the humour in serious situations and will never let you live it down if you make a mistake about anything. But in a funny way not meant to embarrass or degrade. Canadians are definitely more laid back.

[SpiritAlight 1]

The article starts off great.

Detailed.

I liked the poll....found it interesting.

And then it gets kind of, uhm, fluffy.

Just grazed the huge issues.

If anyone is interested to hear Naomi Wolf speak/write about how USian soldiers' caskets are brought in the cloak of darkness back their home soil...she says it quite profoundly: all the "problems" with living in the U.S. and the lack of truth in the media, etc.

[thetreble 19]

we are boring?

You would be surprised how many people think that.

Personally I think we're much more fun and laid back.

When I went to Disney World with my inlaws last summer we shared a table at the German restaurant in Epcot with a US soldier who said that while deployed he met many Canadians and said they were so much fun and they knew how to party.

Ya darn right we do!! My husband's friends were in amazement at my drinking ability.

[SpiritAlight 1]

we are boring?

I find Canadians so much fun. Americans are sometimes fun. The ones I've met seem to be suspicious and untrusting of everyone to varying degrees. They also take things really really seriously. Everyone I hang out with in Canada will find the humour in serious situations and will never let you live it down if you make a mistake about anything. But in a funny way not meant to embarrass or degrade. Canadians are definitely more laid back.

Anyone who likes shows like Rick Mercer and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (and so many others) knows that Canadians are optimal make-fun-of-themselves kind of people. This is a good, honest way of being.

[thetreble 19]

we are boring?

I find Canadians so much fun. Americans are sometimes fun. The ones I've met seem to be suspicious and untrusting of everyone to varying degrees. They also take things really really seriously. Everyone I hang out with in Canada will find the humour in serious situations and will never let you live it down if you make a mistake about anything. But in a funny way not meant to embarrass or degrade. Canadians are definitely more laid back.

Anyone who likes shows like Rick Mercer and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (and so many others) knows that Canadians are optimal make-fun-of-themselves kind of people. This is a good, honest way of being.

Absolutely. We will never let any one live ANYTHING down. I have running jokes with friends at home that have been going one for 15 or 20 years. Every time I see them I mention it. But every one is cool with that! I'm not embarrassing them it is out of love.

[Sprailenes 47]

we are boring?

You would be surprised how many people think that.

Personally I think we're much more fun and laid back.

When I went to Disney World with my inlaws last summer we shared a table at the German restaurant in Epcot with a US soldier who said that while deployed he met many Canadians and said they were so much fun and they knew how to party.

Ya darn right we do!! My husband's friends were in amazement at my drinking ability.

Same here! We're like little fishies.

On NYE my husbands friends were like: "How is she still standing and carrying on a conversation.."

Not only that, but I was kicking #### in Rock Band too!

Thats how we roll up in Canada, its a well known fact that we can out party the US any day.

[Krikit 1,165]

Thats how we roll up in Canada, its a well known fact that we can out party the US any day.

I think it stems from the beer.

[Sprailenes 47]

we are boring?

I find Canadians so much fun. Americans are sometimes fun. The ones I've met seem to be suspicious and untrusting of everyone to varying degrees. They also take things really really seriously. Everyone I hang out with in Canada will find the humour in serious situations and will never let you live it down if you make a mistake about anything. But in a funny way not meant to embarrass or degrade. Canadians are definitely more laid back.

Anyone who likes shows like Rick Mercer and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (and so many others) knows that Canadians are optimal make-fun-of-themselves kind of people. This is a good, honest way of being.

Absolutely. We will never let any one live ANYTHING down. I have running jokes with friends at home that have been going one for 15 or 20 years. Every time I see them I mention it. But every one is cool with that! I'm not embarrassing them it is out of love.

So true.

We can make fun of ourselves, and its okay.

Even working relationships are different I find. In Canada, I have built good friendships with coworkers whereas down here, people come to work to work and go home. There's no real connections. It wasn't unusual for us to go out after work or go to the movies together etc.

Maybe I just haven't met the right people yet.

Edited February 3, 2009 by Sprailenes