How does the world see Canada
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Iraq was utterly defeated in a matter of days with virtually no losses to our side. (twice, I might add) The only thing that happened was us trying to maintain the piece instead of burning and pillaging like most conquistadors do, then we had to deal with an insurgency for 6 years.matqc23 said:thegreatmilenko said:Dude, if we did that now it would 2 days to take over canadaBlindrooster said:Lets try again!Anacortian said:(U.S)
lol no, personally i think canada is beautiful, and should be annexed....
With such a vast territory I would really like to see you take us over in 2 days... also with the freezing winters we got here we would most likely have a major advantage. Just remember that in great despair, small populations can do the impossible : Just look at iraq... you were supposed to go in there, swoop them off their feet and be done in 1 month... *cough* *cough*
But all this is pure bullsh**. If America , or any other country attacks Canada, we will have the big majority of the world backing us up. Why? Cause we help any country in need, we are pretty much neutral and let's face it... pretty much everyone else in the world hates the US.
The simple fact is that no one will attack us and it wouldn't profit the US to do so anyway. That's why we spend almost nothing in military expenses.
It's not because we are pussies or technologically retarded... it's cause we know better than to act like primitive cave men.
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Don't feel bad a fair amount of jokes in Canada are based about Americans. (Canadian btw)
Apparently there are lots of LAN parties in Canada. It's pretty cold, I guess. And I like the healthcare system. I'm not sure, I don't really have an opinion of Canada. I'd like to visit some day, though.
So I was viewing the latest ep's today and noticed this thread and just had to post. I'm not surprised at the varying opinions of Canada. One of the great things about the internet is being able to express one's opinion pretty well anonymously. Really the only issue I have with stereotypes of Canada is the accent - someone posted in this thread about being disappointed when they met a Canadian and they didn't say "eh" or "aboot." I know that every time I'm traveling and meeting people from random places they do expect to hear me say some 'expected' phrases. Truth is that with any large landmass the accent from place to place is going to be different. 'ehh' might be used across Canada but 'aboot' is pretty well an eastern Canada thing.
The last time I was in Europe the people I met were able to tell I am Canadian even though I didn't use the expected catch phrases associated with my country of origin. Personally I'm proud of my heritage as everyone should be but I don't really see much of a point in focusing on the negative aspects of any given society. Every nation has strengths, flaws and opinions on how other countries should conduct themselves. One question that has almost always been asked of me when I have been overseas is "what do you think of the USA?" My answer has been fairly consistent every time it has come up; 'They need to brew stonger beer, realize that football is the world's most popular sport and that they really should finally start to use the metric system.'
I also recall a post about working in the Oil Patch in Alberta coming up in this thread. My only response to that is please please please don't allow that to skew your perceptions of the rest of us Canadians. I do work in the oil patch in Alberta and the amount of colourful language used is definitely not an accurate representation of the country. Most times the people out working in the patch have been deprived of things like beer, good food and most importantly sex. It should be expected that they are angrier than the rest of us.
I've been to quite a few places throughout the globe and I do try to maintain an open mind every time I meet someone and am trying something new. Remembering that I don't like people from so and so country because the last person I met from there was an absolute ass is one of the worst and incredibly close-minded viewpoints an individual can take.
The last time I was in Europe the people I met were able to tell I am Canadian even though I didn't use the expected catch phrases associated with my country of origin. Personally I'm proud of my heritage as everyone should be but I don't really see much of a point in focusing on the negative aspects of any given society. Every nation has strengths, flaws and opinions on how other countries should conduct themselves. One question that has almost always been asked of me when I have been overseas is "what do you think of the USA?" My answer has been fairly consistent every time it has come up; 'They need to brew stonger beer, realize that football is the world's most popular sport and that they really should finally start to use the metric system.'
I also recall a post about working in the Oil Patch in Alberta coming up in this thread. My only response to that is please please please don't allow that to skew your perceptions of the rest of us Canadians. I do work in the oil patch in Alberta and the amount of colourful language used is definitely not an accurate representation of the country. Most times the people out working in the patch have been deprived of things like beer, good food and most importantly sex. It should be expected that they are angrier than the rest of us.
I've been to quite a few places throughout the globe and I do try to maintain an open mind every time I meet someone and am trying something new. Remembering that I don't like people from so and so country because the last person I met from there was an absolute ass is one of the worst and incredibly close-minded viewpoints an individual can take.
I'm canadian and I am fairly sure I've never said 'aboot' and I rarely say 'eh' more than once a week. However I'm trying to improve. Canada is a pretty good country save for our everyones sad attempts to prove that we're so much better than Americans. Seriously, besides your inability to accept the metric system, your overused propaganda, overfunded yet inefficient military, violence, crime rates, misconceptions that any country other than your own likes you and your beer you are almost on par with canada