[Streaker]

Brenda Brenda:

Streaker Streaker:

travior travior:

Yes, crime is much worse in the US as a whole. But that is because we have many more large urban areas that have a higher density of population. If you get outside of the major cities and see the people that live in the rural areas or smaller towns, you will get a much different picture of the US.

This much, at least, is pure baloney.

Why doesn't some European country with a population density MUCH higher than America's - the... Netherlands, for instance, have a higher crime rate than the US?

Because they have legal pot use and legal prostitution

Ahhh.... The hallmarks of a civilised society, Brenda.

[travior]

Streaker Streaker:

travior travior:

Yes, crime is much worse in the US as a whole. But that is because we have many more large urban areas that have a higher density of population. If you get outside of the major cities and see the people that live in the rural areas or smaller towns, you will get a much different picture of the US.

This much, at least, is pure baloney.

Why doesn't some European country with a population density MUCH higher than America's - the... Netherlands, for instance, have a higher crime rate than the US?

Not comparing the US to Europe. Having never been to Europe, I will not bother to try and compare the US to Europe. I was mearly noting the differences between the US and Canada. Those two places I have been to quite extensively.

The mid-west of America is quite a nice place to be as long as you are away from any major urban areas.

[lostalex]

travior travior:

Wow, did I choose the wrong weekend to not be here!

One problem with today's generation is that the current attention span rarely exceeeds the 30-second commercial. We see ourselves mostly by what we see aired on television. The views of the media and those who write the documentaries of past warfare glamorise the roles our nation played and usually downsizes the roles of the others.

We wonder why the nations are not grateful for our actions 60+ years ago when most of the people that had a presonal experience with that era are now resting peacefully in their graves. Yes, the ones that survived and are still alive are most grateful. It is the arrogant, spoon-fed generation that followed that seems to have lost the ability to remember and realize how different their, and our, world would be had it not been for the actions of long ago.

Nor can you expect every member of every society to constantly worship the ground that we walk on and continue to gush pleasantries and accolades for something that our fathers and grand-fathers did all those years ago.

American society, like Canadian society, tends to be defined more by their governments and less by their people. You cannot observe the President or PM and say that they are totally representative of every one of their constituents.

Yes, crime is much worse in the US as a whole. But that is because we have many more large urban areas that have a higher density of population. If you get outside of the major cities and see the people that live in the rural areas or smaller towns, you will get a much different picture of the US.

I am an American, so, according to MrC, I'm a violent person that has nothing better to do than cause harm to everyone. How sad.

I am always perplexed when people start waving the flag and shouting about pride in their country. I have no pride in being an American. I am HONORED to be one and HONORED to live here, I do not go around the world to every country that we have ever helped and say "Remember what my country did for you all those years ago! Bow at my feet! Show me respect!" If someone OFFERS gratitude, I will HUMBLY accept it but I will never go looking for it.

I am also very fond of Canada. Not just because that is my wife's homeland, but because of the people I have formed friendships with and have grown to care about. They have shown me what the true Canadian experience is about. I am honored to fly the Canadian flag in front of my home here in South Carolina.

Many Americans greatly dislike our government. Unfortunately, the way times are, unless you have a huge bankroll or get the support of big business, you have no hope of trying to change anything. It is all about the money now, not about what is good for America or her neighbors, but what is good for the Senator's or Congressman's personal bank account.

You talk about the seperatist movement of some of the Quebec population. There are many here is South Carolina that still consider this to be occupied territory. For them, their legitimate government of the Confederate States of America was overthrown in 1864. I will not bore you with the details of the atrocities that were performed upon the people of the southern states by their "fellow countrymen" when the "US" forces occupied and "reformed" our states.

But if you think foriegn countries should never forget what you did for them, I guess I should never forget what "my" government did to my great grandparents' families in the 1860's.

eggggsactly.

[lostalex]

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

Or the light-bulb? All undeniably Canadian.

the light bulb was invented by thomas edison. it's an American invention. Electricity and light bulbs were made available worldwide through American innovation. Only Canada perpetuates the myth that this is a canadian innovation. Everyone else realizes that it was in America and by America that this world changing innovation was distributed. it was America that made this contribution to the world, and i find it offensive that you are trying to distort history.

just like canadarm. what good would it be without nasa?? it's a footnoot. so you built something for nasa.. and you believe this gives you brgaging rights to the acomplishments of America's space program. it's absolutely ridiculous.

"riding the coat tails" i believe would be the appropriate cliche.

i understand patrotism, but Canada has plenty of things to be proud of without distorting history.

[lostalex]

by your logic, all inventions must be African, since we all came from Africa originally. we must attribute all inventions to the original heritage of the inventor, so i guess that makes Africa the only continent that has ever contributed anything to the world.

[Stop_Veruca_Salt]

Anti-American rants are more often than not due to the lack of having a true identity of being Canadian. Canadian culture is intertwined with the U.S. and its economy is highly dependent on them as well.
The degree of Anti-American sentiment that an individual has, is in relation to the distance they are from the American border..