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In <nemecj-0702962339560001@bluebox-7.mit.edu> nemecj@mit.edu (Joseph
Edward Nemec) writes: 
>
>In article <4fbmfb$gc9@hobbes.cc.uga.edu>, Alex Bunker
><bunker@dcs.uga.edu> wrote:
>
>
>>Well I live in the states and am Canadian So I kind of have the
reverse
>>perspective. I find Americans for the most part to be extremely
ingnorant,
>>deluded, and utterly deluvian in all their Christ-bashing puritanical
>>nonsense. Violence for kids, theaching children that violence is an
>>apprpriate means for problem solving but nudity, OH NO!
>
>Please. Showing bare breasts on the CBC for three seconds a day does
not
>make you french in your attitudes towards nudity. As for youth
violence, I
>remember the youth hockey games, and all you non-violent canucks
telling
>your sons to kill the other team
>
>>Having lived a number of years in both I can Judge both societies,
>>and trust me my stay here is certainly temporary.
>
>We couldn't be happier that you are leaving. As you are clearly
incapable
>of rational thought, you are clearly incapable of supporting yourself.
>Don't let the door hit you on the ass.
>
>>But your sense of humour is so blunt and moronic.
>
>Please. I've seen "The Kids in the Hall". You call this high-brow?
"I'm
>crushing your head, I'm crushing your head". Pathetic.
>
>>If Canada is such a pathetic place then why does the U.N. continue to
>>rate it as the #1 best quality of life and most developed nation on
the
>>face of the earth while the U.S.languishes as little more than
>>an extrememly rich third world nation with old fashioned conservative
>>politics, vast destabilizing differences between rich and poor,
murder rates
>>more than 10 times those in truly developed nations, and the only
"Developed"
>>SMIRK! nation with no universal healthcare (When you say "Socialized
medecine
>>ooohhh, yuck how radical! WE HAVE THE BEST MEDICAL CARE IN THE WORLD"
we
>>in the truly developed world say "HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!")
>
>If you knew anything, which you clearly don't, then you would know
that
>the US ranked us second, right behind you. The gap between rich and
poor
>in canada is almost as high as the gap in the US, the poverty rate is
>actually higher and the murder rate is one-third of ours. As for your
>medical, it is second rate. Most of my relatives in Montreal go to
>Plattsburg because they don't want to wait for treatment. Your cure
rates
>for major diseases are much lower than ours, and your system is
bankrupt,
>giving you the highest debt in the G7, after Italy. As for those
>conservative politics, I take it that you believe Mike Harris to be a
>liberal? 
>
>And when we think of your unemployment rates we in the employed world
say
>"HAHAHAHAHAHA".
>
>>ands safe clean streets no stress over fear of getting bankrupting
medical
>>bills, lower infant mortality rate, and longer life expectancy.
>
>Safe, clean streets? HAHAHAHA. That's a laugh. I've lived in Montreal.
>Number one, the place is filthy. Number two, I heard more whining
about "I
>don't feel safe" than I ever did in New York. As for differences in
infant
>mortality rate and life expectancy, it is negligable.
>
>>Robertson Davies, Margeret Atwood, Margeret Lawrence, Moreccai
Richler...
>
>Margret Atwood? "The Handmaid's Tale"? Trash...
>
>Davies was good, but not great.
>
>As for Mordecai Richler, I know him. He's a good man, and writes well.
But
>he won't be read in 40 years. "Oh Canada, Oh Quebec!" will be seen as
a
>failed appeal for a second-rate nation to hold itseld together. This,
in
>true canadian fashion, won't pan out.
>
>>Maybe not the greatest authors ever but I think we do ok from our
>>pool of 30 odd million...
>
>No, you don't. Compared to the truly great novelists and poets we've
>produced, you've done absolutely nothing. Have you even won a Nobel
Prize
>in literature? We have 11....
>
>
>>Here, write a ration of assasinated Canadian Prime ministers to
>>the AMERICAN counterpart:
>
>A "ration"? Are you drunk, or just illiterate?
>
>Oh, you meant "ratio"! I see. Very witty. HAHAHA. 
>
>I suspect that there would have been more political assassinations in
>Canada if canadians weren't so incompetent.
>
>>Canadians have bravely donned the Blue helmet and performed their
peacekeeping
>>duty for the U.N. and layed down their lives for it under the U.N.
colours
>>(many many in Cyprus)
>>across the world with none of this "Never serve under foreign
command"
>>bullshit.
>
>Of course not. With your command, I'd be happy to serve under Genghis
Kahn.
>
>As for your participation in UN missions, you never do any of the
heavy
>lifting. When we were about to go into Haiti 15 months ago to restore
>democracy, where was Canada? When we drew a line in the sand in the
gulf,
>where was Canada?
>
>You're just a bunch of johnny-come-latelys.
>
>>We posess a true internationalist spirit of loyalty to the U.N. and
pay our
>>dues promptly, and give generous foreign aid. Our U.N. ambassadors
have been
>>great leaders of peace who have proudly represented progress
social-justice
>>and fairness from Lester Pearson to Steven Lewis a man hailed and
loved
>>by people across the developing world.
>
>You really believe this, don't you? That's quite sad. 
>
>Tell you what little canadian, we'll continue guaranteeing the
>international sea lanes, defending the Korean peninsula, keeping the
peace
>in the rest of Asia, keeping the peace in Bosnia and making peace in
the
>Middle East, and you pay your bills on time. There, feel better?
>
>>Ok Ok the somalia thing, every country has criminals and mishaps but
to focus
>>on it is to rediculously overlook the big picture.
>
>Why not? People still bring up My Lai, and that was 25 years ago.
Somalia
>was just a bit more recent, and racially motivated, to boot.
>
>
>>A history of peace law and order, The Mounties partolling the west so
>>it was never wild, a peaceful confederation without bloodshed, no
genocide
>>of native americans after breaking their treaties.
>
>Uh, I think you've swallowed a little bit too much of your government
>propaganda. Go to your Indian reservations, and just open your eyes.
>You'll see just how well your government has treated the native
Americans
>in Canada.
>
>>Still rated #1 by the U.N.
>>HA HA!!!
>
>Canada got a 95 out of 100, and the US got 93.5. Hardly a big
difference.
>
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