slyder
25 Feb 2008
slyder
23 Feb 2008
News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]
Oi Patryca. You are a typical American, completely offended when anyone has some criticism. I don't really want to continue the "quote/post" war, but I'll just say you're off the mark. And yeah, there is better policy. In almost every other democratic country.
Oi Patryca. You are a typical American, completely offended when anyone has some criticism. I don't really want to continue the "quote/post" war, but I'll just say you're off the mark. And yeah, there is better policy. In almost every other democratic country.
slyder
22 Feb 2008
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I indeed have built one myself (well actually a quinzee, which involves less technique). I just brought it up as one of the things that get massively generalized about Canadians.
By the way ... there are some igloos in Canada:
I indeed have built one myself (well actually a quinzee, which involves less technique). I just brought it up as one of the things that get massively generalized about Canadians.
slyder
19 Feb 2008
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sorry this has gone so off topic, but I'd also like add Patryca, that Canadians don't hate Amercians (or much of anything) but they are aggravated about American ignorance toward the most similar country in the world. Nearly every Canadian has a story about Americans asking dumb questions about snow, igloos, provinces, animals, language, electricty, you name it. American is notorious for not known much outside their own borders, but we're right next door! This makes Canadians so bitter because we have a constant influx of American media and pop culture (your population is 10x ours, the output is huge). While I could probably name 45 of the 50 states, I think you'd be hard pressed to find an American who could name more than 5 of our provinces and territories.
Also, I don't think "protecting your country" should mean keeping every other good person out (even Canadians now need passports to get across the border). And the term "melting pot" screams CNN or Fox News to me.
sorry this has gone so off topic, but I'd also like add Patryca, that Canadians don't hate Amercians (or much of anything) but they are aggravated about American ignorance toward the most similar country in the world. Nearly every Canadian has a story about Americans asking dumb questions about snow, igloos, provinces, animals, language, electricty, you name it. American is notorious for not known much outside their own borders, but we're right next door! This makes Canadians so bitter because we have a constant influx of American media and pop culture (your population is 10x ours, the output is huge). While I could probably name 45 of the 50 states, I think you'd be hard pressed to find an American who could name more than 5 of our provinces and territories.
Also, I don't think "protecting your country" should mean keeping every other good person out (even Canadians now need passports to get across the border). And the term "melting pot" screams CNN or Fox News to me.
slyder
19 Feb 2008
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god bless america, sigh. no sense of global responsibility (let alone national) from the members of the most powerful country in the world.
glad I didnt vote
god bless america, sigh. no sense of global responsibility (let alone national) from the members of the most powerful country in the world.
slyder
17 Feb 2008
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Ah Patrycja, sorry to have upset your delicate american sensitivites.
We shop in the USA because things have become so cheap lately since our dollars are par, and your minimum wage is low. And I have never known a Canadian to go to America just to drink, and when they do drink down there, the come back with stories about weak alcohol. You are right about work sometimes however, we have a phenomena dubbed the 'brain-drain' because it's more lucrative for a doctor to work outside of a public health care system, and to become a star in Hollywood - you can have those ones anyway.
But, to be fair, at least you know it doesn't turn into an ice-land when you cross the border (just last week a Brit asked me if Canada was a state ;P) When in Canada, I actually live along the main populated area between Windsor and Montreal, it's about 2 hours drive to get around Lake Ontario and into New York. Where abouts do you hail from in the States?
I should mention that our cultures do bear many similarities though. Still, do you agree that our attitude towards immigration (generally speaking) are different?
Ah Patrycja, sorry to have upset your delicate american sensitivites.
We shop in the USA because things have become so cheap lately since our dollars are par, and your minimum wage is low. And I have never known a Canadian to go to America just to drink, and when they do drink down there, the come back with stories about weak alcohol. You are right about work sometimes however, we have a phenomena dubbed the 'brain-drain' because it's more lucrative for a doctor to work outside of a public health care system, and to become a star in Hollywood - you can have those ones anyway.
But, to be fair, at least you know it doesn't turn into an ice-land when you cross the border (just last week a Brit asked me if Canada was a state ;P) When in Canada, I actually live along the main populated area between Windsor and Montreal, it's about 2 hours drive to get around Lake Ontario and into New York. Where abouts do you hail from in the States?
I should mention that our cultures do bear many similarities though. Still, do you agree that our attitude towards immigration (generally speaking) are different?
slyder
17 Feb 2008
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This isn't true. We were all sure Bush wouldn't get elected again - and he did, and even managed a fair majority. Democrats listen to democrats, so they think they're everywhere, when in fact, it's still about 50/50.
And screw the States anyway, come to Canada, we value our immigrants, since we're mostly immigrants/decendants of ourselves - a fact America seems to forget.
You have to remember that the majority of Americans don't necessarily agree with what their govt. does.
This isn't true. We were all sure Bush wouldn't get elected again - and he did, and even managed a fair majority. Democrats listen to democrats, so they think they're everywhere, when in fact, it's still about 50/50.
And screw the States anyway, come to Canada, we value our immigrants, since we're mostly immigrants/decendants of ourselves - a fact America seems to forget.