I was born in Canada and still have many relatives there. Canadians do deride Americans on a variety of subjects from the attitude that we are self centered to our fixations on movie stars and celebrities to the media attention on everything American. Many Canadians blame American behavior on American schools.
Actually Canadians do love Americans despite their jealousy. To prove it just look at this article from Toronto. The Palin-Biden debate will be on television at the same time as Canada‘s top five political leaders will face off in an election debate on Thursday. It is predicted that more Canadians will be watching the American vice presidential debate than watching their own political leaders. Many Americans television stations and programs are broadcast into Canada because Canadians like them. Then again I love that Canadian comic strip “For Better or Worse.” It seem so American. Are those characters transplants? Hmmm.
The truth is Canadians have it all wrong. Americans are envious of Canada because it thrives without the need to be number one in everything. Wait a minute, who is number one? Is it the United States or Canada?
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Well, I wouldn’t call it jealousy; paranoia of the lumbering collossus to the south is more like it. But when you look deep into the social ethos of both countries, Americans and Canadians are as distinct from each other as the British are to all of us. I’m a Canadian, but I like Americans. Awesome nation, you guys are. Ignore the paranoid wacks, sensible Canadians realize that we really couldn’t have a better neighbor or friend than the USA.
Cheers! 🙂