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Your perception of Canadians is?

Your perception of Canadians is?

  • Great people

    Votes: 21 55.3%

  • Nicest people you could ever meet

    Votes: 3 7.9%

  • Down to earth

    Votes: 6 15.8%

  • Salt of the earth types.

    Votes: 2 5.3%

  • Many of the best people I ever met are Canadian.

    Votes: 6 15.8%
  • Total voters
    38
Canada is pretty impressive. It isn't loud and brash like its southern neighbor but Canada, IMHO, has come into its own, albeit quietly. I have sensed a palpable increase in Canadian pride over the years we have visited Canada, and justifiably so.

As an American there is much to envy in Canada. I prefer Canadian media to US media. It has more class and is less crass. In fact, I listen to the CBC on XM radio everyday. Their cities are cleaner than US cities overall. I'm not going to run a list, but I do want to mention Canadian train travel. We love to travel by train. Canada Rail reminds me of some of the best European rail travel. Well done, Canada! It's fun. My god, imagine saying that about American rail travel. LOL!

It seems that Canadians are more aware of who they are as a nation. Nothing is certain but change and Canada overall seems be comfortable now being Canada and not competing in every way with the US. As Americans we haven't noticed Canada's growing identity, but Canadians have certainly noticed it.
 
AJiveMan said:
I liked the French Provinces and their brothels when I visited Canada.
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Those aren't brothels they are just massage parlours with happy endings.
 
mak2 said:
Nice polite people in a frozen wasteland with crappy beer.
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Seriously you think American piss water is better than Canadian Beer?
Well I guess there is no accounting for taste
 
Risky Thicket said:
Canada is pretty impressive. It isn't loud and brash like its southern neighbor but Canada, IMHO, has come into its own, albeit quietly. I have sensed a palpable increase in Canadian pride over the years we have visited Canada, and justifiably so.

As an American there is much to envy in Canada. I prefer Canadian media to US media. It has more class and is less crass. In fact, I listen to the CBC on XM radio everyday. Their cities are cleaner than US cities overall. I'm not going to run a list, but I do want to mention Canadian train travel. We love to travel by train. Canada Rail reminds me of some of the best European rail travel. Well done, Canada! It's fun. My god, imagine saying that about American rail travel. LOL!

It seems that Canadians are more aware of who they are as a nation. Nothing is certain but change and Canada overall seems be comfortable now being Canada and not competing in every way with the US. As Americans we haven't noticed Canada's growing identity, but Canadians have certainly noticed it.
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You are actually dead on about a sense of Canada coming into it's own, an increased sense of quite pride. It has come out of the dreadful "who are we?" years where Quebec was leaving and the West wanted to; true to Canadian ethos, we simply ignored all that and went about doing what we're best at.

Years ago it was unseemly to mention Canada's greatness in any way, Lester B. Pearson embarrassed us with that Nobel Peace prize.

But that changed by the time the 2010 games rolled into Vancouver, and with typical humility the Prime Minister apologized for Canada winning all those gold medals.

However, I strongly disagree about train travel. We have lost 60% of the passenger network in the last two decades, the ever wise VIA Rail rolls through the some of most impressive mountain landscape in the world....at 4 AM. We are left with a one our run from North Vancouver to the Whistler resorts, but there I have to admit the mountain/seascape is awe inspiring.

I commend you, sir, on knowing your neighbor well....
 
CanadaJohn said:
Because of Curling, every person on the planet could be an Olympic athlete!!
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Which makes me want to heave...

...or leave.

There is no puck, no physical contact and it isn't figure skating, so how can it be a sport? Typical Scots, you could invent a game of throwing mud at a wall and they would play it...

Hurling rocks across ice? How does that even rate with a hockey stick in the ribs, or a lacrosse stick in the face?
 
justabubba said:
name a major canadian brand that offers superior beer
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Superior to what is the question. Labatt's is superior to Miller Lite any day. Sleeman is pretty good, and a Molson in Canada has a lot of oomph to It.

Superior to a nice microbrew? Probably not. Superior to Budweiser? Not even close.
 
rocket88 said:
Superior to what is the question. Labatt's is superior to Miller Lite any day. Sleeman is pretty good, and a Molson in Canada has a lot of oomph to It.

Superior to a nice microbrew? Probably not. Superior to Budweiser? Not even close.
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Some alcoholics in recovery like to wean off on American beer. I could never stand the stuff unless I was sufficiently drunk enough not to care.

Molson's best two beers are Golden, an ale, and Brador, a dark beer in Quebec. Slemen's is a moderately good beer, more noted for the fact their Guelph, Ont. brewery was a hang out for Al Capone in the 1920's. Moosehead is about on the same par.

Out here, the micro brewery's rule.
 
Fearandloathing said:
Which makes me want to heave...

...or leave.

There is no puck, no physical contact and it isn't figure skating, so how can it be a sport? Typical Scots, you could invent a game of throwing mud at a wall and they would play it...

Hurling rocks across ice? How does that even rate with a hockey stick in the ribs, or a lacrosse stick in the face?
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Curling is great for the social aspects - it's why it's so popular here in Canada.
 
Fearandloathing said:
Some alcoholics in recovery like to wean off on American beer. I could never stand the stuff unless I was sufficiently drunk enough not to care.

Molson's best two beers are Golden, an ale, and Brador, a dark beer in Quebec. Slemen's is a moderately good beer, more noted for the fact their Guelph, Ont. brewery was a hang out for Al Capone in the 1920's. Moosehead is about on the same par.

Out here, the micro brewery's rule.
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Technically speaking, Molson Brador is a malt liquor. Seriously.
 
Hatuey said:
I gave you dozens. Did you actually read the link or just ignore it? Here, let's play hangman with just one of these countries:

I _ _ _ _ L

I gave you the first and last letter. :lol:
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So there you have it. The world relies on the US military especially countries like Canada and Mexico that live under the shadow of our military umbrella. Then there is all of socialist Europe he we constantly rescue from themselves. In a way America is like the cop on the beat, the very people that tend to be annoyed by his presence are the first ones to run to him when they need help.
 
Fearandloathing said:
Some alcoholics in recovery like to wean off on American beer. I could never stand the stuff unless I was sufficiently drunk enough not to care.

Molson's best two beers are Golden, an ale, and Brador, a dark beer in Quebec. Slemen's is a moderately good beer, more noted for the fact their Guelph, Ont. brewery was a hang out for Al Capone in the 1920's. Moosehead is about on the same par.

Out here, the micro brewery's rule.
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Sleemans isn't as good as it used to be. I prefer Export to Golden or Brador. But you are right the micro brasseries are the way to go.
 
ironhorse said:
So there you have it. The world relies on the US military especially countries like Canada and Mexico that live under the shadow of our military umbrella. Then there is all of socialist Europe he we constantly rescue from themselves. In a way America is like the cop on the beat, the very people that tend to be annoyed by his presence are the first ones to run to him when they need help.
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Last time the USA tried to invade Canada it didn't go so well for them.
In fact unlike the USA, Canada has never lost a war. *cough* Vietnam *cough*
Probably the two closest countries in the world now though
 
Quag said:
Last time the USA tried to invade Canada it didn't go so well for them.
In fact unlike the USA, Canada has never lost a war. *cough* Vietnam *cough*
Probably the two closest countries in the world now though
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*cough*


Canadians sign up to fight with U.S. in Vietnam

"Vietnam may have been America's war but Canada was heavily involved — for and against. Canada harboured American draft dodgers and helped supervise ceasefires. But at the same time, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in southeast Asia. And there was Canada's involvement in secret missions, weapons testing and arms production. CBC Archives looks at Canada's role in the Vietnam War.

CBC Digital Archives - Canada's Secret War: Vietnam - Canadians sign up to fight with U.S. in Vietnam
 
ironhorse said:
*cough*


Canadians sign up to fight with U.S. in Vietnam

"Vietnam may have been America's war but Canada was heavily involved — for and against. Canada harboured American draft dodgers and helped supervise ceasefires. But at the same time, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in southeast Asia. And there was Canada's involvement in secret missions, weapons testing and arms production. CBC Archives looks at Canada's role in the Vietnam War.

CBC Digital Archives - Canada's Secret War: Vietnam - Canadians sign up to fight with U.S. in Vietnam
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Canadians fighting in a war doesn't mean Canada is fighting that war. Those Canadians were fighting not for Canada but the USA.
Was the USA fighting the Spanish civil war?
Abraham Lincoln Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
ironhorse said:
Did you miss the bold print? Are your eyes OK?

And there was Canada's involvement in secret missions, weapons testing and arms production.
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So now if the whole 30000 Canadians fighting in Vietnam was not "proof" that Canada was fighting in Vietnam (ALSO BOLDED!) why did you include it?
As to the secret missions, what secret missions? I have seen the claims but no evidence of what they were or how that makes Canada In the war. as to weapons testing and arms production in what universe does that make any nation part of a war?

Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War and diplomatically it was "officially non-belligerent".[1] The country's troop deployments to Vietnam were limited to a small number of national forces in 1973 to help enforce the Paris Peace Accords.[2] Nevertheless, the war had considerable effects on Canada, while Canada and Canadians affected the war, in return.
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Sorry only Americans who feel inferior to Canada having lost a war to them want to pretend that Canada was fighting in a war that the USA lost.
take your inferiority complex and crappy beer elsewhere.
 
Quag said:
So now if the whole 30000 Canadians fighting in Vietnam was not "proof" that Canada was fighting in Vietnam (ALSO BOLDED!) why did you include it?
As to the secret missions, what secret missions? I have seen the claims but no evidence of what they were or how that makes Canada In the war. as to weapons testing and arms production in what universe does that make any nation part of a war?


Canada and the Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


One more time Leroy.:lol:




Sorry only Americans who feel inferior to Canada having lost a war to them want to pretend that Canada was fighting in a war that the USA lost.
take your inferiority complex and crappy beer elsewhere.
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And there was Canada's involvement in secret missions, weapons testing and arms production.
 
ironhorse said:
And there was Canada's involvement in secret missions, weapons testing and arms production.
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What secret missions?
This?
One representative (Blair Seaborn, younger brother of Robert Seaborn) was even involved in secretly exchanging messages between the U.S. and North Vietnam on behalf of the Americans
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_and_the_Vietnam_War
How is that Canada being at war in Vietnam?

In what universe is weapons testing and arms production being at war?

I take it from your cropping your own post you have acknowledged your utter fail in pretending that Canadians volunteering for the US military means that Canada was at war in Vietnam?
 
Quag said:
What secret missions?
This?

Canada and the Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How is that Canada being at war in Vietnam?

In what universe is weapons testing and arms production being at war?

I take it from your cropping your own post you have acknowledged your utter fail in pretending that Canadians volunteering for the US military means that Canada was at war in Vietnam?
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Canadian soldiers just slow me down. The soldiers I was most impressed with? Surprisingly, the French. Those guys/girls were machines!
 
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