Racism knows no limits!!!

Specially when speaking about linguistic richness... Why does hate foster imagination much more that other human feelings???

Ah but what about all the beautiful poems inspired by love?

Well, yes, I guess you are right...

Then we are talking about extreme feelings: hate, love... Human passions unlock human tongue...

But as far as hate is concerned, disgusting euphemisms are incredibly developed...

i find this use of "code words" deplorable. that said, as an american, i partake in ridiculing canadians from time to time. their funny accents and universal health care nonsense provide ample fodder for cheap laughs. reading celine's entry reminded me of a joke i once heard, and it goes as follows*

Question: What's worse than being Canadian?
Answer: Being French Canadian.

moral of the story: never pass up an opportunity to take a dig at the French.

*celine encouraged me to post this. she can vouch for the fact that i play the part of the ignorant american for internet blogs only.

I DID encourage Caroline, because I think that making fun of our neighbours, when it's done in the right spirit of warmth and fondness, is a positive way of creating a relationship where there might otherwise be none. Does that make sense?

It does. Funny joke. ;)

By contrast, in the Northern U.S., particularly in the Pacific Northwest, Americans feel much closer to Canadians than to Southerners. This splintering of the American sense of togetherness isn't widely reported because, to be aware of it, news organizations would need to spend time in the far corners of North America. If you ask someone from Portland, Oregon, or Seattle, Washington, if they feel more kinship with someone from Vancouver, British Columbia, or with someone from Atlanta, Georgia, they will inevitably reply "Vancouver." (Vancouverites likewise often feel more in tune with Americans on the other side of the border than with people from, say, Toronto or Montreal.) People in the northern states also tend to watch more CBC on TV, since it's much better than most broadcast TV in the U.S.--and at Olympic time Americans along the border tune in almost exclusively to CBC over the American channel.

Anyway, Canadians may be misunderstood, feared, and hated by a lot of ignorant Americans, but they are loved and admired by millions of others, especially in the north.

S.M., I remember seeing a map of North America somewhere on the web which divided it into two separate entities: the United States of Canada, which included Canada, the North-East coast of the US and California, and Jesusland, which included the rest of North America. This is just one example of the complex relationship between the US and Canada.

I also remember reading about the cultural divisions America, which go back a very long way indeed: if you compare a map of the states which were originally in favour or against slavery in the 19th century with a map showing blue and red states nowadays, they're almost identical. I'm not sure there was ever much togetherness in America!