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"American wackos have a favorite wacko saying: takes one to know one. Come on dude. America kicks Canada's Ass. We invented everything. We have all the good beaches. We make all the cool movies. We're rich, we're powerful and we can blow anyone up whenever we feel like it. Canada is just a couple hockey teams and the birthplace of William Shatner. It has such a dynamic climate: cold and freezing your nuts off."
Now, The General won't even dignify the "takes one to know one" schoolyardism that prefaces (and is indicative of) Mr. Michaels' comment. I'll assume Mr. Michaels is just having some fun using a childish taunt in place of actual argumentation (gee, you guys really take after your leader, don't you?). You might as well draw a line in the sand and dare General Stuff to cross it. Or use some cowpoke metaphor. Whatever.
Americans like to believe they invented everything, including the telephone and basketball (both Canadian inventions). Americans like to believe the world started when America started paying attention to it (that would be December 7, 1941; it takes bombs dropping on their home soil for Americans to notice there is a world out there). But as any reasonable person knows, America is like the world's bastard child: No one will admit to giving birth to it, and certainly now that it's old enough to talk, no one wants to raise it. So off goes America, slamming the door to its room, pouting, crying, yelling for attention. "We matter!" yells America. The rest of the world shrugs, "It's too bad WWII wasn't fought on American soil, or we wouldn't be listening to these war-mongering fuckers cheering for more carnage on foreign soil."
You are correct on one count (and only one), Mr. Michaels: America has the biggest guns, and that is the only reason anyone pays attention to it. I'll give you that. Might makes right. You are correct. Nothing anyone can do about it (for now). But here's another age-old maxim you should get to know: This, too, shall pass.
The rest of your message just smacks of ignorance. Canada's climate resembles such "northerly" places as Michigan, New York, and Washington state. Most of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US border. Most of us live in large cities (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, for example). Ridiculing Canadian climate is like bashing the northern United States (you seem to be from the enlightened state of Florida -- the one with the racist elite that eliminated black voters in the last presidential election -- so maybe you do have something against the North, and the relative social enlightenment it represents, compared with the redneck South).
The General would much rather gauge a society by its general compassion for its citizens, which usually takes the form of accessible public education and universal health care (oh, I'm sorry, do you not understand those ideas, coming from the United States?). A good society is also one respected by others; take, for instance, Canada's ranking by the UN as the best place in the world to live for several years running. The United States, on the other hand, has no respect for its own citizens (unless you make $300,000 per year) or for the citizens of foreign countries. This is why America has become universally despised by foreigners. And you can laugh at that if you want (and I'm sure you will), but when the hatred of President Bush returns to haunt your economy (it already has) and the safety of your citizens at home and abroad (again, stitch a Canadian flag on your travelling bags), you will realize how shortsighted America's arrogance really is.
Enjoy it while it lasts, Mr. Michaels. As long as you are rich and healthy, the United States is probably a great place to live. But I doubt you would be trolling blogs for irate Canadians if you were rich.
Also, hockey is the best sport on two legs. So fuck you.
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