Re: To the Canadians, is Michael Moore correct about life there?

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:53:17 GMT, Hank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:41:59 -0500, Spin Wit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>enlightened me with:
>
>>On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 01:42:37 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vic
>>Martinez) wrote:
>>
>>>Are you people happier up there? feel safe up there? less racial
>>>tension, less paranoia toward one another? I Hear the women are MUCH
>>>'warmer' and not as 'COLD' as they are here. Anxieties about health care
>>>are non-existent there too, I hear, and the Country hasn't imploded
>>>because of it, however unemployment is still pretty high.
>>
>>I think Canadians are just like everyone else. They deal with the
>>situation they have. 
>>
>>It surprises me when people try to foment some discord across the
>>friendliest border on the planet.
>>
>>
>>I also think that if the actual people of every nation could just talk
>>to each other there would be no more war. Sadly the people all too
>>often don't get the chance to speak.
>>
>>Spinwit
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>       Yes, those Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants don't know
>each other at all.  If ONLY they could talk to each other!  And
>Palestinians and Israelis.  Practically strangers, barely know each
>other at all.   If only they could communicate with each other!!  Boy,
>are you in a dream world.  The fact is plenty of people hate plenty of
>other people for no good reason and always have.  All the talking in
>the world hasn't changed that.

All of the instances you bring up are representative of the problem I
am talking about. The individuals are not talking to each other, the
representatives are defining the whole conflict and selling it to the
'people' in horrible broad strokes.

>       Besides, it's good fun for Canadians and Americans to poke fun
>at each other.  But, if there's a threat, we'd still stick by 'em.  No
>one gets to mess with "America Junior" except us.

'America junior'? What a stupid comment. You belong on some talking
head TV show. You'd get great ratings with crap like that. It's
entertaining.


Spinwit

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