Comments on: Blame Canada http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/12/blame-canada/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noumenon http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/12/blame-canada/#comment-243 Noumenon Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:24:12 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/new/?p=19#comment-243 What a great post. All rambling and discursive and breaking down my defenses for a really felt speech on behalf of your nation to mine. I also liked the part about the hockey net. What a great post. All rambling and discursive and breaking down my defenses for a really felt speech on behalf of your nation to mine. I also liked the part about the hockey net.

]]> By: melissa http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/12/blame-canada/#comment-242 melissa Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:03:45 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/new/?p=19#comment-242 I loved the third paragraph! It's just what I want to say. I 'm US born-and raised, in Canada for 23 years & a dual citizen. I loved the third paragraph! It’s just what I want to say. I ‘m US born-and raised, in Canada for 23 years & a dual citizen.

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/12/blame-canada/#comment-241 Ontario Emperor Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:18:43 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/new/?p=19#comment-241 [Just so there are no misunderstandings, the "Ontario" in my handle represents Ontario, California. I will proceed.] I just posted a comment in Accordion Guy's blog in which I told a German exchange student my view of Canadian views. The main thing that I noted is that there are so many of us Americans down here, and that probably has an effect more than anything else. One other interesting thing that I've noted is that nobody is truly interested in self-determination. There are Americans that are convinced that Canada should toe the American line, while at the same time there are Canadians (and others) that are convinced that the American government should not just represent the citizens of the U.S., but should somehow be representative of the views of the entire world. I suspect that if the Canadian government represents Canadians, and if the American government represents some kind of purple, things will work out in the end. [Just so there are no misunderstandings, the "Ontario" in my handle represents Ontario, California. I will proceed.]

I just posted a comment in Accordion Guy’s blog in which I told a German exchange student my view of Canadian views. The main thing that I noted is that there are so many of us Americans down here, and that probably has an effect more than anything else.

One other interesting thing that I’ve noted is that nobody is truly interested in self-determination. There are Americans that are convinced that Canada should toe the American line, while at the same time there are Canadians (and others) that are convinced that the American government should not just represent the citizens of the U.S., but should somehow be representative of the views of the entire world.

I suspect that if the Canadian government represents Canadians, and if the American government represents some kind of purple, things will work out in the end.

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