fakeshaver United States. Oct 20 2008 19:18. Posts 1313
YES WE CAN YES WE CAN
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eightfourO United States. Oct 20 2008 19:20. Posts 820
Yes chris, like devon said, if you are going to make a joke, think about what you say, present it well, and lay it our in a constructive/meaningful format, like this...
On October 10 2008 18:44 devon06atX wrote:
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On October 20 2008 18:20 eightfourO wrote:
Yes chris, like devon said, if you are going to make a joke, think about what you say, present it well, and lay it our in a constructive/meaningful format, like this...
Run on experience platform-->present yourself as the senile old man you are--> Accuse democrats of raising taxes, regardless of factuality-->suspend campaign after demonstrating how clueless you are about economics--> BUT HE'LL RAISE TAXES OMFG!1-->???-->appeal to racism, xenophobia, and intolerance when all else fails.
AWESOME mentally handicapped, slept with like 30 guys, meeting her mum on the first date, unprotected sex, 12 year old girls.FIST PUMP - YOU ARE A MAN, MY SON. -Byrensam
On October 20 2008 15:46 chris wrote:
like literally maybe, 0.001% of all americans can even name whether canada has states or provinces, the capital and who their minister/president is, let alone european countries. i am meaning no disrespect to you or canada
It's because what happens in the U.S. affects all of us. See --> Bush.
On October 20 2008 15:41 chris wrote:
and you're from canada why do you care so much about the USA?
it s called general knowledge..
No its not. I don't know much about politics in Japan, Germany, or Greece. People know about the U.S. because it is in their newspapers and late night talk shows. What happens in the U.S. tends to have an effect on the global economy/stability of the world. The U.S. has a habit in involving itself in the affairs of other nations.
On October 20 2008 15:46 chris wrote:
like literally maybe, 0.001% of all americans can even name whether canada has states or provinces, the capital and who their minister/president is, let alone european countries. i am meaning no disrespect to you or canada
so just because 1/1000 americans is actually worldly (which is pretty embarassing really, to gloat that your nation is so closed-in, and uneducated about other nations besides your own) is a good reason to question someone elses interest in other foreign nations? you know, to educate themselves and get a somewhat firmer grasp on the issues facing today's world?
however, i strongly doubt that 1/1000 is even close to the actual number that knows something more than "USA USA USA!!!!". i would like to believe that a (diminishing) super-power of a nation isn't truly that ignorant and naive.
because if so.... wow
you ask why someone in canada is interested in america? umm, maybe because you're canada's primary trading partner? maybe because the goings-on of your economy affects ours big-time? maybe because as a genuine concerned person of this earth, I dont agree with how the states have been conducting themselves on the international scene for a long time now, and believe this may actually be a time of positive change?
mostly it's probably because I enjoy to look outside the window, and get a grasp of things that are going on. you know, somewhere *outside the box*
If you're making fun of U.S. citizens for not being "worldly enough" you might want to hold off on that. We know about the U.S. because they are in our news/media and for the above reasons that you mentioned. It doesn't make Canadians worldly we just know a little bit about a country ten times our size that has a huge effect on us/the rest of the world as you have stated. I would be willing to bet the average Canadian knows very little about world politics other than what happens in the United States. How much do you know about the various leaders in the middle east? Ireland? Germany? Anywhere other than the U.S. and the answer is probably not very much. There are a few exceptions in terms of U.K politics -- popularized by their association with the Bush administration (at least more recently) especially with Tony Blair or perhaps France/Russia but other than that pretty much zip.
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