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In the end we're all from countries which have differing qualities that make up the world's qualites. Further we're all proud of our countries culture and have every right to think that our culture is *the best* in a joking manner.
We criticize because we have a very large and powerful neighbour to the south of us which we don't always agree with and who is going through some large growing pains right now. That doesn't mean we don't like the USA. If we didn't like the USA then we wouldn't even go to the movie theatre, because all that's there is American movies.
So calm down and don't take such large offense because it's not at all indicative of the Canadian people's perspective on things, in fact it is more a self-critique of Canada then a critique of the world itself from a Canadian stand-point.
And we're actually for the most part descenedants of you, the British, we just happen to have a provinc of 7 millionish french people.
It's called heterogenous history.
First of all who are you to say that I'm just the average sheltered Canadian that they know everything. Well I have news for you, I'm not sheltered and I DO NOT KNOW everything!!! NO ONE DOES!!! If you can say that I'm just an average sheltered Canadian that thinks that he knows it all, then you should be perfectly fine when I say that you are a redneck, beer loving, gun slinging slightly below average IQ American.
Secondly, I would like to point out that we are not just a colonization of England, we used to be (back in 1867) but no longer have any obligations to England other than a few minor obligations involving the Governor General.
Since you think you know it all, you should know that it is important to check your facts, and not include opinion in your arguments as it basically shows that you just want to win, but are unable to accept hard facts. If you have any more quarrels with Canadians, Canada, me or even world politics just let me know and I'll be happy to try answer all of your questions, but please keep in mind that I don't know it all.
"Since you think you know it all, you should know that it is important to check your facts, and not include opinion in your arguments as it basically shows that you just want to win, but are unable to accept hard facts. If you have any more quarrels with Canadians, Canada, me or even world politics just let me know and I'll be happy to try answer all of your questions, but please keep in mind that I don't know it all."
To reiterate it for you once again, so that maybe I don't have to repeat my self again, I am saying that I DO NOT KNOW IT ALL! NOR DO I THINK THAT I KNOW IT ALL!
And I didn't use Wikipedia, although the fact that you thought that I did most likely indicates that you did.
I'd like to leave you with a question though, how is it that you know that I (specifically) am the single handed reason that Americans hate Canadians? Did you take a poll? Was this poll before or after you tried to indoctrinate them with you prejudice ways? Where is your data? Again please eliminate your opinion from your arguments as it quite simply shows that you know nothing, but have a huge desire to "win" the argument.
Do remember that most of us have been to the USA, some quite frequently. And that sometimes an outside perspective can be illuminating; the fact that so much of the world, including Canada, finds aspects of the USA as less desirable shouldn't come as a surprise.
I'm not saying that we're right. Being utterly convinced that you are right and all others are wrong is a hall mark of stupidity. But not recognizing the bullshit that's gone down the last 8 years is just silly. A) War B) Economic meltdown C) Lessened civil liberties (thinks like the Patriot Act, torture, etc..). That's not a good formula; I'm not blindly putting my support behind Obama but he's the best choice you guys had.
a) they declared war on us, i'll find a source for ya.
b) very true, but thats because certian banks, decided to give out loans without doing their homework, and has almost nothing to do with politicians at all.
c) i definately agree with you on that one.
obama has lke no experience, and he is walking into a mess, thats a huge red flag to me. also there is a high chance that he will be assassinated by the kkk, which is a very unforutnate reality, and if that does happen, i fear that america would be split in two and we would have another bloody civil war.
If I have completely misinterpreted what you said previously then I'm sorry, I thought that you were talking about the war in Iraq.
Just as a side note though, I think it should be mentioned that before the war in Iraq your country was fighting right along side mine in an effort to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban. Once your country declared war on Iraq, the US immediately withdrew almost all of its support from Afghanistan, leaving us stranded and quite pissed off. The point is that the US was so intent on winning the war in Iraq, and I would say that they have won as they just had their first democratic election, that they had to abandon their ally and neighbor.
Hes probably the dumbest f*ck that ever walked on Earth.
How the f*ck can you dissagree with facts GIVEN by a freaking gouvermental website? His excuse was "its taken every 10 years" Bullf*ckINGshit! The website clearly states that the info was taken in 2007. Not 10 freaking years ago dumbass. Plus, on the other side, it clearly says that 12.5% of americans are poor. Thats throughout the entire states, not only one state and the smallest one as you said.
Sorry but you have to go back to school and stop saying we're using Wikipidia. Unlike you, we know our crap and don't try to blame false info on Wiki. Now, its not our fault if you're to blind or to close minded to accept that you actualy don't know squat. Take your idiocity and bring shit elsewhere, as we don't want to deal with your useless junk of crappy arguments that, by the way, keep on making you look like a fool. If you don't agree with us, fine, but please stop saying you're right when you're clearly wrong! Don't try to pin your wrong info on Wiki, you just don't know shit. If you're to blind to see that you're wrong and can't agree that you're weren't right, then i suggest getting some god damn good glasses. I also suggest to take an IQ test if you're even smart enough to fit the human description.
There should be a "Are you smart enough for Pinkbike" test when registering. That way we wouldn't have to deal with dumbasses like you everyday.
Just to prove how your so wrong all the time, you currently arguing against about 6 people. Hows that as a FACT?
Look at the argument hes having with me and maybe one or two other guys.
Heres the link : www.pinkbike.com/photo/2100370/#cid3143441
To help you out, i've bolded some important words and italiced some others. Nice reading to you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbV5CSj51I
that video is pretty much why we are at war, 9/11 was a declaration of war against the west, ignore the facts if you must, but there they are right in front of you. and the Taliban is in both iraq and Afghanistan, as you should know. and honestly i don't know much of anything about the conflict in Afghanistan.
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty07/pov07hi.html
now if you read the first line of the website, it clearly states that it is an ESTIMATE judged from a survey of 100,000 people, so basically what you are saying is 35% of all Americans are in poverty judged on a survey of .05% of the American population. wow you must be a genius.
and the actual census of the united states, is taken every 10 years, read the first line on this site:
www.stlgs.org/governmentCensus.htm
If you're denying that the USA is poor right now, well your out of luck because it is. It's probably not going to turn into the depression, and if the US government takes the proper steps (ie. doesn't get bought out by corporate dipshits), everything will be back to normal.
Statistics like we've been talking about serves to point out that there is a problem.
Now don't come and tell me this videos are bullshit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ZM5jOn65M
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUV66P5Lr6Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=52PGtllLU18
Now tell me your country is the best. If you need more proof, youtube has thousands of videos about poverty. I'm done arguing with you, i have a heart and you country knows how to hurt one. I can't believe that you don't see all the bad sides of american. its a great country, but you don't know the poverty of your own country. Take a real good look at it and then tell me that only 1 million poor lives in the states and that its the best country. Yeah, its the best country, but have so many freaking poors. I'm done.
and maybe you should acctually walk into a country before judging it, and yes we do have poverty like the rest of the world, especially in a post katrina USA. and no, we aren't the best country in the world, in my opinion england is, but we are the counrty that gets put down the most because people like talking crap about place's they have never been. for instance iraq, the iraqi people are GLAD that we are over there fighting for their freedoms, but you wont find that anywere unless you talk to acctual soilders who have acctually been over there.
oh and i have watched the reports from the poors, i have seen the other side, i went on a "missions trip" to the worst part of new orleans after katrina to help clean up, i've seen it, i used to drive through the bad side of jackson mississippi every day to get to school, i know how bad it can be, but your trying to tell me that america is a third world country and that is not a fact.
but that's most likely just my wishful thinking. either way it looks for now like we've actually made a bit of progress with the yank
Again I ask you Stop assuming and start thinking
All I can say. WOW
BUT, i want to say more...
how can i best put out the term that describes this ignorant fools narrow minded clouded head... Not sure. Maybe just chill out and have a toke.
Supposing-and only supposing- that your country, the USofA is not the greatest of countries in the world. Hear me out. Take a small step back from your computer and consider how the outside veiws your country. It is a beautiful place. So is mine. It's people like you (i didn't want to blame) that cause wonderful events to occur. People wake up eventually and decide that (again, sorry) People like you are not who they want representing their country. Note, your newly elected president. I for one, spent 20 minutes carefully reading all of your past posts on this picture and having a good giggle or two. You unfortuantely through your own (can't think of a better word) STUPIDITY porved yourself wrong and everyone else right. You wonder why on the picture it says retards?
I am very excited to hear your glittering response.
Very clever photo Btw. I enjoyed this one as much as the Americans view of the world version.
first off, as i mentioned before, at least once, if not more, i think England is the greatest country in the world. that being said, i doubt that people in your country would have people such as ironhorse and graphxxx representing it either, otherwise, our nations would not be allies.
In conclusion, IF the (insert what ever swear you want here) Canadians on pinkbike weren't such JERKS to the Americans on this website, then i would not feel the need to defend my country. This website shouldn't be about people from other countries slandering America, or Canada, for that matter, it should be about BIKING as the name implies. I shall not be replying to this anymore, for it is boring and tiresome trying to understand typo-graphical errors (proved is spelled that way, not "porved"), while i could be out biking.
Have a good day!
you are the greatest man. I obviously really thought that proved was spelt porved. My bad, guess i was wrong. You had that toke yet?
here is the samething by an american about america
I drink Belgians or US micro brews which shit on just about everything else.
or I drink euro beers etc.
I'm not and expert, but I'm certainly not a novice. I have toured many micro breweries in the US
Bells, Goose Island, New Belgium,
I go to a bar with 60 US made beers on tap, not one is comparable to miller light or that shit Molson or any Canadian crap.
go top Amsterdam, they smoke weed out of metal pipes like savages.
I've had 2 people from Amsterdam tell me our weed was just as good as theirs, I think our beer is pretty comparable too.
but more than half of the canadien users agree with it...& i am really shocked right now!!!
Is it because of too little general knowledge or what else?
i am not pissed because whole europe is just nazi-town, but i cant believe that this reflects the world views from the enjoyable people i met in bc..its just too full of prejudices!!
To the guy who made this map & to anybody who agreed with it...free your mind...
My mind is free, I view everywhere in the world as beautiful. I used to laugh at those "America's map of the world" maps and laugh, and so I made a new one.
I've been to Europe and I know it's not nazi-town, don't worry we all know Germany is a bomb place, I'm moving their some day.
I didn't write that bit, by the way.
just wanted to say that this map promotes & bruits prejudices..
& prejudices are the last thong we need on pb!!!
I am sorry if I offended anyone, I didn't want anyone to take it seriously at all, it was kind of meant for Canadians with the same smug patriotism as I have, which is that we love are country because it has all kinds of oddities and faults (like going into crisis over hockey).
I really do try to be as open as I can without sacrificing who I am, like I've said it's really a self-critique of the country.
If I renamed the Nazi bit "bier" would you be happier?
canerdians are not er as serial about things you know eh?
But the rest of those russians... they're not hockey players their figure skaters.
just for the record, I lol'd at the map until i saw the comments.
"Diamonds and cilvil unrest"
Our "regular" beer is more colourful then your "regular beer", ie. miller, budweiser, coors, etc...
I've had Americans tell me that.
god i hate u stupid Canadians, u criticize everything and think u are so much better than America and the rest of the world, but really you'd be f*cked without us and i think u all know it. Dont care about the negative props also, i know ill get a few hundred
f*cked with u guys who wanted our help in the f*cking war
Don't you guys have lots of cool micro-breweries?
SO TAKE A REST
peace love and rock and roll.....
Probley, kilts bagpipes, whiskey and lots of rain :L