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Originally Posted by FanIn80
The last time I looked it up was about 10-15 years ago when Canada and New York State were about 22 million respectively. Admittedly, even at that time, the figures might have been outdated.
...or maybe I'm just confused and should have said California instead of New York...
Regardless, I think the underlying point is still valid. 
Edit: Yeah, just did some quick research and it appears that I was on a steady diet of acid and crack in the 90s, since NY State's population was never anywhere near Canada's. It must have been California, and I just got it mixed up.  |
I was about to reply but someone beat me to it before.
What you posted was a popular misconception. I knew better because our Jr. High social investigated that misconception.
For some reason that floated around a lot then. I don't know why. Maybe more U.S. boasting flooded north?
Like the misconception we'd be defenseless without them and this that and the other. (Yeah I know our military sucks, but our best position is fair ((and sometimes meek)) foreign policy. Really if anyone attacked Canada, what do you think the rest of the world would think? It's doubtful we need to tie ourselves to missile shields and such)
For the record I am for further military spending and improvements. Just against the theory that the U.S. defends us out of concern. If they do defend us at all, it's only cause of interest to them.