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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack
If you are a Canadian residing in the US and Canadians are judgemental, doesn't that make you judgemental? I'm half joking and serious.
I think a lot of it has to do with the US influence. You bombard our market with everything you have so sometimes we have to fight to retain our independence.
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I definitely was judgmental of the US before I moved down here.
I agree that many Americans are ignorant about Canada, Mexico and their own country. Many Canadians are ignorant about the US, Mexico and their own country. I just think Canadians parade the US's ignorance in order to celebrate themselves more.
I still don't see why
so many Canadians are so opinionated about strictly US issues - gun control, healthcare, etc... Why? It does not effect the average Canadian at all, yet, it's more of an opinion piece than Canadian gun laws or healthcare.
I know you mentioned murder rates being doubled in the US compared to Canada, and even if that statistic is true, who cares? Why not debate more relaxed or tight gun laws in Canada? The Canadian gov't spent millions on a gun registery that doesn't work. Why isn't that a topic? What about restrictions on handguns in Canada? I'm not saying that this (US gun issues) is not a topic to be debated, but why is it more interesting to you, a Canadian who resides
in Canada, than similar topics in your own country that effect you? And even if you do have an opinion on the US gun laws, why bring up Canada (not you specifically, Cactus, but posters in general)?
