03-06-2007, 12:41 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Canada has most positive image worldwide: Survey
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LONDON – Israel, Iran and the United States were the countries with the most negative image in a globe-spanning survey of attitudes toward 12 major nations. Canada and Japan came out best in the poll, released Tuesday.
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http://www.thestar.com/News/article/188472
Does that mean I'm part of the popular kids now??
No?
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03-06-2007, 12:44 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
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That's awesome..I'm not surprised at all. I have dual citizenship, and whenever I tell people anywhere in the Canadian, I get very positive feedback, such as "wow, that's awesome", or "Canada's a great country!". When I tell people I'm American, I don't get much feedback at all.  I don't think the US is THAT place to live......I live here, and I think there are so many opportunities that most other countries don't have. I guess I'm proud to be American (I know, the wrong thing to say on this board, prolly). But Im also proud to be born and raised in Canada.
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03-06-2007, 12:51 PM
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by OilersBaby
That's awesome..I'm not surprised at all. I have dual citizenship, and whenever I tell people anywhere in the Canadian, I get very positive feedback, such as "wow, that's awesome", or "Canada's a great country!". When I tell people I'm American, I don't get much feedback at all. I don't think the US is THAT place to live......I live here, and I think there are so many opportunities that most other countries don't have. I guess I'm proud to be American (I know, the wrong thing to say on this board, prolly). But Im also proud to be born and raised in Canada. |
Put the beer down! 
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03-06-2007, 02:34 PM
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Wucka Wocka Wacka
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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Originally Posted by OilersBaby
the wrong thing to say on this board, prolly
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WDF?
Boy I hope its Canadian beer you've been into and not American (you heard about American beer and a canoe?  )
Anyways, it is interesting that we can first not because we have a better reputation than Japan or the EU, but that we have less of a bad reputation than those places...we are just the quiet little country that doesn't bother anyone...
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03-06-2007, 03:05 PM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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kind of silly to say that Canada has the best reputation worldwide when the poll was only asking about 12 countries. countries like Sweden and Finland always seem to rank right up with Canada on these things so i was surprised not to see them listed
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03-06-2007, 03:29 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
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haha I wasn't drunk when I was making that post.....I was sleep deprived! Jeez, I make no sense. HAHAH.
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03-06-2007, 03:35 PM
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damn onions
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
kind of silly to say that Canada has the best reputation worldwide when the poll was only asking about 12 countries. countries like Sweden and Finland always seem to rank right up with Canada on these things so i was surprised not to see them listed
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I agree and after reading the article that's the first thing I thought of. Also, I'm sure Canada has a great image because people don't know much about it. That's my opinion anyway.
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03-06-2007, 03:47 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
kind of silly to say that Canada has the best reputation worldwide when the poll was only asking about 12 countries. countries like Sweden and Finland always seem to rank right up with Canada on these things so i was surprised not to see them listed
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The only explanation I can offer up would be that maybe those countries aren't as big players as Canada? (Well that didn't sound right saying) But perhaps because Canada is in Afghanistan is why they are considered on this poll? Maybe Finland and Sweden aren't considered global impacts in the scope of this poll. Now maybe I am giving Canada too much credit and selling Scandinavia short. But most of what I know about Sweden has been learned from IKEA. So most of that knowledge consists of furniture and meatballs.
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03-06-2007, 04:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
Anyways, it is interesting that we can first not because we have a better reputation than Japan or the EU, but that we have less of a bad reputation than those places...we are just the quiet little country that doesn't bother anyone...
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Bingo... its not that everyone loves us, its that no one has a reason to hate us. Half the people surveyed were probably like, Canada? where is that? sure, I don't hate it.
Really, everyone hates the US and Israel for various reasons, France and Britain, China and Japan, Germany and France, EU and Europeans... the only rivals we have are the Americans, and they couldn't be bothered to hate Canada, not with the vitriol that some Canadians spit at Americans at least.
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