quote: What the rest of the world considers a decent-sized house is the space that an American uses for storing junk "too good to just throw away".
I'll thank you not to refer to my daughter that way.
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lol tom.
When an american finish drilling your army goes yeah ok your done, when a canadian finishes our army goes "okay? Good keep drilling"
It's common practice in US forces I believe to specialize in a task, in the Canadian Armed forces soliders are trained in mulitple skills to reduce the possibility of mission failure.
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(Would it be crass to slide away into another car on the train? No offense to Blayne, but although I'm a staunch supporter of the True North, I'm not quite on the same track as you. *rueful look)
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What I like is that Canandians are always calling Americans self-important Nationanlists. At the same time, Canadians do this by acting like self-righteous Communists. It is strange to hear a Canadian defending his country like the proverbial pompous American.
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By the way, is Canada even its own country? Isn't there still some kind of relationship to the UK?
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: lol tom.
When an american finish drilling your army goes yeah ok your done, when a canadian finishes our army goes "okay? Good keep drilling"
OK. Somebody help me. Does anyone here understand what Blayne is trying to say? And let's have a show of hands: Who thinks that his name is really "Blaine", but he spelled it wrong? Posts: 10397 | Registered: Jun 2005
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I used to be 18, so I thought I knew everything too, especially in matters dealing with America.
Anyway, I think what Blayne is saying is that when American troops are drilling, they don't don't do more than they need to, while Canadian troops keep on going. I don't think I clarified it.
I think that Blayne is wrong for a number of factual reasons. For or against Iraq right now, what other military could have toppled a stable government in a month with the losses as minimal as they were at the time? Who else could have crushed the Taliban? Well I suppose anyone. The Taliban was weak.
Blayne, do you really think American troops don't train for extreme winter fighting? And how could outnumbered Canadian troops push Americans back toward Missippi?
*baffled that I am in a discussion about warring with Canada*
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We have a General Governor, technically I think it used ot be that when we made a new law the Queen would confirm it. I forget if that was the British North America Act or something else.
Now another reason why I love my country is because we are so polite. I asked England nicely is we could have our own country you guys grabed any gun you could and banged away at anything in red. Sheesh.
And of course we could push America back all we have to do is arm our beavers and polar bears.
And reader you did a good job clarifying me.
And my name is really Blayne not the pokemon gym teacher way of spelling in. B-L-A-Y-N-E SPACE B-R-A-D-L-E-Y
Back to the outnumbered question:
Alexander was outnumbered, Napoleon was constantly outnummbered, Germany was outnumbered and reached the Volga, and once more in 1812 Canada was drastically outnumbered as well.
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: And of course we could push America back all we have to do is arm our beavers and polar bears.
And my name is really Blayne not the pokemon gym teacher way of spelling in. B-L-A-Y-N-E SPACE B-R-A-D-L-E-Y
Back to the outnumbered question:
Alexander was outnumbered, Napoleon was constantly outnummbered, Germany was outnumbered and reached the Volga, and once more in 1812 Canada was drastically outnumbered as well.
You forget that the U.S. wasn't a major military power during the War of 1812, whereas England was; we were fighting both of you at the time, so the fact that the White House was burned isn't quite so impressive a feat.
All the same, I must say...beavers and polar bears and pokemon, oh my!
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quote:Hey Tom we burned down the White house dispite the fact that you were an enourmously bigger country back then too
quote:You forget that the U.S. wasn't a major military power during the War of 1812, whereas England was; we were fighting both of you at the time, so the fact that the White House was burned isn't quite so impressive a feat.
quote:Now another reason why I love my country is because we are so polite.
I hope you aren't including yourself in this "we", because I don't see much politeness from you.
Look, if America wanted something of Canada's they wouldn't invade, not without a good excuse like Canada's creation of nuclear weapons. There would be a little bit of backroom politics and a few economic bribes and Canada would either say "no" or say "yes".
Military all-out war is not the only way to gain control of or power over a country!
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quote:Now another reason why I love my country is because we are so polite. I asked England nicely is we could have our own country you guys grabed any gun you could and banged away at anything in red. Sheesh.
General tyranny can result in a revolution. I seem to recall that the British pushed taxes on the colonies, higher than what many colonists wanted to or could pay. The British also had a tendency to repress certain Christian sects because the Crown said to do so. In addition, there was oppression of free speech and the press. I could go on, but I would recommend that you read our Declaration of Independence for more damning accusations.
By the way, the British didn't care as much about Canada as it did India. India was the crown jewel of the empire. When Canada asked to go, Britain effectively said "fine, go." because it needed India, but not Canada. This doesn't downgrade the importance of Canadian independence. It deserved it much as any other British colony, but I think you, Blayne, need some perspective before you start believing editorial propaganda about Canada's alleged moral superiority.
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And explain where I get this so called editorial propoganda, as far as you know I only read Hatrack, is thus by your logic Hatrack propoganda?
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It's like arguing with a sixth grader. Not saying you are a sixth grader, Blayne - just that you write like one.
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I call it fools syndrom, writes a comment that is generally non threatening, someone else responds in a challenging fashion so that Party A has to respond swiftly yet stupidly and when called on it forces Party A to continue not only defending his point past its expiration date but to do so indefinatly againt ever increasing opposition just to save face.
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quote: When an american finish drilling your army goes yeah ok your done, when a canadian finishes our army goes "okay? Good keep drilling"
Maybe that's because the American military, when it's finished drilling, does something. Not that this is always a good thing.
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quote:I know it happened. I'm not talking about his facts but about his presentation.
Got it. And I'm right there with you.
One more time - this peron and his/her/its arguments are NOT representative of all Canadians everywhere. I would even go so far as to hazard a guess that he/she/it does not represent the attitudes of even most, some, or a few Canadians.
That is all. You may carry on now.
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quote:... it forces Party A to continue not only defending his point past its expiration date but to do so indefinatly againt ever increasing opposition just to save face.
Not worth it, Blayne. Seriously.
Saving face is way overrated. Be accurate about the things you know, frank about what is speculation, and humble about your errors. Less face, more character. Posts: 14017 | Registered: May 2000
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The Party is always right, the Internal Counter terrorism Force will arrest you within due time for crimes against my Ego.
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quote:And explain where I get this so called editorial propoganda, as far as you know I only read Hatrack, is thus by your logic Hatrack propoganda?
I'm going to respond to this because it is the post with clear grammar.
Why would you think that I would assume that you only read Hatrack? I don't know what else you read, but it would be pretty dumb of me to think that Hatrack is your only material. I do assume that you read Canadian newspapers and magazines, because it would make sense for a Canadian to so.
It was an overstatement to use "propaganda", but you still are clearly parroting the assertions of much of the Canadian media that it is a morally superior country. It's relative (relativistic patriotism?) anyway because both nations hold different beliefs about what makes us "good."
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I think that the U.S. going to war with Canada is far less unbelievable than it was ten years ago. Fundimental beliefs about each other and ourselves has drastically changed to the point of becoming luke warm partners. I think all it would take is a disagreement about trade that increases the already bad feelings both governments have seemed to express.
Now, this might be another ten or fifteen years down the road if things don't change. But, I can see it getting to the point of at least embargo and rediculous trade rules against each other.
Surprisingly, I don't see the same thing happening between Mexico and the U.S. Perhaps its because I don't see the U.S. and Mexico as having such historically close ties, and therefore less is threatened.
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I don't know much about Canada and I've never been there.
quote:General tyranny can result in a revolution. I seem to recall that the British pushed taxes on the colonies, higher than what many colonists wanted to or could pay. The British also had a tendency to repress certain Christian sects because the Crown said to do so. In addition, there was oppression of free speech and the press. I could go on, but I would recommend that you read our Declaration of Independence for more damning accusations.
New Declaration of Independence anyone?
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I think of Canada as our brother. I see no reason to complete. We are on the same path and have for the most part the same culture.
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