Americans Flock To Canada's Immagration Site...

Yes, recent studies have proven the United States is "The Best Country In The World" to live in, and anyone unhappy with living there has something wrong with them and should have their head examined.

Note that this reply WAS intended with sarcasm.

That's right, no one is allowed to show their nationalism just because they're Americans. Excuse me, WC, but think for a moment. You are suggesting that only Americans have pride in their country. It seems you are also suggesting that everybody else thinks their countries suck. How very racist of you.

And "assholes who think they are better than everyone else"? You mean, like what you just did right now? Leaving the country because you think everyone else is an asshole. Think about that for a moment.

Oh, and by the way, I hear more complaining than praise for our country from my fellow "self-centered" Americans.

It's probably a "grass is always greener on the other side" type thing.

Haha. Shut the **** up.

Not really a grass is greener thing. Canada rules. Serious.

I'm proud to be an Aussie but you don't see me selling Australian flags everytime there's some form of minor or major disaster, and you'd never catch me wearing a shirt with a big Australian flag on it. I live here and I see it often enough, I don't need to show other people that fact.

It's not hard to like your country without looking and acting stupid.

And SP, Wierdestchild is right, the image America has for itself is self loving and self centred, arrogant and overly patriotic, not to mention gun happy due to the constant "accidents" and friendly fire in Iraq a few months back. Chances are that's entirely untrue, but it doesn't mean people won't think that, and i'm not surprised some people want to get away from that image.

Oh, and one more thing. The American goverment has a habit of coming up with overly patriotic names for everything, like those Mars rovers...spirit and opportunity or something, and how about the "Freedom Tower" going up where the trade centre used to be??

Mars rovers, I have no problem with. That's Nasa, they had a robot called Tooth and another named after a famous African-American activist, they can do whatever the hell they want. But I agree, Freedom Tower is a horrible name.
Rename it to French Tower.

Kritter, I can identify that this self image thing can be a well known aspect of Americans. Yet, I never like labeling anything as one single feature. I never have thought a show to be always funny, because I knew it could have it's bad episodes. Same with Nintendo, it doesn't always make good games. It's the same with people to me, and even if I'm overwhelmed by a certain type emotional feed back in a country I visit or hear about, there's no way I'm going to always assume such. But, of course, this is how I think, and you're entitled to your very own opinions, which I'm obliged to respect.

EDIT: As I reread my message, I feel like I'm focusing too much on one of your points and not your others. You have a wide range in ideas, and many of them I can agree with, yet with a sad tone.

This post has been edited by Press Start on Nov 7 2004, 01:30 AM

Mars rovers, I have no problem with. That's Nasa, they had a robot called Tooth and another named after a famous African-American activist, they can do whatever the hell they want. But I agree, Freedom Tower is a horrible name.
Rename it to French Tower.

But the British called their rover the Beagle! That's a much better name than something overly patriotic, and it's names like that which give a bad image. I've talked to loads of people about the rover names and everyone's always said "Pff, typical Americans" or something like that.

Mars rovers, I have no problem with. That's Nasa, they had a robot called Tooth and another named after a famous African-American activist, they can do whatever the hell they want. But I agree, Freedom Tower is a horrible name.
Rename it to French Tower.

But the British called their rover the Beagle! That's a much better name than something overly patriotic, and it's names like that which give a bad image. I've talked to loads of people about the rover names and everyone's always said "Pff, typical Americans" or something like that.

I never noticed it myself.
I think the names aren't "GOD BLESS AMERICA FREEDOM FRIES". If they called them Liberty and Freedom, that would be stupid. But Spirit and Opportunity, two optomistic words about exploration not associated with beligerent patrioticness, no problem to me.

Let's face it, we're never going to get rid of our assholish image. I'd rather live someplace where I'm not seen as one of a group of incredible dumbasses.

Freedom Fries and the whole "you're either with us or against us" thing got that image drilled in, so most names like spirit and opportunity just get categorised as being patriotic. Freedom Tower doesn't help the situation.

The Freedom Fry thing is ridiculous. I have to dig out a Doonesbury comic about that.

Bah, stereotypes. They're so stupid. If anyone had the image of being self-centered and arrogant, it'd be mankind in general.

Yes, and America most of all. It's might be a stereotype, but its there until someone does something about it. Australians still have to live with being associated with Kangaroo's and silly Steve Irwin accents, even if most of us don't talk that way and only see Kangaroo's in a Zoo or as roadkill.

Yes, and America most of all. It's might be a stereotype, but its there until someone does something about it. Australians still have to live with being associated with Kangaroo's and silly Steve Irwin accents, even if most of us don't talk that way and only see Kangaroo's in a Zoo or as roadkill.

Stereotypes. They are mostly a reactant to how every human is reacting emotionally. Usually, in loose situations where you feel comfortable in, you can make a stereotypical joke and not care. However, someone who hears this can take offense, and depending on their own emotions, can either take it in silently or exploit it in anger. With this factor, they have become just like cuss words, where while popular in use, they have a general sense of being publicly forbidden. And sadly, this includes the final factor, where since people know it's "forbidden," thusly unsual, people use them in emotions unsual to themselves like anger, where they prove themselves with such, while hurting another. It is just another example of human imperfection.

Man, I'm a first-gen American and still have to suck up this crap and deal with it, 'cause things are no better back in Africa.

And yes, naming the new WTC towers the Freedom Tower(s) is is ridiculous. Same goes for fries and toast.

Additionally, we as Americans are never gonna lose our assholish image because we're always prone to stereotyping (all Asians are Chinese, the French are gay, Brits have bad teeth, yadda yadda yadda), and we're generally too stupid to realize when we've made a mistake and apologize for it.





And before anyone attacks me, NO I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION.

Man, I'm a first-gen American and still have to suck up this crap and deal with it, 'cause things are no better back in Africa.

And yes, naming the new WTC towers the Freedom Tower(s) is is ridiculous. Same goes for fries and toast.

Additionally, we as Americans are never gonna lose our assholish image because we're always prone to stereotyping (all Asians are Chinese, the French are gay, Brits have bad teeth, yadda yadda yadda), and we're generally too stupid to realize when we've made a mistake and apologize for it.





And before anyone attacks me, NO I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION.

Speaking of stereotyping, since I'm Australian almost every non-Australian thinks I have kangaroos in my backyard. I DON'T! We had kangaroos that jumped around during the night at survival camp and kept us up.
And since my heritage is Italian and people think were part of the Mafia, & think we all have relatives named Mario and Luigi. One of my relatives was named Mario.. and we have some distant realtive called Luigina (a girl).

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/...ynews-headlines

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what a dumbass