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Canada is like wanna be European

just a thought

No Canada is an independent nation that follows its own path, we may not like it but that is what it is. Looking back on the Iraq conflict would you blame them for not blindly following us down that path. Typical of us Americans to start labelling and attacking other nations with sarcastic names yet I wonder why Bush cannot get help from anyone new or significant in global politics when it comes to Iraq. Maybe "Old Europe" has just a little grudge, I certainly wouldn't help someone who blasted me as weak, spineless, guttless, traitor, etc, etc.

You are right somewhat, Canada is such a multicultural nation that the people here of european descent tend to act more european than other racially european nations i.e. Australia, America. Canadiens just don't have a common identity or culture. In America and Australia they really left their european culture behind and created their own unique identity. But Canada has always been stuck between the Frank and (Angle-Saxon)Germanic identities.

I'm not saying America is not multicultural but they us a melting pot ideal into the American culture that Canada doesn't.

Re: Canada is like wanna be European

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Originally posted by josh4 just a thought

first one in a while?

HAHHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!! Werrd!


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More specifically, the Quebecois are wannabe French. I think that's a bit more accurate.

Hey as long as we are not American wannabe's Iam happy.

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Originally posted by imokruok More specifically, the Quebecois are wannabe French. I think that's a bit more accurate.

they are french , big difference there

Well, what should they be like? 51st US state?

We'll take Alberta and maybe BC. States number 51 and 52.

America would never take another state unless there was no doubt they'd consider themselves Americans before anything else. Example: Puerto Rico

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Originally posted by imokruok More specifically, the Quebecois are wannabe French. I think that's a bit more accurate.

SO NOT TRUE!
we are actually french......but the good evolution of 'em

we are WANNA BE "NOT" FRENCH

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Originally posted by imokruok We'll take Alberta and maybe BC. States number 51 and 52.

you can have them. BC is not doing well and Alberta is riding on the high oil prices, when its oil will disappear, nothing will be left.

I don't think Canada is wannabe European so much as Canadians want to differentiate themselves as much as possible from the US. (Cdn flags sewn onto backpacks?) And who can blame them considering the disparate ideologies? Canadians seem to have some insecurity about the uniqueness of their identity, which I think is unnecessary because they are so different. We break the world up into simplified chunks (Europe, North America, etc.) and end up excluding the possibility of cases that don't fit into any of the categories (Canada).

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Originally posted by SiM Pe�Rf we are actually french......

i'm sorry.

haha. j/k.

>JM<

Italian explorer John Cabot reached Newfoundland in 1497, while French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the region in the 1500s. In the 1600s, French settlers, who became known as Acadians, were the first Europeans to settle permanently in Canada. Over time, they were joined by settlers from British Isles and Germany.

In 1535, two Aboriginal youths used the Huron-Iroquois word "Kanata" which means "village" or "settlement" to tell Jacques Cartier the way to Stadacona (site of present-day Quebec city). Cartier used "Canada" to refer not only to Stadacona, but also to the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief of Stadaconna.

Canadian are not wanna be Europeans, part of them is European, just like Americans

Canada has some similarities with europe, but it is soooo much that is not europe. Now i havent lived in the US, but i think that i still can say that there is a lot of differences between the two.

Canada is Canada and its cool

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Canada is Canada and its cool

That almost brought a tear to my eye.

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Originally posted by josh4 America would never take another state unless there was no doubt they'd consider themselves Americans before anything else. Example: Puerto Rico

Wasn't there a referendum in Puerto Rico where they decided against becoming the 51st state?

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Well, what should they be like? 51st US state?

annex Canada and u'll have 35 million more democratic votes just like that .. wells maybe 'cept Alberta ..

seriously Canada owns you

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Originally posted by dEsidEL annex Canada and u'll have 35 million more democratic votes just like that .. wells maybe 'cept Alberta ..

Hey, you're right! Maybe it wouldn't be that bad if they became the 51st state after all!

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Wasn't there a referendum in Puerto Rico where they decided against becoming the 51st state

i always thought we rejected them but you could be right. didnt really follow it too closely

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 quote: Originally posted by dEsidEL annex Canada and u'll have 35 million more democratic votes just like that .. wells maybe 'cept Alberta .. Hey, you're right! Maybe it wouldn't be that bad if they became the 51st state after all!

i dont think they'd ever let themselves be but you have a point hmm.. we could always jut take them by force! worked for Iraq, oh, wait...

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Originally posted by ZinG Italian explorer John Cabot reached Newfoundland in 1497, while French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the region in the 1500s.......

I heard that Vikings from Greenland got here before anyone. Lets also not forget about the Native Americans.

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Canada has some similarities with europe, but it is soooo much that is not europe. Now i havent lived in the US, but i think that i still can say that there is a lot of differences between the two. Canada is Canada and its cool

I agree with you! I've lived in all 3 (numerous countries in Europe). Canada is awesome. It's not really like Europe because i believe the places i lived in in Europe (Ireland, England, Belgium) were much more free than Canada, the culture is too different to be able to compare it to Europe. However it's also not at all like the States in the sense that the cultural mix in Canada brought something which the cultural mix in the Sates doesn't have -- but then again I was living in Tennessee and to be honest, people over there were none too plussed about other races anyways.

Maybe i'm wrong though. When i was living in the states, the difference of culture wasn't that varied. Mainly Hispanics and African Americans.
In Canada, my friends are from pretty much everywhere, from Eastern Europe, to Asia, to Africa, to South America
I <3 Canada though hehe... but Europe is definitely lots of fun too!

If you wanted more cultural diversity in the States it would be best to be in the larger more culturally diverse cities equal in size with say a Toronto. Like you stated you probably won't get that in Tennessee, but perhaps NYC, Boston, Miami, Chicago, cities in Cali etc. Blacks and hispanics are the largest minorities so it makes sense that you see lots of them

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