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| quote: | Originally posted by thesauce23
[QUOTE]Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Canadians are SO sensitive../QUOTE]
ur kinda right there. from what i got out of living in toronto, anytime the word America or American is heard, canadians kind of cringe at it for some damn reason. its like they have a natural inclination to not like us or anything to do with us. so i just accepted it and let it be. |
hehe I dont wanna go there with this statement I think Canadians like whomever they like on a personal basis, including Americans, as I have many friends from here that I love dearly (and vise versa).
However, the lines get blurred when there is a global competition, because there is no longer an individual face, and instead we are competing for a group/country/flag. When the lines get blurred, people get defensive and suddenly the claws come out on anything they can throw out there because they temporarily forget the individuals and go straight into "group defense mode" (ie: endless excuses and arguments over whom is better at sports/politics/economics/whatever!)
We all do it when there is competition, some more sensitive than others based on their "groups" relationship with one another. (look how crazy it gets at an international soccer game when politics, sports, and national pride are mixed!) 
edit: in other words I dont get mad when people get defensive, because I am a rational human being and understand why they are reacting in such a way, I just think some people need to simmer down and/or take their emotions out on people whom are REALLY saying some nasty shit I am not one of them, so its a waste of energy to get defensive with me 
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