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Since we're making pointless declarations...I really do love Canada. It's pretty neat. 3 oceans, wide open spaces, good fishing and hunting, and hey, I was born here, so of course I have a tie. That and First Nations people. We're pretty neat. Europeans think we're exotic. That's always nice!

I love Canada, too! It's where I've always thought I'd eventually move. It really is the true north strong and free! :)

I predict we'll have an "I love Ice-Cream" thread or something of the like soon... *groan*

I love Canada as well and have often thought of moving there. I am saddened that the U.S. is going to force citizens to get passports to go there as I visit Canada often.

I love it too.

I am saddened that the U.S. is going to force citizens to get passports to go there as I visit Canada often.
You're kidding, right?

I predict we'll have an "I love Ice-Cream" thread or something of the like soon... *groan*
To be serious for a moment...I don't see the need to make these ridiculous declarations. All it ends up being as a WE LOVE versus the WE HATE group. And it's annoying. Though I suspect there are few people who hate Canada the way some people seem to hate other countries. (how you can hate a country...or love it for that matter...is a little beyond me unless you're just talking geography...)

Since we're making pointless declarations...I really do love Canada. It's pretty neat. 3 oceans, wide open spaces, good fishing and hunting, and hey, I was born here, so of course I have a tie. That and First Nations people. We're pretty neat. Europeans think we're exotic. That's always nice!


Pointless, huh?


I'll weigh in here and say that from my experiences in Canada and with Canadians, I like it fine. So far.

You're kidding, right?
Unfortunately, no. That is in the cards already, TSA.

I love Canada too. They have moose. And, as I have stated on other threads, they probably have ninja. And ninja moose!

You're kidding, right?
Both Canadians and US citizens are being required more often than not to have a passport when crossing the border. I know people are against this, but I always thought it strange NOT to have a passport. You're going into another country after all...and the only ID that would be internationally recognised would be your passport...

Damn you beat me to it Sinuhue!

I love Canada too, it is one of the greatest nations to ever grace this fair world... However we do have some problems...

To be serious for a moment...I don't see the need to make these ridiculous declarations. All it ends up being as a WE LOVE versus the WE HATE group. And it's annoying. Though I suspect there are few people who hate Canada the way some people seem to hate other countries. (how you can hate a country...or love it for that matter...is a little beyond me unless you're just talking geography...)


Maybe after having endured the constant verbal hurricanes of shrill and hateful bias, some people want to say something positive.

You're kidding, right?

yes and no, here's the story

Q: That brings up Canada. A passport seems burdensome for travelers driving across.

A: "We're coming up with the concept of a travel card, a single card to go in your pocket. It would be as secure as a passport but considerably cheaper, at least half the price. It would look like a driver's license."

here's link
http://www.freep.com/features/travel/creager7e_20050807.htm

Pointless, huh?


I'll weigh in here and say that from my experiences in Canada and with Canadians, I like it fine. So far.
And I'd like to say that there is not a single country on this planet "I HATE". I may not like certain people, and I may have contact with, or be influenced by a certain group of people more than others, but that still doesn't make me 'hate'. Just dislike. And never as a whole. Silly rabbit...hate is for the small-minded!

:p Damn you beat me to it Sinuhue!

I love Canada too, it is one of the greatest nations to ever grace this fair world... However we do have some problems...
That's putting it mildly....how Canadian of you!

Since we're making pointless declarations...I really do love Canada. It's pretty neat. 3 oceans, wide open spaces, good fishing and hunting, and hey, I was born here, so of course I have a tie. That and First Nations people. We're pretty neat. Europeans think we're exotic. That's always nice!
I love Canada too, but probably for different reasons than most who will be posting to this thread. :D

Woot! I love being a part of something truly multi-cultural, dispite attempts by some conservatively-minded people to resist that (and no, I don't even mean Klein).

Maybe after having endured the constant verbal hurricanes of shrill and hateful bias, some people want to say something positive.
Well...say something with content then.

And the same people who have 'endured the constant verbal hurricanes of shrill and hateful bias" (nice imagery by the way) would do good by not directing the same at others. It's a two way street on this board...though it seems to be contained to a particular group of shrill and hatefully biased folk. Thankfully.

What bothers me is that because of these wankers ON BOTH SIDES, real criticisms based on real issues tend to irritate the skins of those who have already been rubbed raw by the wankings of the wankers, and gets dismissed automatically as 'bashing'. Well...some clearly is. Saying, "so and so sucks/is an idiot/sleeps with sheep" is a lot different than saying, "I really think this is a terrible policy because....". Yet too often, these two sentences are taken the same way :(

Problem #1 - Making amends to the First Nations people for what we've done to them.

Problem #2 - Fixing the Healthcare system and the problem of a two-tier system which seems to be in the works now (for Quebec at least)

Problem #3 - Getting Canada more involved on the International Stage - and no this doesen't mean getting a bigger military.

Woot! I love being a part of something truly multi-cultural, dispite attempts by some conservatively-minded people to resist that (and no, I don't even mean Klein).
I think these are some major bonuses of living in either Canada or the US. The fact that we are exposed to so many different cultures...we grow up seeing it as normal, without really realising how extraordinary that is! Until you travel to a country where everyone has the same hair colour, accent, and so on...you don't really realise how awesome it is to have the world at your fingertips like this!

Problem #2 - Fixing the Healthcare system and the problem of a two-tier system which seems to be in the works now (for Quebec at least)


It seems to be current thinking that Canadian healthcare is 'broken'...but I question that. Why did it work so well before? Why has the funding been slashed so dreadfully, and then the consequences blamed on the system, rather than the lack of funding? In my lifetime I have seen hospital after hospital closed...medicare centres becoming little private/public islands with no connection to one another (and few 24 hour clinics anymore). Healthcare DID work. It's been broken by the same people who claim it is inherently flawed. Kind of the way education is going.

Well...say something with content then.

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Too cynical to spend that time and have it bandied about by self loathing pre teens.

You made your statement. I responded with my own positive observations. If I had truly justified negative feelings I likely would have kept them to myself as you posted under the pretext of being happy with your subject. I'm not one to piss on someone else's parade, unless they really deserve it.
So I added my positive opinion to help prop you up, in the spirit of good faith.

SOMETHING YOU WILL RARELY,IF EVER SEE WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE REVERSED. its ok, I'm used to being better than that.

[QUOTE=Sinuhue] "wankings of the wankers"

I love this and would carry it with my sig if I knew how. Sounds like a title to a Dr.Suess book.

Yes- you state something your'e proud of in here and a cadre of guttersnipes churn up some bullshit-a pre-emptive strike? Then every one just stands there hooting and flinging their own excrement at each other for another 12 pages.

Anyway-Canada's fine with me. Seemingly good people, beautiful countryside.

It seems to be current thinking that Canadian healthcare is 'broken'...but I question that. Why did it work so well before? Why has the funding been slashed so dreadfully, and then the consequences blamed on the system, rather than the lack of funding? In my lifetime I have seen hospital after hospital closed...medicare centres becoming little private/public islands with no connection to one another (and few 24 hour clinics anymore). Healthcare DID work. It's been broken by the same people who claim it is inherently flawed. Kind of the way education is going.

I totally agree with you in that funding is a major problem, but we also have the problem of a bureacucy which doesen't know how to properly manage the funds it gets in the first place. Another problem is that we Canadians seems to think that we can get a top-class healthcare system even while asking for more and more tax cuts. Sorry but it doesen't work that way guys...

Everyone loves Canada! (and Marineland, too!)...

No. I don't love Marineland. Poor fish.
Yes. From now on, orcs will be fish. Yea.

I really do love Canada.

I don't.

I don't.
You would if you got to know it. Here, I'll introduce you!

Canada, this is Freudotopia!

(Canada) Pleased to meet you! Want some beer and peanuts?

There. Issue resolved.

I love Canada too. You guys make good bacon. Keep up the good work!

You would if you got to know it. Here, I'll introduce you!

Canada, this is Freudotopia!

(Canada) Pleased to meet you! Want some beer and peanuts?

There. Issue resolved.
And sex! Don't ... forget ... the ... sex! :D

And sex! Don't ... forget ... the ... sex! :D
And he's finally revealed what he loves about Canada....the women love to put out ;)

And our Canadian cradles are easier to rob! *ducks*

And he's finally revealed what he loves about Canada....the women love to put out ;)

And our Canadian cradles are easier to rob! *ducks*

My experience is limited, yet still supports this claim.

My experience is limited, yet still supports this claim.
What...the women putting out, or the easy cradle robbing?

What...the women putting out, or the easy cradle robbing?

The women putting out. I'm still on the young side to be considered robbing the cradle.

The women putting out. I'm still on the young side to be considered robbing the cradle.
No...the girls you'd be 'cradle robbing' are still on the young side. You are an old gaffer:).

No...the girls you'd be 'cradle robbing' are still on the young side. You are an old gaffer:).

the only think old about me is my date of birth.

I love Canada too! I love everywhere though. Although I have to admit that most politicians or govt. leaders or kings or queens or whatever you want to call them suck major ass. There are some good ones too, but they are the exception and not the rule.

Go Canada!

I love Canada too! I love everywhere though. Although I have to admit that most politicians or govt. leaders or kings or queens or whatever you want to call them suck major ass. There are some good ones too, but they are the exception and not the rule.

Go Canada!
I agree. We should be hating those in charge, not the ones who have to put up with them...because regardless of who you vote in, hoping to not get f*cked for a change, you always end up getting f*cked. And not in the fun, slippery, messy way you enjoy.

Since we're making pointless declarations...I really do love Canada. It's pretty neat. 3 oceans, wide open spaces, good fishing and hunting, and hey, I was born here, so of course I have a tie. That and First Nations people. We're pretty neat. Europeans think we're exotic. That's always nice!
:confused: Pointless?

And Canada is fine. But...there is another...

I love Canada too. great neighbors, great land, great manufactures.

I agree. We should be hating those in charge, not the ones who have to put up with them...because regardless of who you vote in, hoping to not get f*cked for a change, you always end up getting f*cked. And not in the fun, slippery, messy way you enjoy.


We need to get together to show them the right way to f*ck I guess. :D Then if there is time, we'll bitch slap them and tell them to stop being greedy, power-hungry war-mongering hypocrits.

:confused: Pointless?

And Canada is fine. But...there is another...

Quit being so anti-Canadian

Quite being so anti-Canadian
...You can't be serious...

...You can't be serious...

:p

...You can't be serious...
I think you mean to say, "You c*nt, be serious!"

:p
*slap*

You've lost your sarcasm priveleges! (sp)

*slap*

You've lost your sarcasm priveleges! (sp)

oh no you di'nt :eek:

You don't want a slap fight with me.
I'll slap your face on the ground
so hard you'll think its
the second coming of Christ.


I have no idea - i know it doesn't make sense

oh no you di'nt :eek:

You don't want a slap fight with me.
I'll slap your face on the ground
so hard you'll think its
the second coming of Christ.


I have no idea - i know it doesn't make sense
Some people tell me that they're going to slap me so hard my children will feel it. That's when I cover my balls. :eek:

Some people tell me that they're going to slap me so hard my children will feel it. That's when I cover my balls. :eek:

I'll purple nurple you so bad it'll create a vortex thru time and space. :D

I just had maple syrup with Grand Marnier added to it. It made my pancakes sit up and take notice, I tell ya.

Only in Canada...

Canada is what every nation on the planet should aspire to be.

I just had maple syrup with Grand Marnier added to it. It made my pancakes sit up and take notice, I tell ya.

Only in Canada...
It's a heck of a lot more expensive to buy real maple syrup, but oh my goodness is it every worth it...

...did you ever pour maple syrup on snow and eat it like that? It's awesome!

But you know what's even better than Canada? ...EASTERN CANADA! I <3 everything east of Ontario.

I just had maple syrup with Grand Marnier added to it. It made my pancakes sit up and take notice, I tell ya.

Only in Canada...

I love Grand Marnier. Thats a good idea.

It's a heck of a lot more expensive to buy real maple syrup, but oh my goodness is it every worth it...

...did you ever pour maple syrup on snow and eat it like that? It's awesome!

We only buy real maple syrup. Its well worth it. I shudder when I think of "Log Cabin" or "Mrs.Butterworth's"

To me, its the equivalent of buying meat for your family- which would you buy,-Spam or a London Broil?

london Broil costs more, but there really isnt any doubt as to what you would do.

Since we're making pointless declarations...I really do love Canada. It's pretty neat. 3 oceans, wide open spaces, good fishing and hunting, and hey, I was born here, so of course I have a tie. That and First Nations people. We're pretty neat. Europeans think we're exotic. That's always nice!My boyfriend and I are going to Toronto for a week next month, and I'm really looking forward to it. I was briefly in the Niagara region (not just the Falls) about three years ago, and it was lovely. We'd have loved to have gone for longer to explore the rest of what the country has to offer, but it was bad timing on my part :( Still, it will give us an excuse to go back in the future ;)

how you can hate a country...or love it for that matter...is a little beyond me
You started the thread. you should know. I like Canada.

...3 oceans...
Which one is the third?

It's a heck of a lot more expensive to buy real maple syrup, but oh my goodness is it every worth it...

...did you ever pour maple syrup on snow and eat it like that? It's awesome!
It's so expensive I buy it only a few times a year in 250 ml bottles. And yeah, one of my earliest memories is of trickling it on snow at a sugarring-off party in the woods.

Mmmmm.

Which one is the third?
The Arctic, silly. From coast to coast to coast... make mine Canada.

The Arctic, silly. From coast to coast to coast... make mine Canada.
Ooooooh. Of course. Silly me :(

Which one is the third?self-own. :D

Wow, this sounds like a meeting of the mutual appreciation society. ;)

I mean I have a list of wonderful and horrible things about my country. No country is perfect. Still, with that said, I am sure happy that I live here rather than many other places in the world. There is quite a bit to fixed though; example,(touching on someone else's thread) native rights and priviledges. Or perhaps that we are a beginning to get a bit too obsessed with home issues and yet still want to play on the international stage to our fullest extent. Not to say that other countries don't have to deal with these issues but really, let's try to be realistic here, we aren't perfect.

Wow, this sounds like a meeting of the mutual appreciation society. ;)

Well, it is kinda dull... but it's also a response to the equally dull thread of virtually the same name (sub U.S. for Canada). The supposition of the other thread was that tired old line, that nobody never ever ever has anything nice to say about the big bad ol' U.S. of A., and so a self-described whackjob and all-round right-wing knucklewalker decided to wrap himself up all red-white-and-bluelike in a self-congratulatory thread, with much mutual nodding of heads and slapping of backs from the usual suspects.

Piffle. Canada is where it's at.

I love Canada so long as it remains part of Britain.

The French section I could do without.

I love Canada so long as it remains part of Britain.

The French section I could do without.
The Red States I could do without. Maybe they could become true to their cause and re-christen their nascent theocratic, fundamentalist-Christian eutopia 'Contemptiblebastardstan'.

CANADA FUCKING RULES!

I am so proud to be Canadian, I piss maple syrup and shit...lumber..

but yeah, whats not to love? Awesome bud, girls, and people! The government is liberal, the land is sexy, jesus christ i love my beautiful country.