Eaglesmack, why would you wish to claim that our pride is false when it is not? Surely we are roughly equally conceited, prideful as the world, but we have the good reason of providence, the justification of luck, and a great debt to the dead.
I do not think having pride in your country is a bad thing at all. I believe that all Canadians should be proud. But it seems as they just can't proud to be Canadian...they have to sling mud south.
If I was to come up with a list titled "Things that make the United States great" you can be darn sure that Canada would not be mentioned. Not once. Not one comparison. No need to.
On the other hand if I was to make a same list and had over 15 items that say "we are better than Canada" this Forum would go bananas.