American Ignorance About Canada
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The local papers are something I noticed when I was in the US last time...they are really local papers. They might have some national coverage, but there is hardly anything international. I found that odd because here even small cities tend to have international coverage in their local papers.
The local papers are something I noticed when I was in the US last time...they are really local papers. They might have some national coverage, but there is hardly anything international. I found that odd because here even small cities tend to have international coverage in their local papers.
RE: American Ignorance Ab
The local papers are something I noticed when I was in the US last time...they are really local papers. They might have some national coverage, but there is hardly anything international. I found that odd because here even small cities tend to have international coverage in their local papers.
The local papers are something I noticed when I was in the US last time...they are really local papers. They might have some national coverage, but there is hardly anything international. I found that odd because here even small cities tend to have international coverage in their local papers.
RE: American Ignorance Ab
The local papers are something I noticed when I was in the US last time...they are really local papers. They might have some national coverage, but there is hardly anything international. I found that odd because here even small cities tend to have international coverage in their local papers.
The local papers are something I noticed when I was in the US last time...they are really local papers. They might have some national coverage, but there is hardly anything international. I found that odd because here even small cities tend to have international coverage in their local papers.
Exactly. The only time you get any international news is when there's some kind of disaster, such as natural disasters or war.
Over here we get all kinds of international news.
Over here we get all kinds of international news.
Exactly. The only time you get any international news is when there's some kind of disaster, such as natural disasters or war.
Over here we get all kinds of international news.
Over here we get all kinds of international news.
Exactly. The only time you get any international news is when there's some kind of disaster, such as natural disasters or war.
Over here we get all kinds of international news.
Over here we get all kinds of international news.
Whoa, Montana looks to be a seriously hot babe, if that tiny picture is any guide...
But I digress, as I often do. So Americans are ignorant of Canada? So what? That's probably a good thing, keeps them from flooding up here in large numbers. I'll never forget the Ugly American I encountered in Banff many years ago. Big pink Cadillac, Texas plates, steer horns on the front... He got out of his massive car, hitched his belt up a bit under his mighty belly, tipped back his Stetson, looked up at the mountains, and drawled, "This is abaht the purtiest part o' the States Ah bin in." I didn't believe people like that existed until I saw that guy, he was a caricature of a tv Texan. Somehow he missed the fact that he'd crossed an international border a few hours before.
Most Canadians in my experience are pretty ignorant about America too. Or go to Britain some time, and you'll find that anywhere outside London many people have never been more than about 50 kilometers from where they were born, and know nothing much about anything outside that tiny little circle. And it seems relevant to add at this point that half the population is by definition of below average intelligence, as somebody else remarked here recently, and a person of average intelligence isn't really very smart. 40-something years of experience in this world has taught me that most people in most places are massively ignorant of what's going on in the world, and most people most of the time have no idea what they're talking about.
People who show up on message boards like this one are generally smarter, better educated, and better informed than the general public, if we discount the few total dipsticks, which is one of the reasons I join things like this. You can have intelligent exchanges with thoughtful people who don't agree with you about major issues, and that's a good thing, keeps your mind sharp and your prejudices suppressed. And anyone who claims to have no prejudices is either a liar or a fool.
People we choose for friends in real life generally share our world views and agree with us on many things, that's how they get to be our friends, but if you're going to claim to be an educated and informed person, you have to learn to deal intelligently with other points of view.
But most people don't bother. In my not very humble opinion, most people are ignorant about most things. So it doesn't much concern me that many Americans are woefully ignorant about Canada. What concerns me is that Americans in positions of great power--George Bush comes to mind--are also ignorant about Canada, and the world, and reality in general.
Think about this: war is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.
But I digress, as I often do. So Americans are ignorant of Canada? So what? That's probably a good thing, keeps them from flooding up here in large numbers. I'll never forget the Ugly American I encountered in Banff many years ago. Big pink Cadillac, Texas plates, steer horns on the front... He got out of his massive car, hitched his belt up a bit under his mighty belly, tipped back his Stetson, looked up at the mountains, and drawled, "This is abaht the purtiest part o' the States Ah bin in." I didn't believe people like that existed until I saw that guy, he was a caricature of a tv Texan. Somehow he missed the fact that he'd crossed an international border a few hours before.
Most Canadians in my experience are pretty ignorant about America too. Or go to Britain some time, and you'll find that anywhere outside London many people have never been more than about 50 kilometers from where they were born, and know nothing much about anything outside that tiny little circle. And it seems relevant to add at this point that half the population is by definition of below average intelligence, as somebody else remarked here recently, and a person of average intelligence isn't really very smart. 40-something years of experience in this world has taught me that most people in most places are massively ignorant of what's going on in the world, and most people most of the time have no idea what they're talking about.
People who show up on message boards like this one are generally smarter, better educated, and better informed than the general public, if we discount the few total dipsticks, which is one of the reasons I join things like this. You can have intelligent exchanges with thoughtful people who don't agree with you about major issues, and that's a good thing, keeps your mind sharp and your prejudices suppressed. And anyone who claims to have no prejudices is either a liar or a fool.
People we choose for friends in real life generally share our world views and agree with us on many things, that's how they get to be our friends, but if you're going to claim to be an educated and informed person, you have to learn to deal intelligently with other points of view.
But most people don't bother. In my not very humble opinion, most people are ignorant about most things. So it doesn't much concern me that many Americans are woefully ignorant about Canada. What concerns me is that Americans in positions of great power--George Bush comes to mind--are also ignorant about Canada, and the world, and reality in general.
Think about this: war is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.
Whoa, Montana looks to be a seriously hot babe, if that tiny picture is any guide...
But I digress, as I often do. So Americans are ignorant of Canada? So what? That's probably a good thing, keeps them from flooding up here in large numbers. I'll never forget the Ugly American I encountered in Banff many years ago. Big pink Cadillac, Texas plates, steer horns on the front... He got out of his massive car, hitched his belt up a bit under his mighty belly, tipped back his Stetson, looked up at the mountains, and drawled, "This is abaht the purtiest part o' the States Ah bin in." I didn't believe people like that existed until I saw that guy, he was a caricature of a tv Texan. Somehow he missed the fact that he'd crossed an international border a few hours before.
Most Canadians in my experience are pretty ignorant about America too. Or go to Britain some time, and you'll find that anywhere outside London many people have never been more than about 50 kilometers from where they were born, and know nothing much about anything outside that tiny little circle. And it seems relevant to add at this point that half the population is by definition of below average intelligence, as somebody else remarked here recently, and a person of average intelligence isn't really very smart. 40-something years of experience in this world has taught me that most people in most places are massively ignorant of what's going on in the world, and most people most of the time have no idea what they're talking about.
People who show up on message boards like this one are generally smarter, better educated, and better informed than the general public, if we discount the few total dipsticks, which is one of the reasons I join things like this. You can have intelligent exchanges with thoughtful people who don't agree with you about major issues, and that's a good thing, keeps your mind sharp and your prejudices suppressed. And anyone who claims to have no prejudices is either a liar or a fool.
People we choose for friends in real life generally share our world views and agree with us on many things, that's how they get to be our friends, but if you're going to claim to be an educated and informed person, you have to learn to deal intelligently with other points of view.
But most people don't bother. In my not very humble opinion, most people are ignorant about most things. So it doesn't much concern me that many Americans are woefully ignorant about Canada. What concerns me is that Americans in positions of great power--George Bush comes to mind--are also ignorant about Canada, and the world, and reality in general.
Think about this: war is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.
But I digress, as I often do. So Americans are ignorant of Canada? So what? That's probably a good thing, keeps them from flooding up here in large numbers. I'll never forget the Ugly American I encountered in Banff many years ago. Big pink Cadillac, Texas plates, steer horns on the front... He got out of his massive car, hitched his belt up a bit under his mighty belly, tipped back his Stetson, looked up at the mountains, and drawled, "This is abaht the purtiest part o' the States Ah bin in." I didn't believe people like that existed until I saw that guy, he was a caricature of a tv Texan. Somehow he missed the fact that he'd crossed an international border a few hours before.
Most Canadians in my experience are pretty ignorant about America too. Or go to Britain some time, and you'll find that anywhere outside London many people have never been more than about 50 kilometers from where they were born, and know nothing much about anything outside that tiny little circle. And it seems relevant to add at this point that half the population is by definition of below average intelligence, as somebody else remarked here recently, and a person of average intelligence isn't really very smart. 40-something years of experience in this world has taught me that most people in most places are massively ignorant of what's going on in the world, and most people most of the time have no idea what they're talking about.
People who show up on message boards like this one are generally smarter, better educated, and better informed than the general public, if we discount the few total dipsticks, which is one of the reasons I join things like this. You can have intelligent exchanges with thoughtful people who don't agree with you about major issues, and that's a good thing, keeps your mind sharp and your prejudices suppressed. And anyone who claims to have no prejudices is either a liar or a fool.
People we choose for friends in real life generally share our world views and agree with us on many things, that's how they get to be our friends, but if you're going to claim to be an educated and informed person, you have to learn to deal intelligently with other points of view.
But most people don't bother. In my not very humble opinion, most people are ignorant about most things. So it doesn't much concern me that many Americans are woefully ignorant about Canada. What concerns me is that Americans in positions of great power--George Bush comes to mind--are also ignorant about Canada, and the world, and reality in general.
Think about this: war is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.
Whoa, Montana looks to be a seriously hot babe, if that tiny picture is any guide...
But I digress, as I often do. So Americans are ignorant of Canada? So what? That's probably a good thing, keeps them from flooding up here in large numbers. I'll never forget the Ugly American I encountered in Banff many years ago. Big pink Cadillac, Texas plates, steer horns on the front... He got out of his massive car, hitched his belt up a bit under his mighty belly, tipped back his Stetson, looked up at the mountains, and drawled, "This is abaht the purtiest part o' the States Ah bin in." I didn't believe people like that existed until I saw that guy, he was a caricature of a tv Texan. Somehow he missed the fact that he'd crossed an international border a few hours before.
Most Canadians in my experience are pretty ignorant about America too. Or go to Britain some time, and you'll find that anywhere outside London many people have never been more than about 50 kilometers from where they were born, and know nothing much about anything outside that tiny little circle. And it seems relevant to add at this point that half the population is by definition of below average intelligence, as somebody else remarked here recently, and a person of average intelligence isn't really very smart. 40-something years of experience in this world has taught me that most people in most places are massively ignorant of what's going on in the world, and most people most of the time have no idea what they're talking about.
People who show up on message boards like this one are generally smarter, better educated, and better informed than the general public, if we discount the few total dipsticks, which is one of the reasons I join things like this. You can have intelligent exchanges with thoughtful people who don't agree with you about major issues, and that's a good thing, keeps your mind sharp and your prejudices suppressed. And anyone who claims to have no prejudices is either a liar or a fool.
People we choose for friends in real life generally share our world views and agree with us on many things, that's how they get to be our friends, but if you're going to claim to be an educated and informed person, you have to learn to deal intelligently with other points of view.
But most people don't bother. In my not very humble opinion, most people are ignorant about most things. So it doesn't much concern me that many Americans are woefully ignorant about Canada. What concerns me is that Americans in positions of great power--George Bush comes to mind--are also ignorant about Canada, and the world, and reality in general.
Think about this: war is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.
But I digress, as I often do. So Americans are ignorant of Canada? So what? That's probably a good thing, keeps them from flooding up here in large numbers. I'll never forget the Ugly American I encountered in Banff many years ago. Big pink Cadillac, Texas plates, steer horns on the front... He got out of his massive car, hitched his belt up a bit under his mighty belly, tipped back his Stetson, looked up at the mountains, and drawled, "This is abaht the purtiest part o' the States Ah bin in." I didn't believe people like that existed until I saw that guy, he was a caricature of a tv Texan. Somehow he missed the fact that he'd crossed an international border a few hours before.
Most Canadians in my experience are pretty ignorant about America too. Or go to Britain some time, and you'll find that anywhere outside London many people have never been more than about 50 kilometers from where they were born, and know nothing much about anything outside that tiny little circle. And it seems relevant to add at this point that half the population is by definition of below average intelligence, as somebody else remarked here recently, and a person of average intelligence isn't really very smart. 40-something years of experience in this world has taught me that most people in most places are massively ignorant of what's going on in the world, and most people most of the time have no idea what they're talking about.
People who show up on message boards like this one are generally smarter, better educated, and better informed than the general public, if we discount the few total dipsticks, which is one of the reasons I join things like this. You can have intelligent exchanges with thoughtful people who don't agree with you about major issues, and that's a good thing, keeps your mind sharp and your prejudices suppressed. And anyone who claims to have no prejudices is either a liar or a fool.
People we choose for friends in real life generally share our world views and agree with us on many things, that's how they get to be our friends, but if you're going to claim to be an educated and informed person, you have to learn to deal intelligently with other points of view.
But most people don't bother. In my not very humble opinion, most people are ignorant about most things. So it doesn't much concern me that many Americans are woefully ignorant about Canada. What concerns me is that Americans in positions of great power--George Bush comes to mind--are also ignorant about Canada, and the world, and reality in general.
Think about this: war is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.
Dexter
Thank you for the compliment :-D
Moghrabi
LOL! Unfortunately, Bush's ass is full of $$, among other things. I just used the $$ signs because I'm new here and felt the need to be polite ;-)
Thank you for the compliment :-D
Moghrabi
LOL! Unfortunately, Bush's ass is full of $$, among other things. I just used the $$ signs because I'm new here and felt the need to be polite ;-)