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Canadian flag on the backback myth
I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe the
myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if they know they are Canadian. I've had some people tell me this and I can't believe that intelligent Canadians fall for that bunk. I've traveled a lot and most of the world sees one rich foreigner as pretty much the same as another rich foreigner. One Canadian woman in Turkey told me Canadian flags ensured better treatment, and I noticed Turkish men were in the habit of coming up to her and grabbing her tits in the street (she wore 2 Canadian flags), and a guy in Beijing who was being threatened by a cab driver who wanted $50 US for a 10 minute cab ride (he had a big plastic Canadian flag on his back). Whenever I ask a Canadian about this every one has held that it is true. One English teacher said there was some famous Canadian comedian that Chinese knew. I pointed out that the most popular person on Earth was an American. He repeated with total conviction that anywhere in China average people will treat you better if they know you are Canadian. Is this some kind of Canadian folk legend and if so is it true that most people believe it. Where does this strange belief (that a rich foreigner who is Canadian is more your friend then an American) come from? Is it a little misplaced nationalism (entirely harmless) or is it from a deeper desire to make up for Canadian inferiority? |
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Xomicron wrote in news:G%Ouc.4190$1L4.1364@okepread02:
I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe the myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if they know they are Canadian. There may have been a time (10 or 20 years ago) when Canadians were less likely to be targets of terrorist attacks than US citizens. Today, terrorism is a lot less discriminate. |
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On Mon, 31 May 2004 23:14:46 GMT, Xomicron wrote:
I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe the myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if they know they are Canadian. I've had some people tell me this and I can't believe that intelligent Canadians fall for that bunk. I've traveled a lot and most of the world sees one rich foreigner as pretty much the same as another rich foreigner. One Canadian woman in Turkey told me Canadian flags ensured better treatment, and I noticed Turkish men were in the habit of coming up to her and grabbing her tits in the street (she wore 2 Canadian flags), and a guy in Beijing who was being threatened by a cab driver who wanted $50 US for a 10 minute cab ride (he had a big plastic Canadian flag on his back). Whenever I ask a Canadian about this every one has held that it is true. One English teacher said there was some famous Canadian comedian that Chinese knew. I pointed out that the most popular person on Earth was an American. He repeated with total conviction that anywhere in China average people will treat you better if they know you are Canadian. Is this some kind of Canadian folk legend and if so is it true that most people believe it. Where does this strange belief (that a rich foreigner who is Canadian is more your friend then an American) come from? Is it a little misplaced nationalism (entirely harmless) or is it from a deeper desire to make up for Canadian inferiority? I have heard lots of stories of American's wearing Maple Leaf pins so they won't get dissed for being American. Is this true? You are one crappy troll. |
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Cam Newton writes:
I have heard lots of stories of American's wearing Maple Leaf pins so they won't get dissed for being American. Is this true? There are more people wearing Canadian flags than I'd expect if they were all truly Canadian. There are probably Americans stupid enough to try this. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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"Cam Newton" wrote in message ... .... I have heard lots of stories of American's wearing Maple Leaf pins so they won't get dissed for being American. Is this true? I discovered a couple of days ago a very easy way to tell Americans from Canadians (one guy from Mid-West USA had a very similar accent to the Canadians). Tell them it was 35 degrees yesterday. If they think that is hot, they are Canadian, if they think it is cold, they are American. Colin Bignell |
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To be honest I kind of got that impression from the number of Americans who took
refuge behind a Cdn flag on their packs etc. I myself served in the Canadian military and spent the best part of my life wondering around Europe and I always found that we were very well received everywhere and I am particularly "in love" with the wonderful manner with which we were treated by the Dutch. Had something to do with what our fathers did. (o: Xomicron wrote: I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe the myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if they know they are Canadian. I've had some people tell me this and I can't believe that intelligent Canadians fall for that bunk. I've traveled a lot and most of the world sees one rich foreigner as pretty much the same as another rich foreigner. One Canadian woman in Turkey told me Canadian flags ensured better treatment, and I noticed Turkish men were in the habit of coming up to her and grabbing her tits in the street (she wore 2 Canadian flags), and a guy in Beijing who was being threatened by a cab driver who wanted $50 US for a 10 minute cab ride (he had a big plastic Canadian flag on his back). Whenever I ask a Canadian about this every one has held that it is true. One English teacher said there was some famous Canadian comedian that Chinese knew. I pointed out that the most popular person on Earth was an American. He repeated with total conviction that anywhere in China average people will treat you better if they know you are Canadian. Is this some kind of Canadian folk legend and if so is it true that most people believe it. Where does this strange belief (that a rich foreigner who is Canadian is more your friend then an American) come from? Is it a little misplaced nationalism (entirely harmless) or is it from a deeper desire to make up for Canadian inferiority? |
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Robert R. wrote: I am particularly "in love" with the wonderful manner with which we were treated by the Dutch. Had something to do with what our fathers did. (o: Hi, that much may be true. much like the town in france that periodically invites my father in law back to visit (on their euros)... something about what he did in '44. but a lot of these old soldiers didn't make it back. and they don't get many visitors anymore. anytime you're in europe and you see a little sign on a 2 lane road pointing to the "american cemetery" pay a visit and chat. -- MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2003 ENTERPRISE SERVER W/ 25 LICENSES http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3678485459 Cobray/Et Cetera Derringer Sideplates http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3680513644 |
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On Mon, 31 May 2004 19:29:06 -0400, "Robert R."
wrote: To be honest I kind of got that impression from the number of Americans who took refuge behind a Cdn flag on their packs etc. Get over yourself you stupid moose ****er. Repeating that idiotic urban myth is not going to make it any more true than when the first flannel shirt wearing drunken moron from CanaDuh pulled it out of his ass after stumbling over the snow bank where he clubbed a baby seal. Oh and that dutch clog **** who wanted to shake your hand so badly was only trying to nick your watch until he discovered it was a 10 dollar Hong Kong knock off. |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:01:33 GMT, Ken Ehrett wrote:
On Mon, 31 May 2004 19:29:06 -0400, "Robert R." wrote: To be honest I kind of got that impression from the number of Americans who took refuge behind a Cdn flag on their packs etc. Get over yourself you stupid moose ****er. Repeating that idiotic urban myth is not going to make it any more true than when the first flannel shirt wearing drunken moron from CanaDuh pulled it out of his ass after stumbling over the snow bank where he clubbed a baby seal. Oh and that dutch clog **** who wanted to shake your hand so badly was only trying to nick your watch until he discovered it was a 10 dollar Hong Kong knock off. You are the Ugly American in this thread. |
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