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....in fact, with all the problems in the world, no country should be called the greatest. No country is doing what we need for this world because of all the nationalism, racism, and ignorance.

But Canada...oh Canada. You have your problems. I don't blame Canada, I blame Canadians. Now let me be clear, when I say Canadians from here on in, I mean most Canadians, not all. Let's take a look at many of the claims that make Canada and Canadians so great, in the opinion of Canadians.

Despite their claim to being knowledgeable about the world, Canadians are among the most ignorant people in the world. Much of what they know about the world is actually about America. GASP! Yes, Canadians know more about America than many Americans, and they definitely know more about America than Americans know about Canada. Outside of that little debate that always happens, they really know little about the world or their own country which does have a beautiful history and story to tell.

Canadians always talk about how great their country is, but really they only compare it to America. Is Canada clean? Yes, it's clean....compared to most of America. But are the streets of Canadian cities cleaner than many European cities, or Asian cities like Tokyo, Osaka, or Singapore? Not by far. These cities put Canadian cities to shame. Canadians are also among the worst polluters in the western world in terms of both household and industrial waste. Are Canadian cities safe? Yes, again, compared to most American cities. But just like above, most Asian cities are much safer, and many European cities are as well. Are Canadians friendly? Yes, they are friendly...compared to some Americans. Canada is known as a friendly country, and it is...but again, I have received much more hospitality and general goodwill from Asian countries. Heck, I've even seen a claim that Canadians are the best partiers. HA! Give me a party with some Japanese in Tokyo over most parties in Canada. How many of you who voted YES have actually attended a party in another country, or know about the other parties that happen in other countries? (SARStock was a great party though)

Some of the other things Canadians praise ignorantly on this site.

Peace Keeping (the best in the world). Best how? Canada's military equipment stinks, the military is underpaid, and there are many more countries that contribute MORE troops (sheer numbers and percentage) to UN Peacekeeping operations.

The underground railway led to Canada. We never had slavery. Not slavery, but discrimination and segregation was real and practised. Look into Nova Scotia's history and treatment of the blacks.

You can use medical marijuanna (sic) for terminal illness and not be prosecuted and sent to jail, while being denied your medication and not dying because of it. WOW. Do you know many other countries have this, including the USA? I can use marijuana for recreational purposes in some countries too!

We can travel to Cuba if we want. So can MANY other countries. Once again, this is only a comparison to the USA.

Bilingualism is something I'm proud of as a Canadian. It's just an official bilingualism. The vast majority of English Canadians can't speak French at all. Take a look at India for official languages (if having official languages counts for something), and hell, even Belgium is bilingual. Holland is not officially a bilingual country, but it has more bilingual people than Canada, almost everyone there speaks at least two languages.

Those are just some of the claims on this site, along with others that I have heard/seen elsewhere.

Canadians are tooting their own horn a little bit too much. Most praise of Canada comes ignorantly from Canadians, often only comparing it to America.

Before you jump down my throat, I think you should let me answer a few simple questions.

1. Do you love Canada? - Yes I do, and I feel Canada is one of the best countries in the world. But it has a long way to go.

2. Do you like Canadians? - Generally, yes I do, but all this ignorance and nationalistic behaviour has to stop. There is a difference between being proud of your country, and being an ignorant, jingoistic nationalist. Many Canadians can turn into the latter VERY quickly.

I want to see Canada become greater, and many things have to change. Stop Americanising the economy! Work together, volunteer, and think before you act, especially locally. Quit bitching and just fix things, don't leave everything up to the government. Pay people fairly for their work, and raise the minimum wage. Get rid of corporate and union greed. Most of all, stop tooting your own horn. Strengthen labour laws and give people more free time to spend with their families and friends. Fix the many problems that you have, because all this tooting is making you forget about all the problems.

OK, now you can feel free to criticise me all you want. Canadians are great at doing that.

   

I also found this list. I hope this isn't true.

Reasons why we are proud to be Canadian:

1. Smarties (other countries have it)

2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp (Other countries have them)

3. The size of our footballs fields and one less down (and the sport stinks compared to sport with the smaller football fields and one extra down)

4. Baseball is Canadian (nobody is 100% sure of the origin of baseball, both Canada and America claim it and cannot 100% support/discredit the other)

5. Lacrosse is Canadian (no, it is actually a Aboriginal sport played by various North American Indian tribes...but it was popularised in Canada)

6. Hockey is Canadian (there are disputes, but I think they are crazy....OFFICIAL COUNT - 1 THING TO BE PROUD OF)

7. Basketball is Canadian (No, it was invented by a Canadian living in the United States. Using Canadian logic, that would make it an American sport.)

8. Apple pie is Canadian (WTF? It was eaten in Britian LONG before America or Canada, and America popularised it)

9. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass (it's a matter of opinion, and Mr. Rogers was far more popular than Mr. Dress-up. Pretty stupid to include it on this list, which makes it look like you're hurting for things to be proud of. Just another attempt at an American comparison)

10. Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass (Again, a matter of opinion. DD is more popular around the world. Anyways, Krispy Kreme seems to be kicking Tim Horton's ass slowly and surely. Just another attempt at an American comparison)

11. In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...andmost of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie who wasinsane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, sowe came home and partied...Go figure.. (HOLY CHRIST. Talk about a whole shitload of inaccuracies. The British burned down the White House. Mackenzie King wasn't even born until 1874, and I can guarantee that "Canadians didn't get bored and instead they went home and partied." The scary part is, people receive this email and believe it to be true, and become more patriotic based on CRAP.)

12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany. (Ummmm...maybe look into the fact that French Canadians didn't even want to fight in the war. They didn't surrender because they live thousands of KMs away)

13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere. (Canadians surrendered in Hong Kong to the Japanese)

14. Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour. (Oh My God...I am not going to even touch this one because it is so stupid...and just an attempted knock against America)

15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up justin time to get caught. (see above)

16. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on. (BAHAHA....right)

17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface andis still around as the worlds oldest company. (The Royal Mint (Llantrisant), according to the Guiness Book of Records, is the world's oldest company. Kongo Gumi, a family-owned Japanese construction company is said to have been started in the year 578. Also, it did not "own" 10% of the world's surface. King Charles II gave HBC a charter, and that charter gave the company rights to "sole trade and commerce" over all lands that drained into Hudson's Bay — almost four million square kilometres.)

18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human inunder 3 minutes. (WOW! I bet you're proud to be a Canadian now?)

19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo. (HAHA! I bet 99% of Canadians don't)

20. We don't marry our kin-folk. (Just a poor jab at America. Most people don't marry kin)

21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin,zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless liveseach year. (Ugh. Penicillin was invented by Scottish born doctor Alexander Fleming. The Zamboni was invented by Frank Zamboni, a Californian. The telephone was invented by a Scot living in Canada and America. How come basketball can be claimed by Canada because it was a Canadian who invented it, but the telephone, invented by a Scot, is a Canadian invention? Anyways, there is speculation it was invented earlier by a German named Philipp Reis or an Italian named Antonio Meucci, whom the the US Congress officially recognises as the inventor)

22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tellabout it. (Doubtful....still nothing to be proud of)

23. A Canadian invented Superman and Winne the Pooh is named after Winnipeg, MB.. (True and factual...I guess it can be a proud thing for a few people - OFFICIAL COUNT - 2 THINGs TO BE PROUD OF)

BUT MOST IMPORTANT!

24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with
mitts on. OOOoohhhhh Canada!! (oooooooooh that is stupid!)

Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day. (Yet again, another knock against America that has nothing to do with national pride. At least they elect their head of state.)

   

to be honest the way yopu presented your points, no one can critisize it at all... It was done in a even tempered manner with out malice... have to respect that...

   

Yeah, I would have to agree with the RoyalHighlander. I'll take it as constructive criticism.

   

I have more than 2 things to be proud of...

   

HEY Mattimer.. you a PPCLI??

   

nah im not goin for infantry, im in the Regina Royal Rifle reserve unit now, then i'll try to use my IB Diploma to get into RMC.
I wanna become an Intelligence/Signals officer

   

Sorry, I'm not going to be a passive Canadian. I noticed passthedutchie that you've hid where your from. If you dislike Canada this much, GET OUT! If your from somewhere else, STAY THERE! Canada is awesome and that's that.

   

Mattimer, don't you mean the Royal Regina Rifles?

   

LOL didnt take YOU long did it?? Hows it going Regina havent seen you around for a whil;e

   

I've been around fairly regularly, mainly just lurking around. Didn't have much to say with the topics that are being posted.

   

This is exactly what I am talking about. Complete and utter ignorance.

Does is matter where I am from? Why do you want to know? So you can make comparisons with Canada? Of course that's why. You didn't try and counter anything I said. Instead, by being the fool that you are, you have supported a lot of what I mentioned. Thanks, QBCguy.

You obviously have a problem. I don't know whether it's a reading problem, or a comprehension problem. You must have completely missed the part where I said that I love Canada, and how I do feel that it's one of the greatest countries in the world. But I hate seeing ignorant, jingoistic, nationalist scum ruin what was and still could be the greatest country.

You're better off being passive 'cus you look like an arse when you speak.

   

And there are lots of Canadians who have more than two things to be proud of. Well, more than two real things anyways. But these days it seems like those with true and good things to be proud of are in the minority.

By the way, I'd love to hear your reasons. Maybe spreading some truthful things to be proud of will catch on!

   

Things to be proud of here:

http://www.canadaka.net/cka/modules.php ... 50&start=0

Read the whole thing, I spent some time putting it together.

The best way to pick a fight with "ignorant, jingoistic, nationalist scum" is to start a thread titled Dear Canada, you are not the greatest on a website called Canada Kicks Ass. So don't go getting high and mighty, you either did that on purpose, or you are an idiot.

That page of 'facts' you disputed is obviously meant more for entertainment than education. Most of them are just plain funny, hardly worth getting your panties in a knot.

And don't diss Canadas' peackeaping, of all things. Read the article at my posted link.

   

You know, passthekidneystone, you've come to a site called Canada kicks ass, full of people who love and respect Canada. You then start off your tenure here with a topic you knew would probably piss people off and if you didn't know that then your a twit. Is Canada perfect, hell no. There is a lot wrong with Canada as with all nations around this world. There has to be, people live here. Mistakes are made, things are done wrong, people have opposing views on all issues. But with what we have here, and I've travelled the world a fair bit, there is no place like home in my opinion. You can pretend that your being all righteous in your views and that your intent was honouradle, but we all know you wanted to pick a fight with someone.

   

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