Anti-Americanism within Canada is utterly stupid.

Canada is as wealthy as it is due to Our forefathers/Mothers and their hard work. By Producing saleable products and Trading those products, they and we became what we are. We owe no foreign nation anything except to abide by our agreements with them.

Before the US was our largest Trading partner, Britain was. Sometime circa the early 20th century the US began to be our major Trading partner. In both cases neither Britain or the US did much more than Buy some of what they needed from us. We have no obligation to thank either for what was our own doing.

Where I grew up the US had zero influence on its existance and is one of "THE" most successful places in the country if not the most successful .

The US buys anything and everything . They have almost zero success in any feild of origin whether science , technology , or what have you .

Your appeal to the US is ignorant .

If your love for the US is an acknowledgment of them then great , but as wholesomely and influentally as you make it out to be , and an end all , then I suggest you go to the kitchen drawer where the scissors are , cut up your SIN card and leave .

"Anti-Americanism within Canada is utterly stupid." I am not anti-American because I live in America, the Canadian part but I am Anti-US foreign policy in a big way.

There's more to the U.S. than what you see through young eyes. There is history going back hundreds of years that influeneces my thinking not the least of which is the way the two nations laid out side by each, developed over their first couple of centuries.

Next but certainly not least is the manner in which the United States has conducted itself over my short lifetime and that brings us to the present.

I could simply criticize the present administration quite easily regarding their present foreign policy but that would be a little unfair seeing that the U.S.'s foreign policy could be seen as much the same over the last forty or so years, without regard for any specific administration whether Democrat or Republican.
And I could state that it's the U.S.'s foreign policy alone that make me angry, and that the people per se are OK but that would be a lie because I hold the peoples of a Democratic nation responsible for the actions of their administration. I won't say I hate the U.S. but I hold it in much less regard than they "Americans" would probably understand or appreciate. Too bad, sooo sad. :wink:

hmmm. Maybe anti-Americanisme has to do with our dependence on them, as mentioned by Mr. Canada. But I think the principle reasons are differences in politics and simply the way of life. A few days ago I seen on Sportsnet that 7/10 Canadian athletes who go to the United States to play college sports return because of differences in the way of life.

I could talk for hours on things I dislike about the United States.

What highschool does this guy come from? It seems everyone is way too pro-American donning their American Eagle clothing, and watching American Idol because its the cool thing to do. The only Anti-American sentiment around here is "Bush sucks." or "I'm Canadian not American.".

Sounds like your saying "We should'nt saying anything bad about the almighty USA as not to upset our American overlords, but its ok for them to talk shit about us.".

We've been poking fun at each other since the American Revolution, its always been like that and always will be.

I think the OP has a point. For the longest time, CBC's definition of Canadian Content was anything that was NOT american.....thats why we had to watch all those crappy foriegn movies at 1:30 am.

I'm curious which mod erased my last few posts on this thread. Censorship isn't cool.