to assume that it's an "insinuation (these people make) that ALL Americans are stupid, ignorant, sots and to be avoided at all costs" is to ignore two things:
1) Anecdotally, Canadians travelling especially in north western Europe who identify themselves as such have gotten a very positive response. Not because they're "not American", but for historical reasons.. there's a reason that my grandparents went back to Belgium and the Netherlands every five years for as long as I've been alive, and how they never managed to pay for anything when they were there.
2) Frankly, as someone who's a ninth gen Canadian, I'm damned proud of my country. It has nothing to do with liking or not liking the USA, or any other country on the planet. It has to do with *how I feel about my country*.
In my perception as a canadian, based on my experience, it's a far more complex issue than "not being american".
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Date: 2003-12-08 04:18 pm (UTC)to assume that it's an "insinuation (these people make) that ALL Americans are stupid, ignorant, sots and to be avoided at all costs" is to ignore two things:
1) Anecdotally, Canadians travelling especially in north western Europe who identify themselves as such have gotten a very positive response. Not because they're "not American", but for historical reasons.. there's a reason that my grandparents went back to Belgium and the Netherlands every five years for as long as I've been alive, and how they never managed to pay for anything when they were there.
2) Frankly, as someone who's a ninth gen Canadian, I'm damned proud of my country. It has nothing to do with liking or not liking the USA, or any other country on the planet. It has to do with *how I feel about my country*.
In my perception as a canadian, based on my experience, it's a far more complex issue than "not being american".