Help Me Understand

[Jasper109]

The thread lives. LOL Not much left to add. You guys are right. The USA is great, and Canada is as important as Lichtenstein. Oh well, I'd still rather be a Canadian.


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5. Bonus Question, without looking it up, what is "Iqaluit"?

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If this question was for me, I've actually been to Iqaluit (formerly called Frobisher Bay) so that is a pretty easy bonus question.

[El Diablo]

Jasper,

You didn't answer my questions. How much do you know about India and China?

[Jasper109]

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Jasper,

You didn't answer my questions. How much do you know about India and China?

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I think you are kind of missing the point I was trying to make.

It's not so much about how "important" a country is. I was just talking about some Americans who live within driving distance of a country that actually has many interesting things to see and do and yet they seem to be oblivious to that.

I don't expect someone in Lubbock Texas to know anything about Regina or even care, but when we are talking about reasonably educated young adults living in northern and midwestern states who can't name 6 provinces, well I just find that kind of strange.

But then again, I'm looking at all of this from a totally different perspective than most of you are.

[tuq]

Jasper,

Can you name the starting third baseman for the Montreal Expos? How about the starting center for the Winnipeg Jets? By the way, who's starting at point guard for the Vancouver Grizzlies these days?

[Jasper109]

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Jasper,

Can you name the starting third baseman for the Montreal Expos? How about the starting center for the Winnipeg Jets? By the way, who's starting at point guard for the Vancouver Grizzlies these days?

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Can you name the starting point guard for the Utah Jazz, or the starting quarterback for an NFL team in Los Angeles?

[tuq]

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Jasper,

Can you name the starting third baseman for the Montreal Expos? How about the starting center for the Winnipeg Jets? By the way, who's starting at point guard for the Vancouver Grizzlies these days?

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Can you name the starting point guard for the Utah Jazz, or the starting quarterback for an NFL team in Los Angeles?

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You're not very good at this game.

[Q8offsuit]

Is the real point of this thread that you are just an argumentative jackass?

[El Diablo]

Jasper,

I didn't miss your point.

In your OP, you wrote: "Why is it that I could name virtually every state on a US map, while probaby less than 10% of Americans could name 5 provinces."

Now you write: "but when we are talking about reasonably educated young adults living in northern and midwestern states who can't name 6 provinces, well I just find that kind of strange."

See, there's absolutely no reason at all for any American to know 5 or 6 provinces in Canada, because it just doesn't matter at all. That's what you still don't seem to understand or accept.

[Jasper109]

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Jasper,

I didn't miss your point.

In your OP, you wrote: "Why is it that I could name virtually every state on a US map, while probaby less than 10% of Americans could name 5 provinces."

Now you write: "but when we are talking about reasonably educated young adults living in northern and midwestern states who can't name 6 provinces, well I just find that kind of strange."

See, there's absolutely no reason at all for any American to know 5 or 6 provinces in Canada, because it just doesn't matter at all. That's what you still don't seem to understand or accept.

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You may be right, and I'm sure many Canadians couldn't find Nebraska on a map, but to me it just makes you ignorant.

The more I think about, the moreI come to the conclusion that Canadians may be exceptions to the rule. We are just as much (if not more) a melting pot than the US is, yet we don't seem to have this "God Bless America" ferver to our nationalism.

I've been to Europe quite a few times, spent 6 months in Korea, and I guess people throughout the world are very much into their own country maybe more than the typical Canadian is.

To me Canada is just a collection point for people from throughout the world looking for a better place to live, but I don't think being "Canadian" is as much a big deal as many of you think being "American" is. I've never quite gotten the whole "My country is the best" thing.

[CrazyEyez]

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and I guess people throughout the world are very much into their own country maybe more than the typical Canadian is.


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See? Even Canadians know, even if subconsciously, that Canada doesn't matter.