# America Bashing by MHL: Jealousy, Bigotry, or Ignorance?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 8, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-bashing-by-mhl-jealousy-bigotry-or-ignorance/4826 "2000-02-08T20:01:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-bashing-by-mhl-jealousy-bigotry-or-ignorance/4826/141 "2000-03-14T17:31:00Z")

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> Originally posted by neuro-trash grrrl:
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> Americans hate Canadians, Canadians hate Americans, everybody hates Quebecquois.

I’m sorry, I haven’t been reading this thread, but did anyone else out there read this and start singing:

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> Oh the Protestants hate the Catholics  
> And the Catholics hate the Protestants  
> And the Hindus hate the Moslems  
> And everybody hates the Jews!  
> But during National Brotherhood Week…

“National Brotherhood Week,” by Tom Lehrer.

Esprix, who should know better than to hijack…

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[Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)

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**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-bashing-by-mhl-jealousy-bigotry-or-ignorance/4826/142 "2000-03-23T20:42:00Z")

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I think it’s time Canada had a civil war.

I’m from the West. Almost as far west as Canada gets. Victoria, BC, to be specific.

The winters are mild (we got about 2" of snow this winter) and the summers are mild (high 20’s, being low 80’s)…

What I can’t understand is why anyone would want to live in Ontario to freeze their balls off in the winter and roast like a pig in the summer. I also think Toronto is a filthy city.

This post has no point.

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**Author:** ![quadell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b9bd4f/32.png) [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-bashing-by-mhl-jealousy-bigotry-or-ignorance/4826/143 "2000-03-23T22:33:00Z")

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You know, in Prose’s very first post in this topic, way back, she said

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> The U.S. should adopt the “back-door” policy that Canada has (flog me for all I care, we’re making a difference).

I just love this! I think I’ll make a pro-Canadian techno-industrial song with this as the chorus. Sort of a subtly-subversive, yet oddly-inspirational kind of ditty.

Struck the right way,  
Your Quadell

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