# Are "the Canadians" Right to Laugh At Us? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826 "2010-03-01T04:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/21 "2010-03-01T16:36:47Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > They win one stupid hockey game, and they start laughing at us. You’ll get yours, Canucks. Oh, you’ll get yours. The Canschluss **is** coming. Resistance is futile. Prepare to be USsimilated! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/22 "2010-03-01T16:38:30Z")
I don’t believe many of Obama’s initiatives are getting off the ground in a way that’s satisfying to his supporters. The e-mail is sheer lunacy. There’s effectively no chance Obama will resign, absent some dramatic scandal, of which there is… effectively no chance of happening. Obama is not a crook; he’s a decent guy. I disagree strongly with his ideas concerning the proper role of government. But that’s it. He’s the Prez, he’s legitimately the Prez, and he’ll be the Prez until Jan 20, 2013 at the earliest. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/23 "2010-03-01T16:40:59Z")
Said it before, say it again: let’s just raise their rent. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/24 "2010-03-01T16:45:41Z")
> [@Hooveroid](#): > > Please don’t just say its just an email it doesn’t matter. Sorry. It’s just an email. It doesn’t matter. > [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > They win one stupid hockey game It’s just like when a dog gets the taste of human blood. You can’t break him of it after that. You have to put him down. There’s no other way. Sorry, Canada, we have to do this. Now hold still, this is for your own good. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/25 "2010-03-01T16:46:01Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I pretty much stopped reading after the phrase, “…ethnic socialists (ACORN)…” This thing was written by an asswipe. This. I’m mildly surprised Canadians even have to deal with this particular brand of crazy. Sorry, guys. He probably imported it from here. Is this the wrong time to ask if you could ship us some poutine? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/26 "2010-03-01T17:08:02Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > \I wonder, tho, whether they would reflect the same values if they had the US’s riches? This sentence is confusing me - what riches does the US have that Canada doesn’t have? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/27 "2010-03-01T17:29:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I pretty much stopped reading after the phrase, “…ethnic socialists (ACORN)…” This thing was written by an asswipe. That was exactly where I stopped reading, too. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/28 "2010-03-01T17:47:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The Canschluss **is** coming. > > Resistance is futile. > > Prepare to be USsimilated! Does that mean I’ll get socialized health care? Because I could get behind that. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/29 "2010-03-01T17:53:59Z")
I vaguely remember hearing of this guy before, but he’s nowhere on Canadian’s radar, and his writing reads like that of a crank’s. By and large, Canadians still like Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/30 "2010-03-01T18:00:09Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > This. I’m mildly surprised Canadians even have to deal with this particular brand of crazy. > > Sorry, guys. He probably imported it from here. > > Is this the wrong time to ask if you could ship us some poutine? Howard Galganov is an trolling, self-indulgent self-promoting asshole, and is in a teeny, tiny minority in Canada. He spouts illogical gibberish about a wide variety of topics. Obama is very well liked by the vast majority of Canadians. No poutine on the west coast. How about smoked salmon? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/31 "2010-03-01T18:02:59Z")
Time to fire up Gordon Sinclair’s [The Americans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_(commentary)) as an antidote, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/32 "2010-03-01T18:39:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > O.k. > It’s just a piece of email from a radio hack and failed politician who will say anything to get people to listen to him, so why did you bother to post it here? This. Never dignify spam by distributing it further. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/33 "2010-03-01T18:39:26Z")
Additionally, I would suggest that the OP put away the broad brush he uses when taking the ranting of an isolated publicity seeking lunatic, and converting that to what “Canadians” are thinking. Otherwise, I could ask “are the Americans right to compare Canadian patriotism to that of [The 1936 Nazis?](http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/02/28/v-print/2003874/in-these-olympics-canadians-only.html)” Instead of more properly: “Is Gil LeBreton a clueless idot and a poor loser or what?” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/34 "2010-03-01T18:50:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He will be dealt with. Please do not make veiled threats you have no intention of following through on. We already have somebody who does that. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/35 "2010-03-01T21:02:50Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No poutine on the west coast. How about smoked salmon? Isn’t the West Coast of Canada more known for smoking something else? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/36 "2010-03-01T21:04:06Z")
Sure, but smoked beaver just isn’t going to catch on. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/37 "2010-03-01T21:08:17Z")
I came into this thread certain - **certain** - that it would be asking if it’s fair that canadians are deriding America’s health care problems (and perhaps other social problems too). To find that Canada as a whole was being painted as _right-wing_ relative to america (and mocking us therefrom) - well, I dunno about you but _my_ mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/38 "2010-03-01T21:12:21Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Isn’t the West Coast of Canada more known for smoking something else? Wasn’t that the symbolism of the torch? Four crossed doobies, all lit? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/39 "2010-03-01T21:20:53Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > …well, I dunno about you but _my_ mind boggles. Its good for you. As a point of mental hygiene, I try to insure that my mind is boggled at least once every day. Usually, this can be accomplished by a cursory reading of the days news. Should this fail, I have other means at my disposal, and stand ready to apply them as stern duty demands. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/40 "2010-03-01T21:25:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure, but smoked beaver just isn’t going to catch on. Yeah, well, SOMEBODY was smoking some high-quality stuff when they planned that closing ceremony… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826.md?page=3)