# I can be Canadian without you, Coca-Cola **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566 "2003-02-21T17:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/1 "2003-02-21T17:27:50Z")
Anybody from Canada knows how much a national symbol the game of hockey is to us. Everyone can hum the tune to Hockey Night in Canada. So, what do you suppose the Coca-Cola company does for their latest advertisement? They show clips of people playing hockey and drinking coke! These motherfucking sons of bitches are trying to make people identify them with a symbol of national pride and they **aren’t even fucking Canadian!** Well, fuck you, Coke, I haven’t taken a sip of your shit for the last two weeks and I’m no less Canadian than before. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/2 "2003-02-21T17:30:35Z")
Yeah! McDonalds too! Fuck you Ronald! [sub]Just keep sponsoring all the junior leagues. We want all that corporate sponsorship money, but don’t want to see you.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/3 "2003-02-21T17:37:04Z")
What’s Lola got to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/4 "2003-02-21T17:39:05Z")
Yes, and believe it or not, I can be Canadian without drinking Molson either. I can even be Canadian without eating at Tim Horton’s, even though I do anyway. I object to having my national identity being packaged and sold to me, especially by people from a completely different nation. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/5 "2003-02-21T17:39:27Z")
Lolo-lo-la-loooola! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/6 "2003-02-21T17:45:26Z")
Who the hell gives a shit? It’s a fucking marketing gimick, not an affront to your national sovereignty. Jeez. Just eat/buy/drink what you like. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/7 "2003-02-21T18:17:56Z")
Oh yeah, well my “Canada Dry Ginger Ale” is gonna be poured down the sink, how do you like that!! Actually, it’s nearly empty and going flat. And it’s hard to sound tough when you admit to liking ‘Ginger Ale’. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/8 "2003-02-21T19:18:06Z")
I don’t mind it all that much. I am sefl aware enoughand intelligent enough that seeing how even though Molson sponsors HNIC, it is not a reason enough to buy their product on a regular basis. Tim Hortons I support for all the good that they do. That and I like their product. Yes, they might be corporate, but there are some companies that do alot for each community that they are in. Timmy’s is one of the better ones. ---
**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/9 "2003-02-21T19:30:33Z")
I really don’t mind it either, I just happened to see it at that particular time, was grumpy because that’s how I am when I wake up, and was in the pit already. So, I decided to post my beef. I really can live with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/10 "2003-02-21T19:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by syncrolecyne \* > Oh yeah, well my “Canada Dry Ginger Ale” is gonna be poured down the sink, how do you like that!! > > Actually, **it’s nearly empty and going flat…** \*\* Like Canada… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/11 "2003-02-21T19:49:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gjorp \* > \*\*trying to make people identify them with a symbol of national pride and they **aren’t even fucking Canadian!** \*\* What, Coca Cola trying to identify themselves with a country’s national sport in order to sell flavoured sugary water? I’m shocked! :eek: See, look how shocked I look. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/12 "2003-02-21T20:00:44Z")
:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/13 "2003-02-21T20:07:28Z")
I am shocked, _shocked_ that a company with worldwide sales attempts to tailor its marketing to specific demographics. ---
**Author:** ![Ego\_Mk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Ego\_Mk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ego_Mk2)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/14 "2003-02-21T20:30:15Z")
Ya, screw you Coke for defiling my Michigan housed TV tuned into CBC Hockey Night with your commie Canada red maple leaf flag all over the place! You should be a hootin’ and a hollerin’ and showin’ off the old Confederate flag, y’all! Yeeehaaaaw! (Coca Cola is based in Atlanta, GA, for those not in the know.) ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/15 "2003-02-21T20:32:31Z")
Suck it up, Canadoids. I’ve got news for you, we don’t even drink Coke down here. We export that stuff for your benefit. And have you ever wondered why the formula is so secret? Of course you haven’t, you’re Canadian. It’s drugged to make you amiable and compliant. You won’t have a clue until the tanks rumble across the Peace Bridge. And you know what? I just told you the master plan, and you _still_ won’t do anything about it. How very Canadian of you. You are going to pay for exporting William Shatner and Celine Dion, and with compound interest. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/16 "2003-02-21T20:42:47Z")
So, where is this Canadia, anyway? Minnesota? ---
**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/17 "2003-02-21T20:54:48Z")
An article I read called this “glocalisation”. Multinational corporations using local cultural sensibilties to promote their product. Their example was using Asterix to hawk big macs in France. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/18 "2003-02-21T21:38:12Z")
That can’t be right, Coca Cola supports argentina sports. Good god they have betrayed us. Thank god for the net I will never drink that delicious, cold and sweet beverage in my life. I’ll drink Pepsi they will never try to pull this kind of shit. I am shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/19 "2003-02-21T22:06:23Z")
> [@](#): > > …using Asterix to hawk big macs in France. The Gaul of them. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566/20 "2003-02-21T22:13:45Z")
I just came over for the groaning. I see it is, once again, Larry. I’ll just be on my way. Coke in the US tastes like a melted slurpee. Give me Canadian Coke any day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-be-canadian-without-you-coca-cola/156566.md?page=2)