# I'm starting to dislike some Americans...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 1, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526 "2003-07-01T06:44:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526/41 "2003-07-01T14:51:43Z")

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And thanks for the translation, **jovan**.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526/42 "2003-07-01T14:53:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by omni-not \*  
> \*\*I think Canada should annex the U.S., pure and simple…They would become part of Greater Canada. \*\*

Yeah, I can see hordes of Canadians on horseback storming the border. How could we mount a defense? (wind-up toy mice)

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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526/43 "2003-07-01T15:02:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \*  
> \*\*Indeed. Most of the West would go to Alberta. \*\*

That doesn’t make any sense. Why not British Columbia? I would think they would have first dibs on Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

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**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526/44 "2003-07-01T15:16:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \*  
> \*\*Daddy pulls the string on the dim light bulb as he hurriedly descends the basement stairs. Box-tops fly like scattered crows as the search for that damn flag and a rusty old rifle frantically begins. \*\*

[sub]Gen. P.T. Leauregard, of Key West, has suggested immediate withdrawl from the Canadian States of America. “We stand fully behind our SC brothers and sisters.”[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-to-dislike-some-americans/185526/45 "2003-07-01T15:37:14Z")

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I’ll just say what I said in that other thread.

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> Enough of this stupid bullshit.
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> Country bashing. I thought the general populace of the SDMB was intellectually above such nonsense. Apparently, I was wrong. Some people in this thread have truly surprised me, and not in a good way.
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> Joking about the odd stereotype, that’s to be expected. But there IS a line between a friendly jab about moose or hockey, and downright xenophobic obnoxiousness. And I’m saddened that a lot of seemingly intelligent posters fail to see that distinction.

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