Originally posted by MetaformX Fox News: According to a poll taken recently, 4 out of 10 Canadian teens say America is the main source of Evil in the world.
Thanks George Bush. Discuss.
Not that I disagree, but why does Fox News care what Canadian teenagers think? Besides, every Canadian knows that Bush is the main source of evil in the world, not the entire United States.
Originally posted by MaskedMan 10/10 teens in Canada shouldn't even be thinking about the US at all.
Why?
I'll admit that it annoys me when I hear Americans go on and on about being "the most powerful nation in the world yadda yadda" .. but it's true that the US does have a lot of influence over people's lives .. even non-americans. And this is especially for Canadians, because we're under a lot of pressure to do this or that.
So why shouldn't teens be thinking about politics and the world around them?
I'll admit that it annoys me when I hear Americans go on and on about being "the most powerful nation in the world yadda yadda" .. but it's true that the US does have a lot of influence over people's lives .. even non-americans. And this is especially for Canadians, because we're under a lot of pressure to do this or that.
So why shouldn't teens be thinking about politics and the world around them?
being influenced and thinking about another country is two very different things.
Originally posted by MetaformX Fox News: According to a poll taken recently, 4 out of 10 Canadian teens say America is the main source of Evil in the world.
Thanks George Bush. Discuss.
What's to discuss, Canadians have always hated Americns.
Peter Jennings said his parents always hated America along with everyone else he knew.
They just stay pissed because we are a power house and don't understand socialism holds them back.
If we were to cut off imports tomorrow they would be standing in soup lines blaming the US the same way Castro does.
I was born and raised in Canada. Believe me, most teens don't even know if Bush is a Republican or a Democrat. And if they ever get a job offer south of the border, they won't hesitate to accept it.
Originally posted by Goatse I was born and raised in Canada. Believe me, most teens don't even know if Bush is a Republican or a Democrat. And if they ever get a job offer south of the border, they won't hesitate to accept it.
Maybe in Southern Ontario it is like this, but I don't think it is everywhere else..At least not where I was. Most people I know wouldn't take a job paying them 10 times more in USD than they were getting in CDN if it meant moving to the USD..
Would you take the job if it meant going somewhere you absolutely hate and and where your life expectency drops 3 years just by crossing an invisible line?
I mean I won't deny that I love money, but I don't love it that much
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
I'm a Texan living in Canada... and the U.S. looks a lot different from the outside. It appears to be a country whose policies are determined by greed, paranoia and egotism, and where "majority rule" has become "tyranny of the majority".
Some Canadians hate the U.S. Some don't think about it much. The ones who think, are aware that U.S. policies strongly affect the Canadian economy, as well as that of many other nations. The U.S. is, in fact, one of the most powerful nations in the world... probably the most powerful single nation, and has a population almost 10 times that of Canada.
CNN, many books and most movies in Canada come from the United States. Of course Canadians are going to think about the U.S. But does Canada need it? Not really. Technologically and agriculturally, the U.S. has nothing on Canada except dollars.
Originally posted by Dagwolf I'm a Texan living in Canada... and the U.S. looks a lot different from the outside. It appears to be a country whose policies are determined by greed, paranoia and egotism, and where "majority rule" has become "tyranny of the majority".
Some Canadians hate the U.S. Some don't think about it much. The ones who think, are aware that U.S. policies strongly affect the Canadian economy, as well as that of many other nations. The U.S. is, in fact, one of the most powerful nations in the world... probably the most powerful single nation, and has a population almost 10 times that of Canada.
CNN, many books and most movies in Canada come from the United States. Of course Canadians are going to think about the U.S. But does Canada need it? Not really. Technologically and agriculturally, the U.S. has nothing on Canada except dollars.
Most know us by Bush, figures... 5 out of 10 Americans thik Bush is evil, the rest go to church on Sunday.
Originally posted by pussyluver Most know us by Bush, figures... 5 out of 10 Americans thik Bush is evil, the rest go to church on Sunday.
Yep... and the world shakes its collective head that Bush was allowed to take office and run things the way he has when he didn't even win the popular vote.
The idiot (my fellow Texan... I saw him once at a wedding) needs to realize that his job is to represent ALL the people of the U.S., not just the ones who voted for him.
Originally posted by MetaformX Fox News: According to a poll taken recently, 4 out of 10 Canadian teens say America is the main source of Evil in the world.
Thanks George Bush. Discuss.
actually I think we can thank a failed canadian education system.
I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.
Originally posted by yys Here's an article I remembered reading from one of the guy's who commissioned this poll and what his experience being interviewed on Fox was like.
Originally posted by 12clicks exactly, when you're a canadian sitting on the side lines while the US takes the responsibility for the world, you should just shut the fuck up.
kinda like the waterboy critisizing the quaterback for overthrowing a pass.
No, instead of saying "what are we doing to make so many people think we're evil?" you'd rather just say "their education system sucks."
Well, our education system hasn't changed in the past 4 years... and teens didn't think this way 4 years ago.
So if they didn't think the US was evil 4 years ago, and they do now, and the education system is the same.....
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