Reasons to move to Canada.

Some of those points are actually rather incorrect and offensive. Ten to one an Albertan wrote that list.

You know, if you keep pointing out Canada is so great, girls, we'll all come and live there after we've fucked up our own countries.

Pretend it's really terrible over there, then you can keep it aaaaall to yourselves :D

I dunno, I thought they were kinda funny, and I like the city. Admittedly, I don't live there, so maybe I don't have the same sense of civic pride as those of you who do, but still. They're just exaggerating the little stuff to make a stupid top ten list. And they're not ALL off, as I did pee on the side of someone's house while I was out there. Didn't even know it was something I was supposed to do, either. Go me!

{shrug} I just found the list to not be funny.

For the most part, yes, those that have never seen the rest of this country (and a lot of people have never seen anything other than the Toronto region) wouldn't know much about the place, I agree. But I've been to the west, I've been to the east. That list is most likely written by an Albertan. Observe:

BC:
This list really only focuses on the stereotype of marijuana availability in BC. For the most part, the list is absent of malicious comments, but it's pushing it with the "offer the policeman your hash" comment.

Alberta:
For the most part this list is basically all pluses -- for those that live in Alberta. It focuses on how far away it is from Ottawa (and thus, indirectly, how little importance they give to the federal government) and the "You live in the only province that could actually afford to be it's own country" phrase is *very* telling. Alberta's been a wannabe separatist province for awhile now, and they really *do* think they'd be okay on their own.

Saskatchewan:
A pretty uninspired list, mostly devoid of any insults but mostly devoid of any insight into the province as well, although I *was* amused by the "YOUR Roughriders survived" point.

Manitoba:
Okay, they're subject to some bad floods. They've been incredibly tragic, and I don't think that someone from Manitoba would dedicate four out of ten points to that fact. It would be like Quebeckers joking about the ice storms.

Ontario:
Essentially, here's where the gloves come off. There's a way to make most of those jokes about Toronto without sounding disgusted and disdainful, but this guy chose to make it as scathing as he could.

Quebec:
Point number one is just another example of ignorance. I wonder if the list maker has ever been to Quebec? Anyway, this list is one of the most offensive of the bunch. I don't even want to address each point.

New Brunswick:
Reading this list it sounded like the listmaker was *trying* to be offensive, but he didn't know a damn thing about it other than where it was on the map in front of him, so he didn't have a whole lot of luck.

Nova Scotia:
Not quite as clueless-sounding as the New Brunswick one, but still pretty uninspired. My guess is that the author of the list never strayed east of Alberta. It's pretty well known that many Albertans, especially those in the very well-to-do areas, are incredibly disdainful of the maritimes, because "they're living off of Alberta's wealth". This particular attitude really shows up in this list.

P.E.I.:
For the most part, a pretty benign list. Again, I bet he's never even watched one of the CBC shows he mentions here. Not very offensive, and totally based on stereotypes....if I was writing the list, I'd have made a point like, "If the US ever attacks Canada, you'll be okay because President Bush *still* doesn't believe you exist".

Newfoundland:
He doesn't pull out the "newfoundlanders are stupid" stereotype as much as I thought he might, but it's still done in an arrogant, "I actually believe what I'm saying in a literal sense" way. And if he knew anything about NL, he'd mention Screech.

So there's my explanation for why I found the list offensive and uneducated. If you're going to parody Canada, leave your province first.

Ambrosia

I don't think you need to justify your reason's for finding it offensive, especially in such detail. :) I thought the list more mindless than offensive.

You alluded to another point as to why the author must be Albertan.

"Saskatchewan:
A pretty uninspired list, mostly devoid of any insults but mostly devoid of any insight into the province as well..."

If the author is indeed from Alberta, he probably does not want to insult the significant portion of his friends and coworkers who are originally
from Sask.

:)

The list is correct about elections though. Do the party leaders even campaign in any other province? :wink:

/me ducks

the best reason to move the CanTainia is its not as hot as texas

DUDE! WHAT THE FUCK OVER?!

When were you here in San Angelo?

what the fuck over?

WhatdoesthatevenMEAN??

Raven

Marg

Because I'm less than half a mile from Goodfellow. :P I could walk over there and grab the fence in five minutes. I could get to the north gate in 10-15.

Five years ago? *thinks* Yeah, I was here then.

Wouldn't know. The military gave me diabetes, and kicked me out, just as I finished my training (which took 23 months).

Basically, for 14 months, you become fluent in your target language. Before that, I had never spoken a lick of Russian. At the end, you've been given the equivalent of 11 years of college level Russian. So, suffice it to say, it's intense. It's also the reason I'm such a grammar Nazi. They make you learn english grammar first, so you can understand Russian grammar. After that, you learn the technical aspect of your job, which I can't really go into, but after that you usually get stationed at a listening station. Guess what happens there?

So two questions: how exactly did they give you diabetes, and are you still fluent in Russian?