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The war of 1812...come on. Do they not teach taht in schools down there? I guess you do have a lot of wars to cover. Like the civil war...what was that...you ran out of people to fight, so you just said 'fuck it! two teams!'
Or maybe it's just how you don't do much teaching of any kind in the States. A survey in 2001 placed the United States as 27th worldwide in the quality of pre-university education. Canada was fourth. Anyways, the United States' textbooks, in one of the most blatant examples of information control since a certain regime in the 1930s, claim that the U.S. did, in fact, win the war of 1812. However, the facts are as follows:
-The U.S. Invaded Canada
-Canada finished the war with more territory than they had to start
-Washington, D.C. was razed, the white house and government buildings were burnt to the ground, to be later reconstructed.
Now, this might just be me, but if you invade a country, and they push you back, take some of your territory, and burn your capital down, it's a bit of a stretch to say you won.
But don't worry, that was the only military humiliation in U.S. history. Oh, except Vietnam. And the Alamo. Oh, right, and the Bay of Pigs. Sorry.
And in case you're wondering, the U.S. has attempted to invade Canada on three separate occaisions; the other two were repulsed by the Brits.
Manifest destiny, the 'unofficial' U.S. Policy that declares the belief that all North America should fall under the dominion of the states, is one of the founding principles of the country. They can't pull it off, though, because world support is in our favour, and there would be no way to justify it. Also, that would really make you guys the next nazis, without the anti-semitism.
The media control is such that you're basically 1940's Russia without the snow, communism and useful economic boom. (NOTE: MEDIA CONTROL IS JUST AS BAD HERE. NO WAY TO DENY IT. IT'S JUST WORSE THERE...you can actually deny this, but you guys deny everything. Everything printed in both countries is a result of what the papers' owner wants people to think.)
Note: B.C. Provides The western half of the U.S. with power. You need us. Quit being dicks. You don't have enough hydroelectric dams to power oregon, how do expect to keep the vegas strip lit up. Don't pull the hoover dam shit on me, it's an engineering disaster that happens to generate tourism because you people will go look at anything you're told is impressive. If you need any other proof of this, look how well you guys handled you power situation on the east coast this summer. *Applause*...
Well, anyways, I say, fuck it. Go skiing. If you got snow. I live near whistler. I don't care what mtns you got, I'm better off for skiing, and that's really what makes canada better.
I could go on about this forever, but I'll stop now.
ONE MORE THING:
We canadians may say 'eh,' but down in the states, all you say is 'Uhhhhhhhhh....'
