Comments on: I’m Short People Who Put the Canadian Flag on their Bags http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm We dividend our ad money to you. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:49:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Head http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-135169 Head Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:23:39 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-135169 Poor quality healthcare? Being a Canadian who can take a joke, i was almost loling with this post until that last part came up and totally killed it. You clearly have no idea that the US has the saddest excuse of a healthcare system on the planet. Sad. Poor quality healthcare?
Being a Canadian who can take a joke, i was almost loling with this post until that last part came up and totally killed it. You clearly have no idea that the US has the saddest excuse of a healthcare system on the planet.
Sad.

]]> By: Alex http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-80880 Alex Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:14:18 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-80880 worse heatlh care than usa? your kidding right? sweden is far better in many areas compared to usa. worse heatlh care than usa? your kidding right? sweden is far better in many areas compared to usa.

]]> By: Smaj http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-33380 Smaj Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:06:52 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-33380 Canadians and Americans are basically the same thing. Canada is a significant asset of the American economic empire, but a colony all-the-same. The sooner (we) Canadians figure that out the better, in my mind. Canadians may have gleaned some international political respect for our morals, values and general good nature 30 years ago; but since knowledge like our brutal apartheid of First Nations, our ineffectual environmental policy and our inability or lack of conviction to support missions like UN Peace-Keeping and freedom in Darfur, we have lost even that political respect. As for Canadians as people: aggregately, we are almost entirely identical to Americans in every way - like Hires Root Beer and Mug Root Beer, most of the differences are simply marketing. Both are, generally speaking, good natured, well intending, friendly people who are not actually willing to sacrifice anything for their morals, values and good will, but are sure willing to vocalize that they have them in spades. If you hate Canadians, you hate Americans, and vise versa. Similarly, if you love Americans, you love Canadians, and vise versa. Canadians and Americans are basically the same thing. Canada is a significant asset of the American economic empire, but a colony all-the-same. The sooner (we) Canadians figure that out the better, in my mind. Canadians may have gleaned some international political respect for our morals, values and general good nature 30 years ago; but since knowledge like our brutal apartheid of First Nations, our ineffectual environmental policy and our inability or lack of conviction to support missions like UN Peace-Keeping and freedom in Darfur, we have lost even that political respect.
As for Canadians as people: aggregately, we are almost entirely identical to Americans in every way – like Hires Root Beer and Mug Root Beer, most of the differences are simply marketing. Both are, generally speaking, good natured, well intending, friendly people who are not actually willing to sacrifice anything for their morals, values and good will, but are sure willing to vocalize that they have them in spades.
If you hate Canadians, you hate Americans, and vise versa. Similarly, if you love Americans, you love Canadians, and vise versa.

]]> By: chris http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-33233 chris Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:16:25 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-33233 Excellent princess bride reference. Excellent princess bride reference.

]]> By: Zippy http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-29077 Zippy Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:50:26 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-29077 Classic rebuttal, Johnny D. Love your cynicism and appreciate your satire. Classic rebuttal, Johnny D. Love your cynicism and appreciate your satire.

]]> By: Johnny Debacle http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24600 Johnny Debacle Wed, 02 May 2007 13:26:29 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-24600 You dumb Canuck, you walked right into that one, eh? The insecurity you feel for being Canadaian, implied from your response, rings very true to me since you can't pick up context well enough to understand when you are knee-deep in <i>satire</i>. You are too busy with your blinders on, working yourself into a tizzy about something "appalling" which is actually just a satirical post on a satirical blog. You know what I save "appalling" for, you dumb Canuck? I save it for describing Darfur where 500 people have been dying per day for 4-5 years. I save it for the conditions in the City of the Dead in Cairo. I save it for the conditions in most of sub-Saharan Africa, where lives have little to no value. I save it for what is going on in Guantanamo Bay or the Daniel Pearl beheading. Those are "appalling" things; a post on a satirical blog can't be "appalling" except to someone so shallow, and out of touch with what actually matters as you, you warthhog faced vomitous mass. You dumb Canuck, you walked right into that one, eh?

The insecurity you feel for being Canadaian, implied from your response, rings very true to me since you can’t pick up context well enough to understand when you are knee-deep in satire. You are too busy with your blinders on, working yourself into a tizzy about something “appalling” which is actually just a satirical post on a satirical blog.

You know what I save “appalling” for, you dumb Canuck?

I save it for describing Darfur where 500 people have been dying per day for 4-5 years.
I save it for the conditions in the City of the Dead in Cairo.
I save it for the conditions in most of sub-Saharan Africa, where lives have little to no value.
I save it for what is going on in Guantanamo Bay or the Daniel Pearl beheading.

Those are “appalling” things; a post on a satirical blog can’t be “appalling” except to someone so shallow, and out of touch with what actually matters as you, you warthhog faced vomitous mass.

]]> By: Alison http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24565 Alison Wed, 02 May 2007 07:20:40 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/im-short-people-who-put-the-canadian-flag-on-their-bags.htm#comment-24565 As a citizen of both Canada and the USA I am ashamed. Johnny's comments are appalling . Johnny - have you ever spent time traveling through Canada? (I don't mean to Toronto and Montreal) If not - shame on you for your ignorant comments - you have a lot to learn about your next door neighbors. If so, did you take the time to get to know any Canadians? (I don't mean while wasting brain cells in a bar, but really taking the time to get to know them?) Perhaps you will be lucky enough to one day comprehend why Americans, Canadians, and citizens of other countries take care to sport a Canadian flag while traveling abroad. If you think it boils down to boasting GDP, Hockey Sticks and "Mooses" (nice English skills)per capita you are clearly delusional. Hopefully one day you will comprehend that Canadians are respected all over the world for their morals, values and for being generally well liked. Further...how insulting to our fellow Americans that you should accuse them of supporting an "inferior" country. Pull your head out of your A** and look at the world around you. Its not a crime to support other countries. Grow up buddy. You're giving so much weight to a stereotype of Americans that people such as myself have been fighting to erase for decades. In fact, its plausible that this very stereotype is the reason for the abundance of Canadian flags on backpacks all over the world. Good luck to you. I hope that one day you're able to see the world through clear lenses. As a citizen of both Canada and the USA I am ashamed. Johnny’s comments are appalling .

Johnny – have you ever spent time traveling through Canada? (I don’t mean to Toronto and Montreal) If not – shame on you for your ignorant comments – you have a lot to learn about your next door neighbors.
If so, did you take the time to get to know any Canadians? (I don’t mean while wasting brain cells in a bar, but really taking the time to get to know them?)

Perhaps you will be lucky enough to one day comprehend why Americans, Canadians, and citizens of other countries take care to sport a Canadian flag while traveling abroad. If you think it boils down to boasting GDP, Hockey Sticks and “Mooses” (nice English skills)per capita you are clearly delusional.

Hopefully one day you will comprehend that Canadians are respected all over the world for their morals, values and for being generally well liked.

Further…how insulting to our fellow Americans that you should accuse them of supporting an “inferior” country. Pull your head out of your A** and look at the world around you. Its not a crime to support other countries.

Grow up buddy. You’re giving so much weight to a stereotype of Americans that people such as myself have been fighting to erase for decades. In fact, its plausible that this very stereotype is the reason for the abundance of Canadian flags on backpacks all over the world.

Good luck to you. I hope that one day you’re able to see the world through clear lenses.

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