Canadian Flag Causes Flap In The U.S.

Tough !!

They don\'t dare wear their flag on their luggage when they are travelling overseas. That would surely make them a target. The American public just doesn\'t get it.

It\'s not the American public\'s fault, it\'s who they voted for. Not that they had a lot of choice, it\'s all big money. It\'s the government policies that anger other countries, and that affects how the Americans perceive us as we travel through their country.

After not supporting them in Iraq, we\'ll just have to get used to it for a long time to come.



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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

After Bush gets re-elected or steals the next election we will be faced with saying no on more than one occassion. So yes - they had better get used to it.

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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

I wonder why they assume I'm not as proud a patriot as they are? We're just patriotic to different countries. I wonder if they know how much I cringe when I see someone wearing an American flag.<P> I don't care if they don't like Bush. I didn't like Cretien. Nothing I could do about it, but I still love my country. They got sentenced to Bush (think about that! It was decided in court - he was 'sentenced' to be President), I had to endure Cretien and in some small way, so did they.<p> Suck it up!<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

I`m going to be much more blunt, and say that Bush`s election was FIXED! As for the Yanks getting angry over the mapleleaf, WAAAAHH! We`re proud to be CANADIAN!!! This type of thing will make me wear my team Canada hockey sweater MORE! Why shouldn`t we be proud? We aren`t imperialist war mongers. We have the most progressive society on the North American continent! THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER!!!

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Dave Ruston

WAAAAAAAA!!! lol No way am I going to apologise for being Canadian!!

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"So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

It\'s funny...there are businesses all over Canada that fly both the Canadian and American flags. After 9-11 many individual Canadians put up American flags as a show of support. Now I\'m not supposed to put my own flag on my own belongings because it bothers some Americans that I\'m proud to be a Canadian?

How arrogant and jingoistic of them.

This really goes to show how little these people travel. If they were outside the US they\'d have the Canadian flag on their luggage, shirt, coat, napsack, and pierced ears.

Infact, they\'ve probably mistakes some US citizens for Canadians because they wear out flag abroad rather than take responsibility for their foreign polices.

When I was growing up there wasn\'t a piece of clothing you could buy with the Canadian flag on it, we ignorantly wore clothing with the US flag on it thinking it was cool. It was everywhere in Canadian stores. Today it may be good policy for US companies to manufacture clothing dispaying the Canadian flag.

But to the (admittedly few) Americans with whom I am friends, they
don\'t see us as being from a different country. Seriously. ALL my
American friends have asked me to explain what the differences
between us may be. I even had one (liberal) friend comment that he\'d
always assumed we were the same: white Europeans who had stolen
some land, killed some Indians and got on with development. It\'s much
like the reaction of an older brother/sister when they find a younger
sibling asserting their difference. Or when Ontarians can\'t understand
the resentment felt by those in the west.

I tend not to put much stock in the findings of focus groups. Think of the
worst movies you\'ve seen: focus groups, baby! But, having said that, I DO
see a certain Canadian smugness, especially among expats. Guilty of it
myself. And as a cab driver once remarked to Elaine Benes (re: Jake
Jarmel), \"Smugness is NOT a good quality\".

I don\'t know if you\'re trying to be funny or what, but I\'ve been to some stores downtown & it\'s pretty common to see t-shirts & other stuff with maple leafs, etc on them but they\'re made in the USA. It\'s pretty sad, Americans cashing in on Canadian pride.

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"So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

<blockquote> For instance, an American from San Diego is quoted saying: "What bugs me about Canadians, if I may, is that they wear that damn patch on their bags, the Canadian flag patch. That way, they differentiate themselves from us." </blockquote> <p> Yeah, how dare we pretend we're a separate country!? </p><p>---<br>JvH

To those who claim that we`re being smug, I disagree. It`s just pride in our country, it`s people, and the accomplishments of Canada and Canadians! What`s so wrong with being proud to be Canadian? We don`t do it enough! No, I won`t apologize for being Canadian, which IS different from being American! We ARE a separate country!!! Too bad for their manifest destiny not working out like they planned!

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Dave Ruston

Smugness is fine....and cut the Western alienation crap....like it\'s some goddam club, that cannot be understood if you\'re not a member, for chrissake.

That displys the collective IQ, right there.

If you ask me, this sounds like sour grapes on the part of the Americans.

Of course the notion that there\'s something wrong with Canadians differentiating themselves from Americans is ridiculous, but let\'s fact it: isn\'t it possible you might be a little miffed when someone sees the American flag patch on your backpack and spits at you, but sees the Canadian flag patch on another guy and offers him a beer?

My understanding has typically been that Americans are indoctrinated with the notion that they live in the best country in the world, and Canada is like an annoying little brother that wants to be cool and grown-up like they are. So when some of the other kids on the block end up liking the little brother more than (haha, this analogy is really working out well) \"big brother\", there\'s gonna be some resentment.