Why I'm Proud to be Canadian

[tattleboad]

canada and the US are basically the same culture

[joevinc27]

"I like how we're totally self-confident, and don't need to spend our time comparing ourselves to other countries, specially ones that don't think about us..."

Ohhh! Okay, that's why thins rant was mostly about how we compare to the United States;) Honestly, I don't agree with a lot of American ideologies, but you have to admit that they ARE an important aspect to who we are as Canadians, whether we like it or not. I'm proud to be a Canadian (and not just because of the way we compare to the US)

[cmaci8]

The canadians didn't push push U.S. back to our own soil in the war of 1812 (I know it's war of 1812 because that was the only war we aggressed into Canada) Canada was just a colony of England. And Japan is the only country to push america back into our own soil they captured a small island somewhere around Alaska.

[natsfan7]

Why can't we be friends?

US+Canada= <3

PS- Does American popular media really penetrate that deep (lol) into Canada? I always assumed that the Mounties and their crack team of kung-fu polar bears stopped most of it from getting through.

[sc0pl355]

>Need to spend more time doing it and less time talking about it

Canada's population= 34 million

US population= 300 million

Take your own advice canada...

[smaakjeks]

@sc0pl355

Yes, because condoms haven't been invented.

[sc0pl355]

>because condoms haven't been invented.

Um, Condoms were around for hundreds of years before the founding of the US.

[smaakjeks]

I was being sarcastic with your population count to compare amount of sex between USA and Canada. =P

[sc0pl355]

I see.

Well, all I can say is that we have a lot of sex here in the US and our country is just about the same age as Canada.

[darkdylaner]

@sc0pl355 our country is older.

[sc0pl355]

@darkdylaner You mean the US is older?

Well, depends on how you look at it.

[darkdylaner]

@sc0pl355 as a country the US is older, but as a colony/colonies, Canada is older

[sc0pl355]

@darkdylaner Yeah, and America has a much larger population. Like I said.

[PlanetXObserver]

HA HA HA HA HA LOL!!!!!!!

[Tap3r]

watch this: /watch?v=mBBVbaaKZiY

[Asterion17]

lmao!

[recreptical]

The only place in the world to be totally happy

[Korydinan11]

IM PROUD TO BE CANADIAN!!!!!!!!!!!

[canadarox14]

We didn't actually burn the white house. The Brits did, but it was on our behalf. That makes it just as good as if we'd done it ourselves.

Sorry, I thought I'd say that before some American starts ranting about it. They do that a lot :)

[yaknowurright]

Lol slick one:P

[sc0pl355]

We didn't actually beat the british in the revolution, the french did.

But we totally think that's funny because the french are a bunch of pastry baking pansies

[keithpetro]

Go us! I love this guy!

[JohannGasmask]

You left out Shania Twain and Geddy Lee!

[vikram301]

Wow a entire video of HOW CANADA IS NOT AMERICA. its really sad when a country has to define itself as being not like someone else. just think of how ridiculous it would be for a american to make a video where 70% of it is comparisons with another country. we have more of an identity that that. i really get saddened by these kind of videoss where canadians try to prove thier pride but just end up comparing themselves to america. i mean why not just talk about canada????

[cypbq]

You have to understand...comparing Canada to USA makes us look even better than we already are! ha!ha!

[canadarox14]

ha ha... that was funny. Sorry, yes, I'm guilty of the "comparing Canada to the States" thing too... but hey, Canadians have been doing it since Canada became a country. It's tradition. I love this place.

[B21983]

Its not a tradition...trying to define Canada as "not America" or to bash the USA is a relatively new phenomenon. Before the Trudeau-era, when Canada's identity was tied in with its British heritage and its Monarchy, the thought of constantly comparing Canada to the US was considered fairly unnecessary. Canada knew wat it was. Since it decided to unhinge itself from its traditional loyalties, questions about Canadian identity have become merkier and has taken on more of an anti-american reflex.

[Ducky11112]

Canada is America's hat.

[naruto1289]

America is Canada's pants

[Eddythebeast666]

Pride is not a virtue. It's a character flaw.

Humility is a virtue.

I've seen proud parents smack thier children when they fail to preform to their expectations.

Being proud of is not the same as loving.

Pride is usally selfish and arrogant. I don't believe that taking up this American defect is in our best intrest.

I'm humbled by being part of such a great nation as Canada.

See sounds way better. XD

[kksf1979]

British people love canadians! The best soldiers along with the polish and the New Zealanders in WW2

[dusty8512]

to be fair you cant just say New Zealanders in WWII you should say the ANZCS ( Austraila New Zealand Corps)

[kksf1979]

True

[musashi1865]

canada is part of north america

[schutzer1]

If america says that canada sucks can´t they mean their beutiful hockey.A Gretness from the canadafriendley sweden

[KoalaBearKare]

CANADA SUCKS!!! XD

[Expl0rati0n]

I've been in Canada all my life and I never realized how great Canada actually was until recently when I started comparing it to other countries..

I'm very proud to be Canadian. :)

[fonzi1938]

Woot go canada

[mtrickett1]

russia is the largest country in the world. not canada.

[InfinityArch]

its a metaphor retard...not just in size but in friendliness and freedom...so screw you!

[mtrickett1]

what? you can legally smoke weed in canada! =0

[insanedavis109]

no where did you get that from?

[tkchewy]

sometimes i wish i was canadian... sometimes

[zzzfalldirectzzz]

i'm in maine wooo! close enough

[kakashifan55]

im proud to be american the world knows soo much about us sometimes i feel popular lol

[Ravinar]

hell if mccain gets voted as the next president i will be very seriously thinking about turning in my stares and stripes for the big red maple leaf.<-- no joke!

[lordnutt]

and you know what, Our country will be proud to take you in! only thing is....we have Steven Harper -.- i have nothing against his party but they could get a better candidate at least....

o-well I hope Obama does with though even though he has had threats on his murder O.O such a peaceful country you have :p

[b360dj]

hahahahahaha tooo funnY!

[ismydoggy]

well its not as good as ireland which was voted best country to live in

[cedry123]

Trailer Park boys ARE funny. Sad that i know that.

I like Canada. I've met some cool puppeteers from there (Luman Coad comes to mind, as swell as Joel, a lesser known but still cool puppeteer).

Nature is fine as long as it stays OUTSIDE. That's the reason God made picture glass windows. Inside, carpet, coffee and central heating/cooling. Outside, wet, windy dirty stuff. Looks cute through the window though. Nature channel is cool. Those meerkats are so cute.

Go Brian.

[lothrazar]

god made windows? what world are you from

[quexalcoatl]

There are always tons of serious comments when it comes to national identity in Canada. Don't take it to heart man, I liked the video. We're a free-thinking bohemian lot, ain't we. :)

[MrAwesome222]

I feel like I want to punch you. It seems like your doing more bashing of the States than being proud of Canada. I'm proud of being a Canadian because I believe in equality. I also believe that everyone deserves to make mistakes because we all make them and bashing someone for their mistakes is beyond hypocritical.

[mrhogg]

Bashing someone for their mistakes isn't hypocritical. Bashing them for mistakes you make while denying you make them is hypocritical.

And I wasn't bashing; I was making fun of the fact that we're always comparing ourselves to the US. I'm being self-deprecating. One of the things I say I'm proud of is the fact that we don't need to compare ourselves to the states, when I spend most of the video making comparison the US.

It's comedy, man. That's all. I'm sorry you didn't like it, though.

[ArgusEyes]

Sorry. Canada is against free speech. Thus it is impossible for me to respect it.

I've been to Canada, it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. I would move there in a thrice if Canada started to support freedom.

[mrhogg]

How is Canada against free speech?

[ArgusEyes]

Many countries (U.K., France, Germany, Canada etc) have caught the rot of hate speech laws which comes from politically correctness fascism. Whether it be locking someone up for denying the holocaust or criticising Islam. The effect is the same -- stopping freedom of speech/though.

[ArgusEyes]

You want examples? I hear about this so many times every day that I don't even know where to start -- it is a little distressing that you haven't heard of any examples yourself.

Anyway, type "Please Add Me to Your Blacklist" into Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky". Also type "Ernst Zundel" into wikipedia. But I can only start you out on these things. You MUST think for yourself and do your own research.

[mrhogg]

My asking you how the country is against free speech doesn't mean I don't think for myself, incidentally.

May I ask what country you're from?

[mrhogg]

Zundel violated hate speech laws. Freedom of speech always stops at the spot where expression incites violence, and that is, to my mind, a totally reasonable thing.

As for the Blacklist document, I can't comment on it, because I couldn't find a copy of the paper to read. I found the review of the report, but not the report itself. Were you able to read the original? If so, could you point me to it? If not, I should point to your own words, and suggest that you should do your own research.

[ArgusEyes]

You made a video here about how you are proud to be Canadian.

Say that your video really pissed off some anti-Canadian bigot and he went into a rage and beat up some people. Are you saying that you're happy to be held responsible as the one who "incites violence"?

[ArgusEyes]

Before you say something like "that's ridiculous" or "I never implied violence in the message". May I remind you that Muslims RIOTED OVER CARTOONS! Is there a message of violence in a cartoon? Are you seriously suggesting that the overreaction of a bunch of religious zealots is a reason to punish people who drew some pictures?

[mrhogg]

Again, your comparisons don't work in any way. I don't think there were any violent messages in the original cartoons, but the ones used to stir up the riots WERE designed specifically to incite violence. So your comparison falls apart.

[EikC]

The ones who would charge him with that would most likely be the Orwellian thought police known as the Canadian Human Rights Council. They harassed a publisher of the right wing newspaper Western Standard on behalf of an Imam who felt offended by them publishing cartoons of Muhammed. You can see the videos of this legal harassment on youtube: His YT handle is EzralLevant.

Anyway, I guess Canada seems like a nice place. You're America's hat, though! ;)

[ArgusEyes]

Good one EikC. mrhogg type "What a strange place Canada is" into Google, hit "I'm feeling lucky" again. Am I going to get a truculent little retort? Also look into what is happening with Mark Steyn's book "America alone", both these cases involved Muslims who were merely "offended" therefore rendering your violence a strawman argument which you pulled out of a place where the sun don't shine.

[ArgusEyes]

Again, I shouldn't be doing this stuff for you. Grow up and look into it yourself instead of finding reasons to deny it.

[mrhogg]

Dude, you're being nonsensical. There's a HUGE difference between making something that someone might take offense at, because EVERYTHING will be offensive to someone, and making something DESIGNED to get people being violent. This is the "incite" part of "inciting violence." If there's a call to action, then it's inciting violence. If I say something innocuous that you happen to take offense to, that's your own issue.

And being hyper-PC, and afraid to offend is a different concern.

[mrhogg]

I don't agree that the cartoons should've been suppressed. I agree that censorship is wrong. But that was done out of fear of being physically attacked by a group of people who said they would attach anyone who published the cartoons, and who KILLED people because of it. THAT is terrorism, on the part of the violent groups, not the CHRC.

[EikC]

Actually, the only reason it happened was because the Imam filed a complaint against him to the now infamous Alberta Human Rights Commission. He had already debated Ezral, and it seems like he took this opportunity to get revenge for his perceived failure to debate him on a radio show. You can view the original complaint, too. No, you see, the problem lies in the CHRC having any power to harass people and ask them what their motivations are for printing cartoons, hence the thought police thing.

[EikC]

It's made all the much worse by the fact that he is required by the government to submit to this Minitruth's questioning. The Imam used these guys as a way to harass and intimidate Ezral, at no cost to himself. This is essentially what Scientology does... Except they spend money to do it, but the idea is - You'll run out of money before we do. And we will break you.

Religion should be mocked, if the government tries to stop you, then the true north isn't "strong and free" is it? :/

[wearesexyparty]

and you're our asshole

[EikC]

I didn't call you anything and you flame me. I think we know who the asshole here is.

[EikC]

Guess I misread that a little - Still, I'm not American, and that says a little about Canada's reputation abroad! :P

[mrhogg]

There's a fundamental difference between designing something to get people to commit a violent act and making something innocuous, and having someone be offended by it. It isn't a worthy comparison on any level. By that standard, EVERYTHING EVER WRITTEN would be inciting violent, because EVERYTHING will offend somebody.

[ArgusEyes]

This is amazing, I am literally amazed. I have never seen denial this strong. Never. Not even from born again creationists who I debate with all the time. Fuck me! Your cognitive dissonance could block mortars.

This whole incitement of violence thing has nothing to do with the issue at hand. I don't care what you want to call it, hate speech or whatever. If I can get punished by the government for saying certain things then there is no free speech. I am amazed, it's like denying that 2+2=4

[ArgusEyes]

How much simpler can I make it? K, try this.

Q: What is freedom of speech?

A: It's FREEDOM-OF-SPEECH

Q: What does that mean?

A: Well it means that your speech is free.

Q: Could you be more specific?

A: Yes, you can say what you want to say without reprisal from the government.

Q: What about hate speech laws?

A: Well, those are laws that punish people for the things they say. Either through fines, forced apology or jail.

[ArgusEyes]

Q: So you can have freedom of speech in a country that has hate speech laws then?

A: Ummmm, not really. You see. Freedom of speech means your speech is free. In a country with hate speech laws you cannot say certain things therefore you do not have freedom to say certain things therefore you do not have freedom of speech. Q.E.D.

[ArgusEyes]

Q: Could you explain a little better please?

A: If you say "I support people's freedom of speech... except for when they say x". THEN YOU DO NOT SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH! The best analogy to this that I can think if is "All animals are born equal, Some are more equal than others ..." From George Orwell's animal farm.

[brandonmalo]

Canada is all about freedom and free speech, where are you getting your facts?

[ArgusEyes]

How about all the very specifc examples I and others have listed in this thread where people in Canada have been persecuted for their speech, just when my disgust at the human race could not get lower you come on and say that and push it further down. Sheep.

[smylee3760]

go canada,which is the land of beer

[GroverKent]

I wish I was Canadian!

Kids in the Hall? Ooh, Kathy Greenwood was on that show from time to time. "Yankees"? To us Americans (particularly southerns) YOU guys are the "yankees"! And um, I think I'll wait until I'm married before I start having sex, lol.

[mrhogg]

How can we be Yankees to you? I'm no sure how that would work.

[Colbynfriends]

Even though I'm an Amarican, i like this video

[lordvader6169]

A lot of my friends and even so called "aquantinteces" realy hate Canada. Some say they even hate it! I don't know y. I always liked Canada. I thought it would be cool to live there. My only problem with it is that its so enviromentaly friendly(so I've heard.) I've just always been into big cities with huge manufacturing plants and tecknolagy beoyond our wildest dreams. Quit frankly, I always wanted a world without nature. Sorta like Corusant off Star Wars.

[mrhogg]

Why do they hate Canada? And why do you dislike the fact that it's environmentally friendlier than the USA?

There's no such thing as a world without nature, as we are part of it. And anyway we DO have manufacturing, we have cities with high-tech.

[lordvader6169]

They said you were all a bunch of pansies(Trust me, I have no idea y). And, I never said you didnt have high teck tecknology or no manufacturing stuff, my hole thing is, i want the whole planet to be like one big city. I just have this crazy dream for world domination and I want to know that I'm controlling more than just a few bugs and trees. Total POWER! POWER! That and I just find nature boring. I know, its selfish, but its just the way I roll...

[mrhogg]

Pansies? Hardly. :)

As far as the city thing goes, if you get your wish everyone would be, you know, dead, as a lack of trees means a lack of tasty, tasty oxygen.

[peziak]

Great Vid. I didn't know we set the White house on fire. Interesting. Thank god the US don't currently see us as a terrorist threat just on that basis alone.

I am proud to be a Canadian just because.....

I enjoy being around other polite people, walking clean streets and living in a peaceful country.

[jambo310]

lol I love the trailer park boys, stay up till 2 AM on the summer month to watch them and their only on in summer :(

[Deltaego]

Its 2nd largest country, not first. Russia is the largest.

Btw, don't be surprised to recieve a lot of hatemail from Americans.

[mrhogg]

If you're made up of autonomous republics, you don't count as a country, at least not in my book.

[peziak]

Actually Russia by itself is geographically proved to still be the largest country in the world. Yeah I was bummed when I found that out too. But I have learned to live with that fact

[mrhogg]

I've always been unclear about that. How can a collection of countries be a country? Isn't that just a region?

[peziak]

Well when in doubt I suggest you wiki it. You will get an approximation of the truth.

But there are 21 republics, and though they are still autonomous, they are still represented by the federal government especially in international matters. I think that because Russia is so large they just decided to set up/maintain government systems like this in order to effectively govern. But these states are very much apart of Russia.

But don't fret, Canada still has the longest coastline. YAY!!

[brandonmalo]

First View! :)

CANADA IS THE BEST!

[Hadogei123456789]

Canada!