Then you don't know very much do you 'Red'?
Canadians are probably the least Anti-American of all societies. Now lets
change that around into something positive instead of dwelling on negatives.
Americans are our best friends. period.
We have different political preferences, being more in the middle in Canada
as opposed to the right in USA, but definitely not on the left. The USA is
our largest trading partner and that goes both ways. We are heavily
influenced culturally but do our best to counter this in order order to
maintain our Canadian identity.
We are way more on the side of world and UN opinion when it comes to making
unilateral vs. concensus based military decisions. As for GWB and WMD, you
don't have to venture outside of the USA to find a large groundswell of
opinion against the current regime. It may get tossed out in November and it
may get re-elected, that will be the will of the American people and not
outsiders.
BTW what's your point if your not trolling, I am getting bored with this
thread. You have the arrogance to judge and yet you demonstrate no
comprehension of the evolutionary nature of societal development and its
dependencies on economic and geographical influences. You come across as
embittered against a society that allows you to speak your mind and offers
you the freedom to follow your own value system whatever that may be. So go
follow it and stop judging others. The irony here is that you eschew your
perception of a superficial value system based on your demonstrated
superficial understanding of it.
And of Canadians
You are a troll.
Sniffinvinyl
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Remain sane, cycle your brains out . . .
"Red Cloud" <
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> "SniffinVinyl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Good post, unfortunately this guy looks like a troll. Most of his
> > observations are likely true, but he displays no understanding of why
there
> > are differences with Europe, and yet in the same breath is making an
implied
> > judgement.
> >
>
> I feel sad you think I'm trolling. I'm making a point regardign the
> most
> important aspect of bicycle. How could that be trolling?
>
>
>
> > Also, an observation from a Canadian, most of us do not think of
ourselves
> > as Americans, perhaps we are better described as North Americans. I
think
> > that for most of the rest of the world including Canada the term
'American'
> > applies to the USA.
> >
>
> I myself quite surprise Canadian perception regarding their
> relathionship
> with American. It seems to me Canadian, if not the most
> anti-American, is very
> anti-american. Is not true that Canadian try to get close to EU's
> socialism than Bush-American neo-nazism?
>
>
>
> > Sniffinvinyl
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > "psycholist" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > "Red Cloud" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > To talk about the topic of Bicycle to Americans, it's like asking a
> > > > question
> > > > to aliens. Aliens from out of space would not ride a bike like
> > > > americans would.
> > > > Bicycle is like a sort of unnecessarily and unfriendly item to most
> > > > American.
> > > > And is not part of American lives. Americans don't much care about
> > > > bike
> > > > when they are addicted to clean their automobile.
> > > >
> > > > For American, bike is just a recreational sport not as a
> > > > transportation machine. That all that is. Most Probably only 2% or
3%
> > > > American riding a bike everyday. Most of them are poor underclass
who
> > > > can't afford car.
> > > >
> > > > I go to any American college and count how many bike I see parked in
> > > > bike-rack? One or two. Here in my city in a local college, to count
> > > > the number of bikes inside of campus, the number is less than 20 or
> > > > less. I will never see here in American campus the tremendous number
> > > > of bikes parked in English campus like Cambridge or Oxford (I wonder
> > > > how could find your bike)
> > >
> > > Red Cloud,
> > >
> > > From your other post on this newsgroup, you obviously live in
California.
> > > Taking California as representative of all of America is like taking
> > > television programming as representative of real life.
> > >
> > > I wish cycling were more popular here, but it's not as unpopular as
you
> > make
> > > it out to be. The love affair with the car stems in part from the
fact
> > that
> > > we have land here. We're not piled on top of each other like in some
> > > European countries. And we're allowed to own land here ... unlike in
some
> > > countries. The distances between our places are more vast. Maybe not
> > where
> > > you are in California, but it's true in many other places. We have
longer
> > > distances to travel and we have a good road system to facilitate it.
> > >
> > > But some of the largest and most successful bicycle companies are here
and
> > > we're an important export market for European and Asian bicycle
companies.
> > > Some of those bikes gather dust in people's garages. Some actually
get
> > used
> > > ... regularly.
> > >
> > > I attended a cycling event yesterday in a remote town called Clark's
Hill,
> > > SC. I don't know what the population is there, but it's VERY small.
The
> > > event drew from miles around, though and hundreds of people showed
up --
> > > hundreds of mostly very fit and healthy Americans who love to ride
their
> > > bikes.
> > >
> > > Don't judge America by California. Don't call the USA "America,"
either
> > ...
> > > Canadians and Mexicans and others get offended 'cuz they're
American's,
> > too.
> > >
> > > I heard a good one the other day ... how many Frenchmen does it take
to
> > > defend Paris? Nobody knows ... it's never been done. I guess all
> > Frenchmen
> > > are cowards, eh?
> > >
> > > Bob C.
> > >
> > >
> > >
