Why do you hate YOUR country

[Gabrielle]

Curling?

[Deraldin]

4. Curling being considered our 'official national sport'. That's crap. It should be friggin' hockey.

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WTF are you talking about? Hockey is the official national winter sport and Lacrosse is the official national summer sport from what I recall. Where did you hear that curling was our national sport?

 

EDIT: Gabs: Curling

Edited March 19, 2006 by Deraldin

[Gabrielle]

Strange sport curling. Hoeckey should be canadas sport, it snows there a lot and its cold

[SteveThaiBinh]

As others have said, I don't hate my country (the UK), I dislike some aspects of the country and a lot of things the government and people do.

 

One thing I dislike is the way the British make stupid jokes about the French and Germans all the time. They're not funny, well-observed or original, but just because they're at the expense of the French and Germans, everybody laughs.

[Oerwinde]

My Country: Canada

 

What I hate about it: How 90% of Alberta wants us to be the US. How a little less than half of Quebec wants to leave despite us giving them pretty much whatever they want whenever they want it. Quebec is part of Canada's national identity, it almost seems selfish of them to want to leave. Thats speaking from an Anglophone point of view though.

 

Also, we have crappy cell phone plans and no access to Cartoon Network, Comedy Central or Sci-Fi network without using illegal satellite. Instead we have crappy canadian equivalents like Teletoon(which has like 3 good shows), The Comedy Network(which shows 3 year old Comedy Central reruns), and Space. Though Space is a pretty cool channel.

 

I also hate how all the CBC original programming sucks. The only good stuff on it is its news coverage, political satire, and Hockey Night in Canada.

[Pidesco]

The tendency to keep bringing up past glories as if that somehow would matter to present-day concerns. If I see one more RTP1 broadcast with footage that's older than a decade, I'm gonna turn into Manuel Subtil #2. In fact, I pretty much avoid national television right now partially because of that; the only thing I watch their are series like Lost, The Shield or Dr. House.

 

 

The D.Sebasti

[Oerwinde]

First off, I don't hate my country. In fact, I think if someone hates their country they should simply move if at all possible.

 

 

THINGS I HATE ABOUT KANADA;

 

 

1. Arrogance. When non Kanadians talk about Kanada they discuss our 'niceness', 'non arrogance'. It is a myth. We are arrogant, and we truly believe we are the best country in the world.

 

2. Jealousy. Even with our arrogance we are most definitely jealous of the US. It reeks in everything we do. We claim to be different, and we s trive our best to be different yet  we do everything to be them, to be better than them, to show them up.

 

3. Poor Method of Selecting Our Prime Ministers. Other countries allow their citizens to choose their individual leader. We don't truly get that option. We get stuck voting based on party. Menaing if you prefer the Liberal in your area; but want the PC leader to be PM, you a re in a huge pickle.

 

4. Curling being considered our 'official national sport'. That's crap. It should be friggin' hockey.

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1. Yup, we do believe we have the best country in the world, but unlike many americans, we don't try to shove it in people's faces, and those who do, we generally don't like.

 

2. Yup, while our values tend to be closer to European values than American values, our proximity to the US does cause us to soak up their culture.

 

3. Yeah, like in the last election I wanted Paul Martin as PM, but wanted to vote NDP.

 

4. Hockey is our national winter sport, Lacrosse is summer. What gave you the idea that curling was our national sport?

[Nartwak]

Canada's only distinguishing characteristic is that it isn't America. This can be understood by the contrasts between the countries that Canadians constantly reference.

[Oerwinde]

Canada's only distinguishing characteristic is that it isn't America. This can be understood by the contrasts between the countries that Canadians constantly reference.

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Our most distinguishing characteristic is that we have no distinguishing characteristic. We're just a mish mash of everyone elses distinguishing characteristics, as evidenced by Vancouver's own Mr. Toddish McWong here:

 

Edited March 19, 2006 by Oerwinde

[Lucius]

Abomination! :angry:

[Oerwinde]

He holds a dinner party every year to celebrate Chinese New Year and Robbie Burns Day. A couple years ago they had Haggis Wonton Soup. He's become kind of a symbol of Vancouvers multiculturalism.

Edited March 19, 2006 by Oerwinde

[Nartwak]

How impressive.

[thepixiesrock]

Bassically, I hate the people in America.

[Surreptishus]

Bassically, I hate the people in America.

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All of them?

[thepixiesrock]

ALL OF THEM!

[Craigboy2]

First off, I don't hate my country. In fact, I think if someone hates their country they should simply move if at all possible.

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Move? Where?

 

ALL OF THEM!

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Even your self?

Edited March 19, 2006 by Craigboy2

[Nartwak]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Volourn meant out of their country Craigboy2.

 

Well, our users have posted a total of 2799 articles.

Yes, incisive investigative articles.

Edited March 19, 2006 by Nartwak

[thepixiesrock]

ALL OF THEM!

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Even your self?

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ALL OF THEM!

[metadigital]

Spam infestation exterminated.

[Craigboy2]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Volourn meant out of their country Craigboy2.

 

Well, our users have posted a total of 2799 articles.

Yes, incisive investigative articles.

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I know but just because you can leave your country doesn't mean your ideal country is out there.

[thepixiesrock]

That doesn't mean it's not.

[Nartwak]

Of course.

[Gorth]

...just because you can leave your country doesn't mean your ideal country is out there.

Only one way to find out...

[Craigboy2]

That doesn't mean it's not.

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But doesn't mean it is.

 

...just because you can leave your country doesn't mean your ideal country is out there.

Only one way to find out...

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It'll be a long and near pointless journey that someone will probably end up wasting their life on only to discover that they should have just improved upon what they already have.

Edited March 19, 2006 by Craigboy2

[metadigital]

Life is a Journey, not a Destination.