During the World Cup hockey event in Vancouver over the last two weeks, it appears that some baseball-capped, beer-bellied buffoons were booing the american hockey team as the "The Star-Spangled Banner" was being played. While this is totally rude, disrespectful and un-sportsmanlike, one could almost understand it if the booing took place during a game between the Canadian and american teams. But the two teams on the ice that night were the americans and the Russians. Not only that, but in addition the crowd chanted "U.S. sucks!" over and over during the game.
We've long known that we have some major differences with the americans, but they have reached the point where it would be best if Canada separated from North america and joined the European Union (EU), as our life views are much more in keeping with the Europeans than they are with americans.
North america, being relatively young in terms of its settlement, has long held rugged individualism in high regard, as that was a quality needed to succeed in taming this wild land. as such, the North american psyche differs from that of Europe, as Europeans seem to enjoy a much tamer pace of life in addition to having their governments look after the majority of their needs from cradle to grave.
Canada seems much more attuned to the European model of life than to the traditional North american way. We tend to elect governments that, like those of Europe, punish success and make unrealistic and undeliverable feel-good promises. We tend to have a real sense of class envy and actually equate being wealthy with being morally deficient. at the same time, we are so inclusive that we put even the most whacko, primitive death cult on an equal footing with our traditional values. and while on the subject of values, "traditional" appears to be a vulgar concept here in Canada, while pushing the social envelope is a sure way of gaining kudos.
all these tendencies are much more compatible with those of the EU and certainly not in keeping with the values that americans cherish. In the U.S. initiative, entrepreneurial spirit, financial success, bettering one's self, defending your country and most importantly, looking after one's self as well as one's family are all values that most americans admire. We in Canada, on the other hand, tend to think of these values as somehow lacking. Our values are centered about how much of life we can regulate and to what degree, which also happens to be one of the EU's most important values. In Europe there is actually a government body that decides what constitutes a banana. apparently it has to do with its length and curvature. That's just the sort of thing that the government of Canada might be interested in, given half a chance.
americans tend to be religious, while in Canada, being religious endangers the social fabric. This is particularly true if the religion happens to be Christian and to some degree Jewish. In fact Christians are believed by many Canadians to be the single most subversive element of society because of their morality, which is the one thing that Canadians as well as Europeans seem loath to regulate.
There are some real bottom-line advantages to the idea of Canada separating from North america to join the EU. For openers, we could trade in what's left of our military for a phantom "military reaction force" that exists only on paper, much in the same way the EU has done. We would also gain a newfound respect among the rest of the world's nations as our currency would no longer be referred to as the "Loony", as the much better sounding and more valuable "Euro" would take its place. and since the Euro is worth so much more than the Loony, we would increase our purchasing power, enabling us to nullify that horrible North american Free Trade agreement (NaFTa) and instead trade with much more desirable and cosmopolitan nations, such as communist China and perhaps even North Korea.
Only trouble is coming up with an adequate name for this new European country would entail serious creative effort. I was thinking that something along the lines of Buffoonistan or Superioria might be suitable. Don't you?
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