etom

Do any of you ever go on the OT forum, and if they--almost exclusively Americans-- tune into the fact you are Canadian, you get insulted for that reason alone? That is, if they can't argue with you, they simply Canadian bash?

[go Canucks, go--I'm talking hockey here]

chopperzz

Not usually if you're just in OT, but if you go into P&C and talk about healthcare, gun control or anything perceived as Liberal, you'll likely get your *** fed to you.
That being said there are a few Canadians that frequent that area of the forum.
They don't Canadian bash, but they'll attack subversively as they do with racial comments.

Zookie

who cares... the whole world knows they are a bunch of iggnorant idiots, except them...

SeanR

Says daddies boy.

Zookie

lol thanks for confirming my last comment

SeanR

That was in joking reference to this comment.

Zookie

^^^^ haha you like that one dont you :P

PS: i like that Joker pic, im stealing it...

ltc

Bob Rouleau is from Canada and he goes into OT and P&C all the time.
I don't recall Bob ever getting insulted....

JimV8

OT has some great topics for discussion. P&C also and is good sport. I've discovered the American's fallback position is that they look after our defence hence we don't have a voice. When challenged they can't answer who they are defending us against though. As for anything to do with guns thats a very delicate situation as several folk are passionate about them and see discussion relating to control as a personal attack on their rights and that provokes anger. I don't have a problem discussing things although I expect by now there's a certain amount of conditioned response whenever I make a remark.

Torontoworker

I go there often and don't get picked upon - and they can see from my location I'm from Ontario. I think it's about what you say and how you say it then the topic frankly. I don't wish to debate gun control, their health care or their government as for the most part it does not concern me. If Americans want to debate stuff we do up here - sure I'll put my 2 cents in but for the most part we're like some form of Alien from another planet that looks like them, speaks the same... sort of so we walk among them without trouble. I like it that way - grey mode = safer mode. Now Zookie *might* have an issue going through US Customs with his PLO scarf... LOL If he'd only wear the Yankies baseball hat sideways and hum rap songs he'd have no problem!

Zookie

lol actully not once i have had any issue with crossing the border FYI :P I am indian after all and not from the North East Side of the Border:P

all you have to do is Flash some Money on Customs Officers face

PS: I love these threads, where the OP Starts it and then Disapears...

Ronan

US definition of Canada: The white space on top of the US map that brings us winter.

US definition of Canadians: unarmed Americans with health care.

Bonster

Wow. Way to make lots of friends. Sounds to me like you have already made up your mind, so why ask in the first place? And to answer your question buried amongst your insults, no, you would not be harassed for being Canadian. You might be harassed for slinging insults, however.

Bonster

Maybe the drugs wore off.

Bonster

Well, that's not exactly true, but it is humorous. Not bashing my home country, but . . . I bet you could find some Americans who don't know where Canada even is on the map. Lol. And yes, I'm laughing, but sadly, I'm also serious. So if you've run across Americans with the above view point, it's no wonder. But not ALL of us are like that. It's sad that ANY of us are like that.