US vs THEM!

 ALLAN: Canadians exhibit a sense of superiority to Americans on the internet. Is that also their true feeling in real life?

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Nancy Harris, I'm an American who has travelled a lot and who has many Canadian friends. 

I am confident that Canadians are superior in many ways to Americans. 

For openers, Canada has more guns per capita than Americans, but they do not have the high incidences of mass shooting America has. 

They do not ascribe to the silly gun culture or use religion to assert superiority over others. 

Their media is not fear-based and fear-mongering. 

I find more Canadians who are refreshingly moral, kind, caring, personable, emotionally mature, and reasonable than Americans. 

But maybe it's just a coincidence. 😀

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Randy Wilson

  Sorry that we might be thought of as superior to Americans. 

We don't want to offend anyone…

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Linda Wolf

  That is my experience too. 

My husband lived there for 18 months and loved it. 

I'm an American, my ancestors have been here since the                                Mayflower, and I consider myself very patriotic.

Too many Americans are adolescents in their attitudes. 

I don't see Canadians as having a sense of superiority over Americans; the ones I've known don't; they are too civil and mature for that silliness.

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Frank Malitz

  I met a young Canadian couple in Bangkok while waiting for my flight. 

They asked if I spoke English and where I was from. 

I told them I was an American, and they told me they were Canadians. I smiled and said, "Same idea," and I went to shake hands... and they became furious. 

An American would never behave like that. 

After all, we both spoke English.

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Bill Bennet  When I was in Montreal, Canadians spoke better English than I do. 

They had no accent that I could discern. But they wouldn't give me directions when I was lost if I didn't speak French.

All the business presentations were done equally for Canadians and        Americans, yet the presenters would only speak in French, even though they were fluent in English. 

We have yet to learn what the presentations were as a result.

You wouldn't get that in Chicago.

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Donal McCollum

  "Canada has more guns per capita than Americans." 

That is absolute bullshit. 

I do not know a single person who owns a gun! 

I am a Canadian.

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Travis Abernathy

  Canadians don't have nearly the amount of guns per capita as Americans. 

I don't know where you found that stat or why you would even believe it. 

The rest of your answer isn't even worth responding to, as your inability to distinguish easily observable reality makes your assessments about as credible as a psychic reading.

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Sherri Brody, You may be correct, and even so, the stats you posted make gun ownership in the US problematic because Americans elevate guns and the right to own them over the safety of the community.