Well, I wasn't gonna mention that Kendall.....but if you don't mention which side "WE" were on during the Civil War, or the fact that good old enlightened Toronto had as many "No dogs or Jews" signs as The States, or how many Afro-Canadians were in the Canadian Musician's association before the sixties, or even how many Canadians lost their jobs during the fifties 'red-scare' HERE(!!)......well, hopefully you get my point.

We do NOT have a monopoly on good stuff here. We are a remarkable country, to have managed not to be amalgamated into the States. There really IS a "Canadian personality".

The United States is a remarkable country....almost totally ungovernable because of it's vastness and regional attitudes. Yet it hangs in there.

I am hugely critical of BOTH countries, because I want them to REMAIN great places to live. Patriotism has fuck all to do with standing up at a ball game!

Cheers

Rick