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- From: godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de
- Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.220240.1@vxdesy.desy.de>
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- References: <1993Jan23.000840.20867@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <1k1aa5INNp2f@pandora.sdsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:02:40 GMT
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- In article <1k1aa5INNp2f@pandora.sdsu.edu>, larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) writes:
- > Gerald Olchowy (golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca) wrote:
- >> jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey) writes:
- >> >One reason, IMHO, why Americans have the "USA #1" attitude is
- >> >the relative amount of immigration to American vs. other
- >> >countries.
- >>
- >> Canada has twice the immigration rate per capita than the United
- >> States has.
- >
- > My experience has been that a large percentage of the people who have
- > emigrated to Canada did so because they couldn't get into the United
- > States (green card, citizenship, etc.), and the closest real country
- > (not just in location) is Canada.
- >
- >
- > Larry
-
-
- Absolutely agreed. Canada is hugely inferior to the US in all respects,
- and Canadians occupy considerable time and efort ina fruitless attempt
- to try to convince people otherwise. To the rest of us it looks rather
- ludicrous and a little sad.
-
- Laurence
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