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- From: alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
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- Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 00:52:17 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.110417.880@ualr.edu> deyoung@acs.harding.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.220240.1@vxdesy.desy.de>, godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
- >>In article <1k1aa5INNp2f@pandora.sdsu.edu>, larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) writes:
- >>> 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.
- >>>
- >>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
- >>
- >Do you care to elaborate on this? "Hugely inferior... in all
- >respects" is a bit of a broad statement wouldn't you say? It's all a
- >matter of taste, mate, and you have simply shown your ignorance in
- >systematically categorizing the people of an entire country, a country
- >that, as pointed out earlier, has an immigration rate somewhere in the
- >neighborhood of twice that of the US per capita. And that's because
- >Canada offers many opportunities in education and the possibility for
- >a better life.
-
- Oh my god, here we go again...
-
- Graham.
-