Posted on 07/05/2004 6:14:03 PM PDT by quidnunc
Can West News Services, owners of several Canadian newspapers including the National Post as well as the Global Television Network commissioned a series of polls to determine how young people feel about the issues that were facing the country’s voters. Dubbed "Youth Vote 2004", the polls, sponsored by the Dominion Institute and Navigator Ltd. were taken with a view to getting more young people involved in the political process.
In one telephone poll of teens between the ages of 14 and 18, over 40 per cent of the respondents described the United States as being "evil". That number rose to 64 per cent for French Canadian youth.
This being Canada, the amount of anti-Americanism that was found is not surprising. What is significant is the high number of teens who used the word "evil" to describe our southern neighbour. As Misty Harris pointed out in her column in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, evil is usually associated with serial killers and "kids who tear the legs off baby spiders." These teens appear to equate George W. Bush and Americans with Osama bin Laden and Hitler, although it is unknown if the teens polled would describe the latter two as being evil. Whether someone who orders planes to be flown into heavily populated buildings would fit that description would make a good subject for a future poll.
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Good one! And that goes for European teens as well.
That is one ugly broad.
Judy:
Thanks for the example you are giving your children.
When folks up there give you grief, you may want to ask them 2 things:
(1) Of Canada's exports, 83% go to the U.S. (2003 stats). The people up there may be "in love' with the European socialists but the European socialists aren't the ones putting a roof over Canadians' heads or food on their table. In fact, only 4% of Canada's exports go to Europe. Remember, Canada is on the same side of the "big pond" as us. The Europeans see Canada as "North American" and nothing Canada can do will change that. If the U.S. were out of the way, the Europeans would still see Canada as an outsider.
(2) Remember the Soviet Bear? The Soviets could have taken Canada at any time. Do you really think the Canadian military could have stopped them? Why do you think the Soviets never even dared make the move?
Again, thanks for being there. Canadians owe us nothing. However, they could at least be more supportive neighbors.
...since when are the canucs dictating US policies?
When I was a teenager in the fifties I lived near the Canadian border and went up there from time to time and knocked around with Canadian teenagers. Even then they called Americans "snakers" from the United Snakes of America. Why? I never knew then, and don't know now. What difference does it make anyway? When you have to carry your currency in a wheelbarrow, you've got to be discontented. Probably it's best to blame the Americans, because they don't care what Canadian teenagers think, or even whether they think.
Of course they think we are evil! Between our own media and theirs that is all they hear. When a democrat is back in the White House, we will be a good country again however!!! Just wait and see!
They learned it from Britain for more than 100 years. And since then, they've learned it from the communist propaganda pipeline from all of Europe.
I wouldn't be surprised, given the state of public education in this country, if 40% of AMERICAN teenagers thought the same!
As I have travelled around the world during the past few years, the only people I have found who dislike the U.S. are academics and the "children" they have brainwashed.
You may be surprised to learn that about 50% of Canadian teens think the same thing.
About the only thing they know about the USA is what they see in movies and on TV. You can see what an effect that has on the sheeple in the USA. Much more so in other countries.
I used to live there. That experience is the single biggest factor for why I can now say that I am a "Recovered" liberal.
We NEED clear-headed patriots like you...
Come on down and make it official -- you ARE "American!"
60% of canada thinks canada is evil.
My regrets.
Regards, Ivan
Of course you are right, Mad Ivan. The French socialists from Quebec manage to rule the country. It is mandatory throughout Canada for French to be taught in school. Anything marketed must be in labeled in French and English. Yet in Quebec, signs posted on private shops, etc, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN ENGLISH. Quebec receives huge amounts of money from the federal government, yet many or most continue to badmouth Canada. But we keep pandering to them. Another form of appeasement, like trying to please a very spoiled child. Many of us are growing rather weary of them.
"Come on down and make it official...you ARE American."
LOL. Thanks for the invite F16, but our dollar is not worth enough! I have, however, encouraged my teens to head south the first opportunity they get. Unless, of course, they want to stay here and try to fix things, which, I must admit, they seem a little keen on doing.
Yep, when I was younger I wanted to be liked. After 30, I've found respect is better. Unfortunately, the Euros are correct in that we are still a relatively "young" country. Maybe we'll learn someday, I hope.
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