I glad that you are amongst those who actually takes pride in their country. I'm the first to admit there is ignorance and bigotry amongst posters here at FR (after all, Freepers are notorious for "eating their own"). I too, believe that we economically depend on each other and if I gave you any indication that I didn't (which I don't think I implied by by earlier post), I do apologize. I also never asserted that you think about us all the time (I'm sure you have your own problems to worry about). I wasn't trying to offend anyone, I was merely trying to understand.
As for the protection issue, well I never brought that up either, but if we are going to go there... I highly doubt you really believe that the U.S. is ever going to attack Canada (at least I hope you don't), but you also can't ignore the fact that because Canada sends 85% of its exports to the U.S., terrorists would see Canada as a viable target--especially given their desire to bring down the U.S. economy. So, just as we rely on you economically, I think a case can be made that you rely on us too (for protection).
Quite frankly, I would love it if we didn't even need to have threads like these. :)
Please don't. You said nothing to apologize for. As I said in another post , it's necessary to generalize in order to make a point . Often not necessarily to the one you are replying to rather anyone who happens to be following the thread .
O Canada does not hate America , to do that in many ways we'd be hating ourselves.