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Morning!

I live high in the mountains in BC Canada (AKA The Great White North), though I myself was born and bred in Scotland. I moved to N. America when I was 18, and spent a lot of time as a resident of Aspen, Colorado.

I married a Canadian, had 5 Canadian children, and for the last 30 years or so we have been based (we travel a lot) in Canada by choice. Why? Because it's peaceful and beautiful, and because we have family here, including one grandchild, - so far.

Nobody in our family hates anybody from anywhere, but they *do* hate war, killing, pride, arrogance, - and all the kinds of things evident in the posts I have just read on this thread.

I don't personally know *any* Canadians who dislike Americans, but I am certain most would be terribly hurt by the remarks above.

I have been a member of this forum for a long time, and have met many interesting people (I tend to think of people as just people, - unpatriotic of me I know, but I can't help myself! ), but this is the first time I have run into this kind of uninformed bigotry.

BTW, - my husband was born and bred in Toronto, and all my kids were born within an hour's drive of there. I didn't know any anti-Americans there either.

My *brother* lives, and has lived for the past 20 years in Myrtle Beach with his *American* wife...

Our youngest *son* is married to a beautiful Mulatto woman from *Detroit*... - they live in Canada.

My best *friend* is an *American,* now married to, and living with, another American (a Vietnam draft-dodger, turned very successful songwriter) in Old Montreal...

I think all of you *really* need to re-evaluate your position. Hatred only begets hatred, and it looks to me as though America has ticked off enough of the world as it is lately, - are you SURE you want to upset Canadians too?

Oh, and about those writer stats (I happen to BE a musician and writer); surely the author can divide by ten and realize that Canada has only (roughly) ten per cent of the population America does. Why then, would anyone expect that she should have more authors/artists etc? And who cares anyway???

People around the world are pretty much the same everywhere. We are all sinners, we all are capable of both love and hate, and we get to **choose** which creed we will live by. I choose the former.

We all come into this world naked, we leave naked, we all need the same air to breathe, we all bleed red, and we ALL need love. WHY do so many insist on causing division amongst us! And WHY do you let them?

Sad. - Anij.