Oh dear. We have the Canada/US issue once again. I guess that I will have to break my long silence in order to defend my country. Having lived in both Canada and the US, I feel that I am qualified to speak. Grant, I wonder how you can adequately judge Canada from visiting only a few times. Chicago is of course interesting because there are people to see and places to go. I love Chicago, but I also love Vancouver where there are people from all over—China, Japan, Korea, and India to name a few. My point is that just because you love what you are used to in Chicago does not disqualify the importance of other places and peoples. So Canada is different than what you’ve experienced in the states—does that make is a less worthy country? I realize that your post was in jest, but be careful what you jest as you are talking about peoples’ homes.
Margaret
Sep 21 2003
12:03 pm
Oh dear. We have the Canada/US issue once again. I guess that I will have to break my long silence in order to defend my country. Having lived in both Canada and the US, I feel that I am qualified to speak. Grant, I wonder how you can adequately judge Canada from visiting only a few times. Chicago is of course interesting because there are people to see and places to go. I love Chicago, but I also love Vancouver where there are people from all over—China, Japan, Korea, and India to name a few. My point is that just because you love what you are used to in Chicago does not disqualify the importance of other places and peoples. So Canada is different than what you’ve experienced in the states—does that make is a less worthy country? I realize that your post was in jest, but be careful what you jest as you are talking about peoples’ homes.