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Subject: Actually

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Mister Non-Canuck

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Date Posted: 20:07:20 11/20/04 Sat
In reply to: Mister Non-Canuck 's message, "Canada's contribution to the world" on 19:53:38 11/20/04 Sat

The Simpsons qualifies as one of the most intelligently-written, most insightful commentaries on western contemporary society in existence. Admittedly, the show isn't what it used to be in the glory days. But consider this - there are more Ivy League and Oxbridge degree-holders writing each episode than there are in the whole British cabinet. It isn't a stupid show. Homer Simpson is an idiot, but that's the idea - he is meant to be a pastiche of everything that is wrong with the white American male of the late 20th and early 21s century.

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[> [> Subject: Well, there you have it then

Author:
Ian (Australia)
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Date Posted: 20:36:49 11/20/04 Sat

So, "Homer Simpson is an idiot, ... a pastiche of everything that is wrong with the white American male".
By your own logic, then, the opinion that Canada is a loser country must be part of what is wrong the white American male.
And yet you agree with him.
Which makes you ... Oops.

(The unpleasant squelching sound you hear is Mr. Non-Canuck disappearing up a small hole in the back of his own trousers.)

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[> [> Subject: What?

Author:
Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 12:47:16 11/21/04 Sun

Are you seriously suggesting that you expect the British cabinet to contain people who are as well educated as facetious American cartoonists? Have you visited Britain lately? Frankly, I would be impressed if some of the cabinet had heard of Oxford, Cambridge or Harvard, let alone studied there.

And enough with the Canadian-bashing, already. Were you bitten by a Canadian as a child or something? Also, I suggest a little more research before making ill-informed comparisons between Canada and the United States of America.

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