tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5209345.post113018180668543457..comments2023-09-26T10:04:40.195+00:00Comments on Jon's Journal: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751264274782502416noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5209345.post-1130231009006034592005-10-25T09:03:00.000+00:002005-10-25T09:03:00.000+00:00Thanks for the online welcome!On the Canadian thin...Thanks for the online welcome!<BR/><BR/>On the Canadian thing, Michael's missing the French connection in Canada. It's more like Canada is the son of Britain and France, and the US is the older half-brother (parents Britain and Spain?) who has rebelled against his parents while Canada has maintained close ties with his parents. And, like all younger-older brother relationships, the Canada-US relationship has a mix of envy and loathing by the younger for the older, some sibling rivalry, etc., but they're brothers and you always stick by your family. That's my theory, anyway, and I'm sticking by it. Canada is very different from the States historically and politically, very different in terms of social and cultural values, and maybe shares a bit of superficial pop culture and language similarities but not much more.<BR/><BR/>And on the "old stuff" that you've got here in Britain, I'm beginning to wonder if it's not all just a scam. Like that awful "apparent age" theory of creation, the Brits have just made stuff <I>look</I> old, to increase tourism since the glory of the Empire has faded. Everyone's in on it, of course, and Brits learn about all this made up history in school so they can pass it off to unsuspecting visitors as "historical fact"... There's probably some underground factory in Coventry that churns out British antiquities by the bushel for strategic placement around the UK... ;-)Michael Pahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225370303628344885noreply@blogger.com