>  There  is a big difference between Americans and Canadians, but most Canadians
> are too polite to point them out.
>
> One aspect of Canadian culture, for sure, is that we don't want to be
> assimilated into US culture and we don't appreciate Americans who say,
> often with good will, "You're so much like us."  That's an insult for
> most, but again, they'll be too polite to say so.
>
>>
 
>No slight to Canada- but it is not America- but a country that is still
>searching for an identity other than to say- "they are not Yankees". Spare
>the ad hominem attacks and spare the "Go BU" after all it is in Boston USA
>
 
What kind of crap is this? I'm frankly very disappointed that the list administrators have not stepped in to keep this from getting ugly.  When we have a expatriate American who is now a Canadian citizen arguing with a "patriotic" American citizen over who's country is better, I fail to see the relevancy to any kind of discussion of college hockey. Frankly, I fail to see the relevancy of this discussion to anything.
 
Gentlemen, let's drop it and move on....
 
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