Why do Canadians respect each culture to maintain itself rather than being a part of the melting pot?
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WHY SHOULD CANADIANS PERSECUTE THE CULTURE OR BELEIFS OF ANOTHER PERSON, THE FACT IS TAHT WE ALL ARE IMMEGRANTS FROM FIRST SETTLERS TO THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES. WE RESPECT THE HERITAGE AND THE PERSON BUT SHOULD THE PERSON DO SOMETHING SUCH AS A TERRORIST ACT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE PERSECUTED NOT THE ENTIRE CULTURE AS THAT WOULD BE ONLY RE-ENFORCING ACTS OF HATE.
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First off, Canada has a parliament and the Queen of the United Kingdom is her head of Government.  This is just like the Australians, by the way.  The US is a republic with a different system of government altogether.  Culturally, there are many things that are similar but also many differences in their attitudes towards society.  Health care would be just one of the major differences in beliefs about how society should be treated by the government.  That issue alone would divide rather than unite these two countries.\n\nAlthough Canadians and Americans share common cultural experiences, the political differences are vast.  Canadians abroad typically wear a Maple Leaf to distinguish themselves from their Southern cousins in the USA.  Americans do not always recognize this symbol and, embarrasingly, ask the Canadian, "What part of the States are you from?".  Since most Americans are unaware of the differences between the two countries, they assume that Canadians are "just like them".  This is, obviously, not the case.\n\nCanada has a proud history as part of the British Empire and part of the Commonwealth today.  It is doing quite fine economically and has no issues in managing its own resources.  There's no impetus for them to merge with another country.\n\nAmerica has no need to take on more people and a land mass that's larger than it's own.  It has enough problems managing its own situation at the moment.  It hasn't even let Puerto Rico become a State, let alone considering the addition of Canada.\n\nThe notion is romantic on your part, but unrealistic in the end.
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Well because Yankee tourists are so in your face, think they know everything and tell you what to do.   And like a lot of other Canadians we don't like their government, that kills millions of innocent people, threaten to pollute our Red River with one of their polluted rivers, we don't like the fact they are trying to build a wall against us-how neighbourly is that? Canadians don't believe they get any respect from the U.S. We feel like they are sneering at us just because we allow same sex marriage and for the most part marijuana is legal. Also we don't have the first Amendment that every one person is required to be armed to the teeth.
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Some societies have a single culture (language, religious beliefs, life expectations, etc), but one like ours (American) is fragmented.  Any somewhat unified group which has their own cultural glue could be called a sub-culture.  (Gays, Conservative Christians, Latinos, Urban Blacks, Gangs, Neo-nazis, Pagans, Yiddish Hebrews, Academics – the Ivory Tower, Politicians, Militant Feminists, Little China, Swingers, Artists, Musicians, etc.)\nThey often have a language or vocabulary which sets them apart.  When interfacing with people outside of their own group, they often behave or speak just a little differently than when they are with other members of their group.  Sometimes members are difficult to observe in public, but often they are proud of their differences and do not wish to blend in.
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Cause Canadians are nerds.
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I've never felt Canadians by and large had this attitude. But it is a fairly liberal country. That doesn't mean liberalism is bad, but some liberals, and I prefer to be called liberal, are very arrogant and think others are barbarians in comparison to them. That is my honest observation.
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well yes we are a melting pot, made of many cultures but i dont think that people are thinking that our country strives to be perfect but i mean nobody is perfect just like you said. but we arnt trying to be perfect we are trying to make it right for everyone and if people cant understand that then thats fine just like you said. so i think that people just should encourage eachother to accept a country or any thing in the country i love living here i wouldnt change a thing , we have come a long way but nothing is more important than the people.
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Canadians are part of the Commonwealth and so have common laws and morals with England and all the countries of the commonwealth. America just stands on there own even though there laws originated in England they have changed the laws and morals to prove they're better.
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Some countries identify themselves with their culture. To alter the culture would alter their identity, and this is change that not many societies deal well with. Check out America...we are having an identity crisis right now. Are we a war nation? Are we a peace nation? Are we unified nation? Who knows? \n\nThe most violent places on Earth are where they do not have an identity or history.
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It's all part of the human condition. So let us go forth and be ourselves and treat everyone as we want to be treated. A little respect goes a long way to advance our culture.
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Because Canada is known as a friendly country and they don't have tons of enemies like the Americans do.  Most other countries hate America.
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At least in India, people do not copy any one in the world. But we accept what is good in terms of values even if it is foreign, like in classical music there is influence of both the west and the middle-east. Ours is an eclectic culture and that is why we assimilate from all directions and make it our own.
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As a Canadian, I will burn who's ever flag I want.  I have been involved with, and will continue to be involved with, the burning of the American flag, and the flag of any other country who's actions I disagree with, as an act of protest.  The burning of the American flag symbolizes the distruction of American freedom, and a proud end to your tradition of being "the home of the free".  Oh, and fyi, Americans regularly burn the flags of other countries.  Also, I support the burning of the Canadian flag (as a born Canadian, who's parents and grandparents are born Canadians)when this country gets up to things I don't agree with.  Flag burning is a sign of *strong* disagreement; it shouldn't be over-used, as that robs the act of all meaning.  But the jesture should not, and cannot, be disallowed.  I have not yet burned a Canadian flag, but as mr. Harpers government continues down the same path mr. Bush decided to follow, the day when that action will be warrented comes closer and closer.
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I'm Canadian. That we aren't extremists in anything and are well known for our mediating.
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There are so many cultures in the USA. I have even developed a different culture of my married son. We like different foods, we like to do different things and we have different Family activities. \n\nI guess an American culture is doing things the same. we all vote, we celebrate the fouth of july, we celebrate birthdays, we go to baseball games and eat hotdogs. We celebrate our freedom of speech, we enjoy the freedom of religeon, which includes if we want to celebrate the fourth of july. \n\nI think the main word for our cullture is freedom.
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Generally I think Americans are ambivalent about Canadians.\n\nWe like their beer (Molson), probably eat their beef (Alberta), can appreciate their hockey (Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs), adopt their artists (Alanis Morrissette, William Shatner, Jim Carrey, John Candy, and so on), and film in their country (Vancouver).\n\nWhile I've nothing against Canadians, and indeed respect them, as a FIB I'm more passionate about my beloved Cheese-Head neighbors to the north and happy Hoosiers to the east. All in all, I'd say that Iowans (my western neighbors) are most like Canadians.\n\nRegarding Manifest Destiny: here are some sections from Wikipedia related to its definition and how it affected our relations with Canda, Texas and Mexico. Please visit the link for the complete write-up.\n\n"Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States had a mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. Sometimes advocates said there was divine sanction (but atheists were often just as supportive). Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and inevitable ("destiny"). Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, Manifest Destiny eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the territorial expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean.\n\n"(It) has always been a general notion rather than a specific policy. \n\n"The phrase ... was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession). \n\n"British North America\nAlthough Manifest Destiny was primarily directed at territory inhabited by Mexicans and American Indians, the concept played a role in U.S. relations with British North America (later Canada) to the north. From the time of the American Revolution, the United States had expressed an interest in expelling the British Empire from North America. Failing to do that in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Americans came to accept the British presence on their northern border, but fears of possible British expansion elsewhere in North America was a recurrent theme of Manifest Destiny."
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Canadians are generally nice people, their country looks like the US but the people is much more "European", even if they are also very north Americans in most ways.  I must say that I know especially Fench-Canadians, because I visited Montreal and Quebec.