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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I was thinking the same thing. If you can't travel as your own person from your own country then maybe it's time to rethink your behaviour.
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Am I the only one who finds this amusing? The "Go Canadian" thing was started off when someone jokingly said they'll pretend to be Canadians so they don't have to deal with political BS on their
vacation. It started off as a joke.. chill out people. I hardly doubt real Canadians will start getting harrassed in Europe. Maybe I don't know this because I live in Texas (which is pretty far from Canada
) but seriously -- how many Canadians would seriously walk all around Europe with the flag plastered everywhere? I would
think that Canadians - like most other people wear regular clothes on an everyday basis.
Remember that "Marry an American" thing? (
http://www.marryanamerican.ca/) that started off as a joke too.
People joke about America all the time ... we just roll with it.
As far as "rethinking" our behavior -- I am a productive citizen. I don't have a crimial record, I pay taxes, and all that jazz...but I'm only one person. There's not much I can do to change the way thousands of other countries' citizens feel about my country or their generalizations of my fellow Americans.
/soapbox