To my fellow Canadians

[rgraham666]

We have no reason to brag.

Two out of ten Canadians think we fought Russia in the First World War!

 

[Katyusha]

 

[Liar]

And here I thought Russia pretty much fought itself.

 

[DesertPirate]

Rob, I'm sorry your schools suck as bad as ours do

 

[Xelebes]

We have no reason to brag.

Two out of ten Canadians think we fought Russia in the First World War!

But that means 80% think we did not fight Russia in WWI, no?

 

[oggbashan]

I'm not surprised.

If UK citizens were asked similar questions the results are likely to be comparable.

The First World War, and even the Second World War, are ancient history to most of those alive today.

Og

 

[jeninflorida]

hell I bet that 8 out of 10 American's can't spell Russia

We have no reason to brag.

Two out of ten Canadians think we fought Russia in the First World War!

 

[Guest]

hell I bet that 8 out of 10 American's can't spell Russia

Or understand the proper use of possessives.

Sorry about Canada, Rob.

 

[epiphany65]

Or understand the proper use of possessives.

Sorry about Canada, Rob.

LOL!!! Thankfully I'd lowered my coffee mug from my face before I read this or my monitor would've gotten showered.

 

[jeninflorida]

guess that is the great thing about not having to worry

Or understand the proper use of possessives.

Sorry about Canada, Rob.

 

[Guest]

LOL!!! Thankfully I'd lowered my coffee mug from my face before I read this or my monitor would've gotten showered.

If I recall correctly you've done that to me a time or two.

Just returning the favor.

 

[epiphany65]

If I recall correctly you've done that to me a time or two.

Just returning the favor.

Yeah... instant karma caught up with me, finally...

 

[midwestyankee]

hell I bet that 8 out of 10 American's can't spell Russia

Somewhere around half probably think there's no need to learn anything about any other countries, much less bother with how to spell the names of other nations. After all, if you follow the Bush doctrine to its absurd extreme other countries are just places we haven't invaded yet.

 

[epiphany65]

Somewhere around half probably think there's no need to learn anything about any other countries, much less bother with how to spell the names of other nations. After all, if you follow the Bush doctrine to its absurd extreme other countries are just places we haven't invaded yet.

It's only necessary to be familiar with those that have vast oil reserves.

 

[Guest]

Somewhere around half probably think there's no need to learn anything about any other countries, much less bother with how to spell the names of other nations. After all, if you follow the Bush doctrine to its absurd extreme other countries are just places we haven't invaded yet.

I was going to be smart ass and ask what the Bush Doctrine was, in homage to Sarah Palin, but I think I'll resist that impulse.

(But I can see Russia from my house!)

 

[midwestyankee]

I was going to be smart ass and ask what the Bush Doctrine was, in homage to Sarah Palin, but I think I'll resist that impulse.

(But I can see Russia from my house!)

Depending on your exact location, you might even be able to see Hell, too.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Hell is in Norway.

 

[Guest]

Depending on your exact location, you might even be able to see Hell, too.

You should see the graveyard we're building for the play I'm directing.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Near as I can tell, most people prefer to study stuff that "they can use in life". How many times as a kid did you complain that you would never use history or algebra? I didn't about history, but I did complain about that with algebra (though I managed to pass it well enough to graduate). But that's a matter of personal interest or inclination. Plenty of people find history to be "impractical", and it's this excess "pragmatism" that dismisses knowledge as lack utility which contributes to willful ignorance and passive acceptance of things that are bad and even illegal ideas in politics.

Not to mention adds to the credulity of voters who actually believe the anti-gay marriage cant, for instance, that marriage has ALWAYS been "one man/one woman". A close look at history would disabuse them of that myth quickly, if they bothered to do that.

So, not it doesn't shock me. It fits with what I have seen of my own high school classmates (who probably still think that way and probably vote for whomever sells the slickest slogans) and with what I have seen of politics, particularly on the same-sex marriage issue and other "family values" questions.

It's far from limited to America. It's just human nature, to be a sheep or a lemming. It's the herd at work again, if you'll excuse the use of such a Nietzschean term. Which is why men like Socrates are rarely appreciated. They rock the boat too much. They stand apart from the mediocrity of the masses.

 

[champagne1982]

I'm just really disappointed that the claptrap of a movie is going to make it into classrooms. I mean, seriously, it's a dawg.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'm just really disappointed that the claptrap of a movie is going to make it into classrooms. I mean, seriously, it's a dawg.

 

[Xelebes]

Passchendaele was jsut released in the theatres.

 

[Safe_Bet]

I was going to be smart ass and ask what the Bush Doctrine was, in homage to Sarah Palin, but I think I'll resist that impulse.

(But I can see Russia from my house!)

Sarahh, honey, I don't think Moscow, Kansas REALLY counts as Russia. just saying.
(You didn't really want to be VP anyway did you?)

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Passchendaele was jsut released in the theatres.

And it's about?

 

[Xelebes]

And it's about?

Passchendaele.



Ok, if you need to know more, it's about one of the landmark battles of Canadian history, among the types of Battle of Vimy Ridge, Dieppe Landing, Juno Beach, and Battle of Ortona.