Butthurt guy whines about Canada's warship names

[garbon]

What's a girl drink?

Ah, so the term is a mark of the sexist.

[Maximus]

I think I am listening. The Canucks are all "No, really, hating the US really is what defines our nation! Yes, even today! And if we have to make up a history to justify it, then that is the price we have to pay..."

I don't understand that kind of small mindeded insecurity, but I can certainly LISTEN to it.

All national myths are based on small-minded insecurities and adjusted history. This shouldn't come as a surprise to you, nor should the fact that Canadian nationalism is based largely on some flavour of anti-americanism.

Fortunately nationalism isn't that big in Canada, at least in my observations.

[Valmy]

Ah, so the term is a mark of the sexist.

Only if you consider 'girl' to be a negative thing.

[garbon]

Ah, so the term is a mark of the sexist.

Only if you consider 'girl' to be a negative thing.

You're right I really meant something like a person committed to rigid gender rules.

[Admiral Yi]

Fortunately nationalism isn't that big in Canada, at least in my observations.

Except for Canada Day, when all inhabitants re-enact a Star Trek episode.

[Valmy]

You're right I really meant something like a person committed to rigid gender rules.

Rules are made to be broken.

[Barrister]

Can one get drunk on just girl drinks?

Yes, one can even become a Girl Drink Drunk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE

You beat me to it *shakesfist*

[katmai]

Can one get drunk on just girl drinks?

Yes, one can even become a Girl Drink Drunk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE

Once again I you Sav.

[katmai]

What's a girl drink?

Ah, so the term is a mark of the sexist.

Lighten up Babe.

[garbon]

What's a girl drink?

Ah, so the term is a mark of the sexist.

Lighten up Babe.

Now you are calling me fat?

[katmai]

A moment on the lips, lifetime on the hips, stop enjoying yourself so much at Palm Springs!

[garbon]

I though gin/vodka went passed through me like water.

[Sheilbh]

I think I am listening. The Canucks are all "No, really, hating the US really is what defines our nation! Yes, even today! And if we have to make up a history to justify it, then that is the price we have to pay..."

But that's not what they're saying. From what I'm reading they're saying that fighting that war, defending their territory from attack was the start of the creation of Canadian nationhood. That's the key element, not that it happened to be against the USA. It could have been Russia or, more awkardly, the French if the response was early militias and a sense that they need to stick together to stay safe.

I'm afraid the US isn't the bad guy, it's just incidental. You happened to be the power at war that kickstarted that process.

Maybe, from my dodgy knowledge, an analogy would be with the effect the Seven Years War had on the American states?

[crazy canuck]

Except that the US was always going to be the biggest threat given their proximity.

[Berkut]

Except that the US was always going to be the biggest threat given their proximity.

That doesn't make the US an actual threat though.