Brebner on USA and Canada

Posted by Alex in Quote-a-Day on September 27, 2007 at 5:03 pm


"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States."

- John Bartlett Brebner, Canadian historian (1895-1957)




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13 comments to "Brebner on USA and Canada"

  1. Vonskippy
    September 27th, 2007 at 6:21 pm

    Who?

  2. Lady Cooper
    September 27th, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    Ahaha! Too true.

  3. The Nag
    September 27th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    It’s always preferable to be well informed than ignorant.

  4. Prairie Dog
    September 27th, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    Always? One word: Tubgirl.

  5. Alex
    September 27th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    Tubgirl: what has been seen cannot be unseen.

  6. MadMolecule
    September 27th, 2007 at 10:34 pm

    Who’s he calling ignorant? Canada is near Detroit. So there, smart guy.

  7. Dave
    September 27th, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    Yup. Had to be a Canook who said that. Probably more accurate to say that Canadians are malevolently mis-informed about the US.

  8. aj
    September 28th, 2007 at 12:04 am

    #4 I find being well informed about tubgirl has probably helped me avoid ever seeing it. goatse too.

    It’s better to know why you should avoid some things at all costs to prevent curiosity getting the better of you.

  9. ted
    September 28th, 2007 at 8:36 am

    Well, a 50-yr-old quote at least (since he died in 1957), but probably still valid.

    What’s interesting is that despite being dominated by American culture, Canadians haven’t managed to fall into the melting pot entirely.

  10. Powell
    September 28th, 2007 at 8:56 am

    What is, how you say, “canadia”?

  11. Sid Morrison
    September 28th, 2007 at 10:18 am

    frickin’ hoser.

  12. DCer
    September 28th, 2007 at 11:36 am

    Man, nothing is worse than a recent Canadian immigrant, they think it’s hilarious that we know more about Cuban or Nicaraguan or Chinese politics than Canadian politics. Dudes, Castro is way way way more important than Mulroney, ok? Sorry, but it’s true.

  13. Schwank
    September 30th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    WTF?! Castro is more important than Mulroney? you must be a troll, because Mulroney hasn’t been PM of Canada for 14 years.
    How much exactly do you need to know about Cuban politics, when there’s been one guy in charge for about 50 years?
    so depressing…


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