As a Canadian living in Boston, I was surprised to see an article about Canada on the home page of the Globe (“Global domination? Whoa, Canada!” Ideas, Nov. 4). However, after reading it, my surprise has been erased. In what appears to be an article shedding light on a “new version” of Canada, Leon Neyfakh paints America as a country that lacks global awareness.
Neyfakh begins by stating, “There is a place on earth that most Americans never think about,” and, in the same paragraph, adds, “For the most part, though, it hardly enters into our conception of the world.” Is he unaware of how ethnocentric that makes Americans seem? Or was that his intention, hoping to create some hype?
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What are you griping about? The author of the article was agreeing with you that Americans are woefully ignorant about our neighbor to the north. His negative statements were all about Americans, not about Canadians. You might have reason to be offended by our ignorance, but I don't understand why you were offended by the article. It's not as though the author was defending or justifying our bad attitude. Perhaps you're just looking for an excuse to be offended by something?