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RE: [microsound] foreign canadian
* Philip Sherburne <psherburne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Mmmm, for the record, Neil,
>* the professor was Canadian
>* my father is Canadian
>* and regardless, if "we Americans" spent our time navel-gazing and
>ruminating endlessly on American culture, wouldn't you just accuse us of
>self-centeredness? Frankly, I learned a ton in that course, from my first
>experience of Michael Ondaatje to some killer First Nations literature
>* finally, the story I told was a *joke*; meant to illustrate precisely the
>problem of American influence (a la the video store listing Canadian films
>as "foreign) reaching north of the border.
>So lighten up.
Word.
Not to prolong this (someone already said "Good Night Canada, I Love You"),
but I've never seen ANYONE get SO bent out of shape over Americans. Calm
down man, Canada is not under attack ...
-P