Canadians vs Europeans/Americans

[August1991]

Americans have Trump and Obama.

Europeans have a metric system -but endless wars.

Australians have kangaroos.

We Canadians have two federal languages but no official culture. We get along.

[August1991]

Endless wars?

Europeans have periodoc wars -  every 100 years or so, when the young males have forgotten.

Edited March 27 by August1991

[Moonbox]

Just stop.  Even the conspiracy nuts start better threads than you.  

[herbie]

Oh bui unlike others his threads are weird, sometimes relevant and entertaining rather than just regurgitating right wing talking points endlessly.

[August1991]

On 3/27/2026 at 11:22 AM, Moonbox said:

Just stop.  Even the conspiracy nuts start better threads than you.  

Europeans typically fight each other after a generation.

You Americans are now divided = like 1860.

We Canadians get along.

[August1991]

Europeans?

1618-1648 -Thirty Years War

1789-1815 - Napoleonic War

1914-1945 -World Wars

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You Europeans fight each too often.

We Canadians get along.

 

[August1991]

We Canadians speak two languages.

We even have different religions

But unlike Americans and Europeans, we have never fought each other.

Edited April 1 by August1991

[bush_cheney2004]

3 hours ago, August1991 said:

But unlike Americans and Europeans, we have never fought each other.

 

Mostly true....there was the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) and previous conflicts between France and Britain in Canada.   And don't forget the Red River Resistance (1869-1870) and the North-West Resistance (1885), led by Louis Riel and Métis/First Nations allies against Canadian forces.

[August1991]

18 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Mostly true....there was the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) and previous conflicts between France and Britain in Canada.   And don't forget the Red River Resistance (1869-1870) and the North-West Resistance (1885), led by Louis Riel and Métis/First Nations allies against Canadian forces.

The Seven Years War was between Prussia and Austria. France/England took sides. Canada was an afterthought.

There was a rebellion in 1837 - far worse in Quebec. But nothing like your divide in 1861.

As your president Lincoln said: "If this experiment in democracy is to exist, we must remain united... "

Trudeau Snr would have said: "If this experiment in federalism is to exist, we must remain united... "

I am states-rights. I admire your 10th Amendment.

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We Canadians are both Roman Catholic and Protestant; English-speaking and French-speaking.

Our first federal Catholic prime minister was an English-speaking Conservative. From Nova Scotia.

We Canadians have no official state religion or culture. We have two federal official languages.

And unlike Americans (and Europeans), we Canadians have never fought a civil war.

 

[bush_cheney2004]

6 minutes ago, August1991 said:

And unlike Americans (and Europeans), we Canadians have never fought a civil war.

 

 

Right...British Canada just expelled 15,000 Acadians without a war !

[August1991]

7 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Right...British Canada just expelled 15,000 Acadians without a war !

You are using modern DEI sources.

IMV, the history of people (French or other) in North America is much more interesting.

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The Seven Years War ended with two treaties: Treaty of Hubertusberg, Treaty of Paris (in fact signed in Fontainebleau).

The first treaty was far more important since it divided Saxony.

 

[bush_cheney2004]

1 minute ago, August1991 said:

The Seven Years War ended with two treaties: Treaty of Hubertusberg, Treaty of Paris (in fact signed in Fontainebleau).

The first treaty was far more important since it divided Saxony.

 

 

Seven Years War = French and Indian War for 'mericans.

[August1991]

3 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:

 

Seven Years War = French and Indian War for 'mericans.

As you Americans would say.

I agree the deportation of the 1750s was remarkable - in modern view.

But at the time, it was irrelevant.

The Brits had fought the French for Newfoundland, Nova Scotia. America was still a colony.

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Margaret Thatcher made me understand Britain & Europe.

The British always take the side opposing Europe consensus:

-Britain chose Prussia in 1756

-France in 1800

-Germany in the 1930s

 

[August1991]

Irrelevant?

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In 1750 or so, there were about 10,000 Catholic, French-speaking people in a British colony.

What to do?

Drown them? Put them on a ship and send them somewhere else?

Let's try.

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In 1763, after two Treaties in Europe, there were now some 60,000 people: Catholic, French-speaking, mostly stubborn Norman people.

Too many to ship elsewhere.

Edited April 1 by August1991

[bush_cheney2004]

Technically, a small number (hundreds?) of French Canadians/Acadians fought against the British/Canadian Loyalists as members of an American regiment, notably the siege of Quebec (1775-1776).   Being of French persuasion,  they were happy to join the Continental Army and fight the British/Canadians.

The Acadian expulsion no doubt helped to fuel their commitment.