Whoo… it’s only 3 in the afternoon and I’ve already had more hits today than I’ve ever had. I really do appreciate you’re coming down this way (and, yes, this site — which runs on donations — does accept Canadian dollars).
I can see how your alarmist press has you thinking frostbite and -30° F is somehow preferable to a libertarian society in the tropics, but c’mon … think about it. There’s million visitors from the Great White North that come to Mexico every year. It’s strange that two got their throats slashed (possibly by other Canadians), two got hit by cars and somebody get’s nicked in the foot by a riccocheting bullet… but it’s no more dangerous than a lot of Canada… maybe less dangerous.
The whole “boycott Mexico” thing is kinda bizaree to me. It wasn’t all that long ago that the hip thing to do was claim to be Canadian…
There are those who insist that smart American travelers should stow their Yankee identity and simply pretend they’re Canadians to ensure safe passage overseas.
New Mexico-based T-Shirt King, in fact, is offering a “Going Canadian” kit for $25 that includes a T-shirt emblazoned with the Canadian flag and the phrase “O Canada,” a matching maple leaf patch for luggage, a window sticker, lapel pin and a little guide called “How to Speak Canadian, Eh?”
I’m sure the fashion trend will return, and I know you’re be a little uncomfortable wearing the Stars and Stripes, so here’s a compromise solution –
(Offer not valid on London Tube)
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reportero // 6 February 2007 at 12:08 am |
No Canadian flag on your bag will protect you in a narco shoot out. The victim, and this great, stated on am 640 radio in Toronto that she has every intention of vacationing in Mexico again. That really threw the reactionists in Canada for a loop.
Antibush // 13 February 2007 at 9:39 am |
Bush is forever saying that democracies do not invade other countries and start wars. Well, he did just that. He invaded Iraq, started a war, and killed people. What do you think? How does that work in a democracy again? How does being more threatening make us more likeable?Isn’t the country with
the most weapons the biggest threat to the rest of the world? When one country is the biggest threat to the rest of the world, isn’t that likely to be the most hated country?
Are we safer today than we were before?
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
Peter out… « The Mex Files // 12 March 2007 at 10:53 pm |
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