Edited by author 03-15-2003 03:56 PM
It was in... oh yeah, in Bowling for Columbine that Michael Moore asked some young Canadians how they'd express their anger at someone, since they'd previously said they wouldn't be likely to use a handgun. One person replied something like, "We'd just make sarcastic remarks about them."

From my extremely extensive study of Canadian humor and society I have come to believe that statement is largely true. How much more civilized a solution than blowing someone's head off.

Which means that if we're actually hearing these remarks from Canadians, instead of them continuing to say these things behind our backs, they must be really, really pissed.

Not that I blame them.

My personal problem with this approach is that I wholeheartedly enjoy well-composed vitriol and invective. So now I'm looking forward to the Canadian criticism renaissance. Bring on the bitter irony!