Yes, the Americans and their "melting pot" take on other cultures does provoke knee-jerk responses by Canadians... but having lived in the US I'd say that it is the predominant take on how newcomers should be brought into American society.
This isn't to say that Canadians are completely innocent of this and should be self-righteous wankers towards all that is American (nor that all Americans believe this), but I can't pretend that the general want to have all new immigrants ditch their original culture and act just like every other American didn't bug me a hell of a lot when I was living in Florida.
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Date: 2007-02-04 03:50 am (UTC)This isn't to say that Canadians are completely innocent of this and should be self-righteous wankers towards all that is American (nor that all Americans believe this), but I can't pretend that the general want to have all new immigrants ditch their original culture and act just like every other American didn't bug me a hell of a lot when I was living in Florida.