| The only reason I don't like Canadians is their holier-than-thou "We're not Americans" attitude. It's like they took the worst parts of American culture and combined them with the worst parts of European culture.
Anyway, this is why I love traveling in the Caribbean - They know where their bread is buttered. That is to say, the vast majority of residents (at least in the Lesser Antilles, where I have spent my time) understand that whatever prosperity they have is due to the continued monetary investment of American tourists and businesspeople.
One of the nicest service industry employees I ever met was in Grenada. A taxi driver named "Pete the Treat" showed us around his island, making sure to mention several times how their entire nation was so grateful for the intervention of the Americans 20 years ago during their civil war and the continued spending by Americans in their country that has granted them two decades of peace and relative prosperity. All of the people I met in that country and others pretty much fit that description.
"But it wasn't until he met his beautiful wife that he learned using logic and reason isn't enough. You have to be a dick to everyone who doesn't think like you." - South Park on Richard Dawkins |