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I respect your work and I have no intention to challenge your authority. That said, I fail to identify the guideline that lead to this decision. Perhaps someon

I respect your work and I have no intention to challenge your authority. That said, I fail to identify the guideline that lead to this decision. Perhaps someone can enlighten me? I'm also willing to justify my claim, if it seemed gratuitous to any. EDIT: I'm unable to justify any of my claims. I'm unhappy about living in Canada, and I can't help but feel jealous of american people when being exposed to HN or mainstream media. I was wrong for claiming that OP's friends would lie to him. I was wrong for claiming that Canada is a third world country. I'm sorry.

maerF0x0 10y ago
Just post some kind of source to quantify/ substantiate your claim. Its very inflammatory as posted.
goCanada2 10y ago
Canada was allies with with the US after WWII. Therefore, they were 1st world. Your claim is wrong. If you are referring to undeveloped vs developed countries, Canada is 9, while USA is 8 in the HDI. Still considered developed. You are still wrong.
- astrodust 10y ago
  In terms of every measure there's no way to qualify Canada as "third world". GDP per capita? Longevity? Quality of education? Anyone who thinks otherwise would think Manhattan as no different than Calcutta because they're too angry to notice the differences.
greglindahl 10y ago
Accusing people of lying is not being civil. There are many reasons why someone might disagree with you.
dang 10y ago
I appreciate your responding thoughtfully, when it would be easier to double down (as many people do). On HN we're trying for respectful, substantive discourse. We don't always get there, but it's clear that we can't have users putting down entire countries without things degenerating pretty quickly. If you'd err on the side of editing out incivility from your future comments, we'd appreciate that too. It's something a lot of us have to work on (including me) and are learning together. I'd like to think the community is making slow progress in that direction.
- nkurz 10y ago
  Seeing as you split your time between the two countries in question, what's your current preference? From my Bay Area perspective, Canada often seems pretty appealing.
  - dang 10y ago
    I like them both a lot. But what else could I say? Fortunately it's true.
astrodust 10y ago
Then leave you ungrateful bastard. One of the great things about being Canadian is you're welcome in almost any country in the world. Take advantage of that if you're feeling so slighted.

maerF0x0 10y ago

Just post some kind of source to quantify/ substantiate your claim. Its very inflammatory as posted.

goCanada2 10y ago

Canada was allies with with the US after WWII. Therefore, they were 1st world. Your claim is wrong. If you are referring to undeveloped vs developed countries, Canada is 9, while USA is 8 in the HDI. Still considered developed. You are still wrong.

astrodust 10y ago
In terms of every measure there's no way to qualify Canada as "third world". GDP per capita? Longevity? Quality of education? Anyone who thinks otherwise would think Manhattan as no different than Calcutta because they're too angry to notice the differences.

greglindahl 10y ago

Accusing people of lying is not being civil. There are many reasons why someone might disagree with you.

dang 10y ago

I appreciate your responding thoughtfully, when it would be easier to double down (as many people do). On HN we're trying for respectful, substantive discourse. We don't always get there, but it's clear that we can't have users putting down entire countries without things degenerating pretty quickly. If you'd err on the side of editing out incivility from your future comments, we'd appreciate that too. It's something a lot of us have to work on (including me) and are learning together. I'd like to think the community is making slow progress in that direction.

nkurz 10y ago
Seeing as you split your time between the two countries in question, what's your current preference? From my Bay Area perspective, Canada often seems pretty appealing.
- dang 10y ago
  I like them both a lot. But what else could I say? Fortunately it's true.

astrodust 10y ago

Then leave you ungrateful bastard. One of the great things about being Canadian is you're welcome in almost any country in the world. Take advantage of that if you're feeling so slighted.