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And as an American, I don't know anyone who doesn't like Canada or Canadians, while simultaneously not understanding what makes it different other than basicall
by fl0wenol 10y ago
And as an American, I don't know anyone who doesn't like Canada or Canadians, while simultaneously not understanding what makes it different other than basically superficial stuff (i.e. french language, metric, being polite, etc.)
So I don't think we have that England/France relationship at all either. It seems pretty special on the world stage.
From anyone familiar with it, is New Zealand and Australia's relationship at all similar to either Canada and USA or England and France?
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoNZ/Aus is pretty special. Most analogous to USA/Canada The original point was that Britain/France have the superficial differences that let us be friends (USA/Canada) yet we have some deeper differences and historical differences that let us be enemies (USA/Russia). The nice part of it is that we can carrot and stick ourselves with one neighbour, instead of making our enemy the devil incarnate.
- jboles 10y agoMore like Canada and USA. - At one point New Zealand was part of the colony of New South Wales (until 1841, while the nation of Australia came into being in 1901) - Australia and New Zealand have fought a number of wars together as close allies. - Special visas available for New Zealanders in Australia (and vice versa I believe) - Arch-rivals in sporting matches.