Re: Apple II Reference Manual ("Red Book")

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
> I > and then I remembered the REAL arrogance of Americans... forgetting that
> > Canada isn't part of the USA. LOL. Oh well....
> 
> Canada is still part of America though -- it's the northernmost
> country of North America.  And then you have Mexico, Central America,
> South America....
 
Don't tell a Canadian that they are an American, unless you want a
fight. The friends I've had who were Canadians said that Canadians don't
even like to be called North Americans (the name of the continent that
we share with Mexico as well as the "Central American" states.) Canada
has a proud history of her own, and some who settled in her were
loyalists who left the United States after we achieved our independence.
They especially wouldn't want to be called Americans.

> Regarding "american arrogance": did you realize that the fact that
> you often call your country "America" is one example of this arrogance?
> Consider if e.g. Russia would label itself "Europe", just because it's
> the largest country in Europe ---- I hope you get the idea...
 
I do, but I'm afraid you miss the point.

Russia isn't the United States of Europe, is it? Now, if the European
Union ever becomes a federal republic, with what are now independent
nations forming a new nation, then the citizens of that country might
well be called Europeans, eh? Especially if there is one universal
language, and nearly everyone there speaks it. Even if there were one or
two european countries that weren't part of that Union???

What would you have us called? United Statesers??? Are Germans called
Federal Republicers? Please, please call a Welshman or a Scot English
because they live in the United Kingdom and speak English. I'd love to
watch the result. And address a Mexican as an American. That should be
interesting. They live in the Republic of Mexico last time I looked. 

Roy