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

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <38FFCD2D.F4D13B95@inetnebr.com>,
Roy and/or Janet Miller  <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
 
> Regnirps wrote:
> 
> >  or as we say, a prisoner up in the Third World of Canadanistan.
> 
> Charles, are you a "northern neighbor"?
> 
> Paul was mentioning the european idea that Americans seem to forget that
> they aren't the world, and I was gonna say that that was because we were
> a country the size of a continent,
 
There are OTHER countries which are the size of a continent.  E.g.
Canada, Russia, even Brazil and China....
 
> 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....
 
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...
 
Sometimes when I encounter someone who says "I'm from America", I
ask: "Are you from North America, or South America?"
 
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