Thanks a lot for your eloquent reply Wind and Snow. Simply because you personally do not like sarcasm does not mean I am going to change my sense of humor. I know that topic is a little touchy for some people and perhaps I should not have been quite so smug. But come on, North Americans do have the largest personal automobiles in the world (Canadian included). The U.S. does have more gun violence per capita than any other developed nation, but it is great to see that it is on the decline. Finally, I don’t know about anyone else, but the only “Gated Communities” I have ever seen are in Latin America and the Untied States. After traveling quite a bit, I have never seen one in Europe or Canada. However, that is just personal observation. What was it again that I know nothing about?

Warning for “Wind and Snow”; the following paragraphs contains stereotyping. Read at your own risk!

I have found that on average, cultural stereotypes do have some truth to them. But of course people vary with regards to their beliefs and personalities. It is that cultural variance within North America that I find most intriguing about the continent. Not like here in Finland where 99% of the inhabitants are Finns. Or even worse in Sweden where there has been more immigration, but everyone seems to have been taught that consensus is the only way, and everyone must act and think the same. Of course not everyone does think the same; it is just the way that so many people seem to act. Oh well, me and my stereotypes. I always thought that Canadian liked sarcasm and stereotype jokes: People from the West making jokes about Ontarians; Ontarians joking about Newfies; and Torontonians cracking Cab-driver jokes. I guess Wind and Snow is just an exception to a Canadian stereotype, eh. Thank god that we have some variance in this world and not everyone’s personality falls into a stereotype.