in article QfUsd.420350$Pl.70777@pd7tw1no, Steph at steph@vancouver.island
wrote on 12/6/04 4:55 PM:

> 
> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
> news:BDD9A639.2DB57%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>> in article 41b364c0.10498826@news, Michil? at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on
>> 12/6/04 4:45 AM:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:26:25 +0900, Ernest Schaal
>>> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> My goodness, you are a bigot. What makes you think that all
>>>> German-Americans
>>>> supported Hitler, or even most of them?
>>>> 
>>> Listen to the average American talking about non-Americans - it's
>>> Adolf to the life!
>>> 
>>> The idea that Americans are superior is a bad joke in poor taste.
>>> 
>>> Michil?
>> 
>> Actually, considering what I have read about British soccer fans, and about
>> far right politics in Britain, neo-facism has a better chance in Britain than
>> it has in the States.
>> 
>> As for Americans being "superior," I haven't been making that claim. I made
>> the observation the States are more influential in the arts, in politics, and
>> in economics. Do you really think that Canada film industry can compete with
>> Hollywood? Or even Bollywood or the Chinese film industry? Do you really
>> think that Canada is as strong a political power as the States? Do you really
>> think that Canada really has as much economic power as the States?
>> 
>> The United States is clearly more influential in the world of art, politics,
>> and economics than Canada, but that does not necessarily make it "superior."
>> I assume that the talk of superiority is from your feelings of self-doubt as
>> to your own worth  and the worth of your adopted land.
>> 
> 
> 
> You confuse "bullying" and "influence"

I think you are the one that has the two terms confused.

Let us look at the film industry. By making a product that the world wants
to see, the American film industry has made itself the world leader in film.
Italy, France, Japan, China, and to a lesser extent England all have
smaller, but active cinema. Canada, which is not a small country, has not
been anywhere near as successful as any of those countries. Instead, often
when a Canadian actor makes it big he or she moves to the State, or maybe
the move to the States is what enables them to be successful.

Although Toronto is sometimes in the movies, it is usually US film crews
filming in Toronto to reduce costs, usually making the Canadian locales
stand in for US sites. The failure of Canadian films produced by Canadians
to reach a broader audience has nothing to due with bullying, and everything
to do with a less developed film-making culture. Don't blame the US for all
your problems, because that is simply a bum rap.