Native tongue is English

Also speak French...though I learned it in Quebec, which I'm told is somewhat different from the French spoken in France

Hoping to learn a bit of Spanish soon as well

Hey random question for Americans on this board. Since your currently in the midst of the 150 anniversary of the Civil War, are you / have you been in volved in an re-enactments much? I study history and have always enjoyed reading Civil War literature and biographies on the leading figures. I still plan to go see some Civil War re-enactments at some point. Went down to Gettysburg a few years ago it was real cool, with the 150th this year I'm sure it will be amazing.

So yeah have you been out to any Civil War related events in the past few years? If not what is your perception on them? (I know its weird, but I always find it neat to see the how opinions differ between northerners and southerners).

Edit: celebrations was a poor choice of words, re-enactment was more what I was getting at. Though I thought the Gettysburg address (150th this year) and emancipation proclamation were things that were celebrated

I think I would like Minnesota. I'm from Canada so the climate is fairly similar and Minnesota seems to have a pretty strong hockey fanbase. Also I am a minnesota Twins fan.

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Don't even go there about World War 2, that will open up a huge can of worms in this thread. I believe you were implying that Americans don't respect British and Russian efforts in WW2, and I'm pretty sure you were implying the U.S. did not have a huge effect on the war...don't go there.

Like any country, American directors are usually going to show the war from American perspective. I'm sure British and Russian film-makers do the same.

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No I was talking about the film Argo...which even former president Carter said unfairly overlooked the work of Canadian diplomats.

As for WWII you can make a case about Russia over glorifying their achieves (but they take a lot of flank for doing this...more so than Americans) I have visited museums in America that do not list Canada as actively involved in the D-day landings...that's pretty disrespectful.

Again I am not taklking about Americans in general the majority are great people, but there is a strong minority that are excessively defensive about their history and completely cut out the other side (The Patriot and U-571 stand out). I know they are only films, but there do reflect a sad reality in American popular culture and social memory of history.

We do have some US history in Canada. I do not expect Americans to make museums based solely on Canadian history, but if you are going to educate visistors on WWII is it too much to ask that you include all the nations that participated in crucial military operatiosn?

I know being mad at hollywood inaccuracies may seem over the top I guess the issue is that not everyone knows that these movies are inaccurate. I think it is fair to say many people take movies and incorporate it into their social memory of an incident. If you argue that hollywood movies should not be taken seriously that is a fair point, just do not be one of those people that expresses that viewpoint, but then gets upset when a movie like "Rendition" comes out that criticizes the West for the use of torture.

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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] :roll:LJS9502_basic

care to elaborate? I found it odd that certain Americans have no issue misportraying other nations or cultures in movies and popular culture, but immediately become defensive if someone chooses to portray America in bad light in film.

no because I never said this applied to all americans, if you read what I wrote i said certain americans....do you think that all Ameircans are perfect?

[QUOTE="RahXephon101"]

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] :roll:AFBrat77

care to elaborate? I found it odd that certain Americans have no issue misportraying other nations or cultures in movies and popular culture, but immediately become defensive if someone chooses to portray America in bad light in film.

Don't even go there about World War 2, that will open up a huge can of worms in this thread. I believe you were implying that Americans don't respect British and Russian efforts in WW2, and I'm pretty sure you were implying the U.S. did not have a huge effect on the war...don't go there.

Like any country, American directors are usually going to show the war from American perspective. I'm sure British and Russian film-makers do the same.

No I was talking about the film Argo...which even former president Carter said unfairly overlooked the work of Canadian diplomats.

As for WWII you can make a case about Russia over glorifying their achieves (but they take a lot of flank for doing this...more so than Americans) I have visited museums in America that do not list Canada as actively involved in the D-day landings...that's pretty disrespectful.

Again I am not taklking about Americans in general the majority are great people, but there is a strong minority that are excessively defensive about their history and completely cut out the other side (The Patriot and U-571 stand out). I know they are only films, but there do reflect a sad reality in American popular culture and social memory of history.