You know, you go to insult a guy, and in the insult you have thrown is an item that makes you look dumber than the one insulted. Don't you hate it when that happens.
Of course I knew the article said the photographer was from a magazine published out of the Yukon, I've been going to the Yukon for a couple of months for the past four years. But you know, I'm also aware that the average American is dummer than a stump when it comes to knowledge about Canada. If itmakes you feel any better, the average Canadian is dumber than a stump when it comes to knowledge of the North and high North, the average canuck couldn't tell you the difference. When I go to the Yukon, there are American visitors, lots of Germans, a smattering from other countries, but almost no Southern Canadians visiting the Yukon. The average mentality is that we Canadians live in a Northern country so why go North on a holiday?
Here's some one quoting studies of American's awareness of Canada, but you should be aware I lived in Madison and Chicago for a total of 9 years I'm very aware of what little knowledge Americans have of their Northern "friends." This situation is sad, given the economic ties that bind. Anyways onto the quote:
""Over the years, there have been several reports that say 40% of American high school seniors cannot find Canada on a map, or name the very large country to the North. But this doesn't seem to be a serious problem, unless you tried to visit Canada, and ended up somewhere in Texas instead."
"Studies show that less than 30 percent of people read a daily newspaper. Half of those could find East Timor on a globe. One in five cannot find Canada."
Should that read, "Half of those couldn't find East Timor on a globe" or does it matter?
I found several sites which quote "one in four" US high school seniors can't find Canada. "
I quickly couldn't find a link to back these statements up, but I did find this older link, Chretien is no longer our Prime Minister, but it doesn't really matter, the results would be the same today:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg74941.html
Is this guy the best photographer in Canada or the North, I don't know, but I do know these images are some of the very best I have ever seen of Northern scenes. Perhaps BAK you could point out some one with Northern scenes that are better.
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