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I guess I'll hesitantly agree. That article the guy sited was pretty arrogant and ethnocentric. I agree with the points he made, just not the way he made them. I'll admit...all of the patriotism pissed me off. It wouldn't be a problem if people weren't so pompous about it. If you'd always had a flag on your car or in front of your house then it's ok...you're just being you. But slapping one on because of a tragedy makes you not only a poser but a dickhead. You take away from those who are always patriots. I AM right with him about foreign people learning english...not the reverse. It's good to know other languages but I don't feel the need to learn spanish just so I can understand someone who came here and got lazy with their english. Hell...I spent 2 weeks in Germany and I learned enough German to get me around. You bet your ass I'd spend a ton more time learning it if I was moving there. As for the muslim woman being allowed to cover her face for a driver's license photo...that's almost too ludicrous to comment on. First of all...in her home country she couldn't even drive so it's not like they're used to having license photos in the first place. Secondly, I don't know if it's wrong, but it's dangerous. I don't know...I'm constantly astounded by the stupidity of others. But like I said...the way the article sited came across is a good deal of why people become offended. Americans feel a sense of entitlement even though our own ancestors came here and basically stole the country and almost killed off the native americans. People need to do a double take and put things into perspective. It doesn't have anything to do with American or Canadian (since when did Canada matter to the US, anyway?)...it just has to do with people and their inability to cope with change so they sue to have their way and some dumbass judge or jury grants it.