On 11/05/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The drive for individual happiness instead of > societal happiness is one of the key differences between Canadian > culture, as a whole, and American culture, as a whole.
That bunch of commie, tree-hugging, bilingual, polycultural, liberal, flower power, hippies from Montréal were the ones who first introduced me to Debian, so there may be something to what you say. Matter of fact, when I left free software-friendly Mtl and went to other parts of the world, I was surprised to see that not everyone embraced free software as much as the Montrealers. I had my innocence taken from me by the rest of the world. Tragically. I do think that this whole "whatever is profitable is moral" mentality to be strongly USian, but certainly not unique to them. It seems common amongst other conquering, colonialist, warring nations. Let's not talk about the common mentality of my native Mexico, where we're like crabs in a bucket. Ever seen a bunch of crabs trying to get out of a bucket, stepping over everyone else, the ones on top being dragged by the ones on the bottom, and none of them getting out? Yeah, let's not talk about that. :-) - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
