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Last issue, you may recall, we focused on Pop Music. In that issue, we lobbed attacks on a wide variety of "artists" from Counting Crows to Hootie and the Blowfish to, most aggressively, Alanis Morisette. We received well over a dozen letters in response to that issue. Two of them addressed our views on music.
The rest, inexplicably, LAMBASTED us for attacking - of all things - CANADA.
(What's the big deal?)
Our sole attack on Canada resided within one sentence of a thousand-word attack on Miss Morisette:
"Not to generalize, but absolutely everyone from Canada is furiously boring. No exceptions."
THAT pissed you all off. Saying that we'd rather share a toothbrush with a cockroach than listen to Alanis bothered no one. Deeming the Beatles "underachievers" did not invoke one complaint. But Email poured (zapped? beamed?) in defending the home of maple leafs, hockey and Kirk Cameron. Or Michael J. Fox. Whoever.
Michael J. Fox.
Or whoever.
Ben Sanders of Ridgefield, CT noted:
While I aggreed wholeheartedly with the article on Alanis Morisette, I would like to point out that the Kids in the Hall are:
1. Canadian.
2. Not boring.
The editor's younger brother Kevin noted:
What have you got against Canada? Dan Akroyd is from Canada. So was John Candy, and Michael J. Fox. They're not boring.
Someone identified as Starbaby:
What do you mean all Canadians are boring? Do you know anyone outside of the industry? Have you ever been to Canada? I am just curious about this. I like people bashing and I just want your take on this.
Such outrage shocked the editors. It seems many of our readers empathize with Canada, or as we like to call it, "North North Dakota"
After much consideration, the editors have changed their policy on Canada. It is no longer "Canada is boring." It is now "Canada is Maine." As in the New England state. And that Canada, the land of the maple leaf, is no more exciting, or culturally significant, than Maine, the home state of great live bait and a really big J. Crew retail outlet.
Again, we respect the reader's right to disagree. But for your convenience we do have a list of facts which may change your mind:
Why Canada Is Maine
Still not convinced? Well, we're not after a definitive answer in this mag anyway. Just a fine healthy debate in which all parties are pissed off.
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