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News: Gunman goes on rampage in Moncton, Canada
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by family.guy123
Why do you say Moncton, Canada? It's Moncton, New Brunswick.
Would you every say Dallas, United States? Kentwood, United States?
It's the same elsewhere. People say Sydney, Australia not Sydney, NSW. It's like the whole world is expected to know every state, yet Americans can't be bothered to learn about other countries. Typical and arrogant.
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 I think this should be the least of your worries
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Originally posted by family.guy123
Why do you say Moncton, Canada? It's Moncton, New Brunswick.
Would you every say Dallas, United States? Kentwood, United States?
It's the same elsewhere. People say Sydney, Australia not Sydney, NSW. It's like the whole world is expected to know every state, yet Americans can't be bothered to learn about other countries. Typical and arrogant.
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Y'all stay finding ways to make everything about the US  Aren't you even worried about what happened? 
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They still haven't caught him 
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Not in Canada 
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Terrifying. Hopefully nobody else gets hurt
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Nnnn not him destroying our gun-free rep
I hope everyone is safe 
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Originally posted by KatyLegendperry
Nnnn not him destroying our gun-free rep
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Canadians have more firearms per capita than the US. Woops.
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Originally posted by family.guy123
Why do you say Moncton, Canada? It's Moncton, New Brunswick.
Would you every say Dallas, United States? Kentwood, United States?
It's the same elsewhere. People say Sydney, Australia not Sydney, NSW. It's like the whole world is expected to know every state, yet Americans can't be bothered to learn about other countries. Typical and arrogant.
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It's not that serious.
RIP to the Mounties.
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Here's a video of one of the RCMP officers getting shot. I'm putting a NSFW tag on it even though you can't really see what's happened. It's still quite chilling.
He's still on the loose.
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Originally posted by family.guy123
Why do you say Moncton, Canada? It's Moncton, New Brunswick.
Would you every say Dallas, United States? Kentwood, United States?
It's the same elsewhere. People say Sydney, Australia not Sydney, NSW. It's like the whole world is expected to know every state, yet Americans can't be bothered to learn about other countries. Typical and arrogant.
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How rude and condescending. Let me just help you hone that astute perception of yours since you seem angry about what just happened.
First off, there's no grammatical rule that dictates you must do city, province. OP is not addressing a letter to the postal office, they're posting on a forum. We don't because no one gives a ****. The goal is to give you a decent idea of the geographic location we're talking about. Shall we be even more precise and throw in towns/regions/counties/districts?
Second off, your logic implies that everyone knows the state/province of every city. Only residents are socially obligated to know their country's detailed geography. Since American media broadcasts around the world more commonly than other country's media, it's not surprising that you would begin to remember some of their city's states. I don't know Australian provinces or territories, what makes Australia so special? Am I going to sit around all day and try to remember the distinct territories of the ~200 countries in the world? Just be happy someone can place your country on a map.
Third.... do you say Rome, Rome? Lisbon, Estremadura? Paris, Ile de France? Toulouse, Languedoc? Are their residents bitching? No. If they had only put Moncton, New Brunswick many people wouldn't know where on Earth that was. People generally know where Canada is. Ideally OP would have Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada but it really doesn't distract from the message... especially since there's only ONE Moncton in Canada. The people affected certainly know where Moncton is and everyone else that's curious can just google it.
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Quote:
Originally posted by family.guy123
Why do you say Moncton, Canada? It's Moncton, New Brunswick.
Would you every say Dallas, United States? Kentwood, United States?
It's the same elsewhere. People say Sydney, Australia not Sydney, NSW. It's like the whole world is expected to know every state, yet Americans can't be bothered to learn about other countries. Typical and arrogant.
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I can see if this was a Canada specific forum but it ain't soo....
Not to mention it isn't like Moncton, nor New Brunswick, are big places in Canada. Moncton has 64,000 residents and almost zero #impact in an international scale. It isn't like saying "Toronto, Ontario" or "Vancouver, British Columbia". Ain't nobody know where "Moncton, New Brunswick" is.
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Are guns banned in Canada?
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Is he still on the loose?
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Oh, this is really picking up beyond local news.
I only live a couple hours away. First time I've ever witnessed international news give a damn about my province and it has to be about this.
Horrible.
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Originally posted by Quiqui4eva
Are guns banned in Canada?
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No
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Originally posted by Quiqui4eva
Are guns banned in Canada?
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No (I'm pretty sure assault rifles, automatic weapons or anything for "self defence" is banned though), we have more guns per capita than America but then again they're mostly hunting rifles. But we do have universal background checks and strict regulation.
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Originally posted by family.guy123
Why do you say Moncton, Canada? It's Moncton, New Brunswick.
Would you every say Dallas, United States? Kentwood, United States?
It's the same elsewhere. People say Sydney, Australia not Sydney, NSW. It's like the whole world is expected to know every state, yet Americans can't be bothered to learn about other countries. Typical and arrogant.
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this true.
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Originally posted by Scandal & Media
we have more guns per capita than America
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That's not what Wiki says.
Also less than Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and France...
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Originally posted by Goosey
That's not what Wiki says.
Also less than Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and France... |
Oh...  I've always read that we did but I guess not.
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