Dispatches From the Sporting Life (2002)
“We are different. While fastidious New York beer drinkers, for instance, will continue to insist on a Molson’s, Labatt’s, or a Moosehead, their modish northern counterparts would much rather be seen nursing a Budweiser or a Miller High Life, now that they are both licensed in Canada.
An even more illuminating example of the difference between us is how we each measure the Russian threat. Americans have become increasingly agitated about missile counts and Soviet incursions into Afghanistan and ...possibly Central America, but we see that as incidental mischief. Clever diversions. So far as red-blooded Canadians are concerned, the real Russian menace to our manhood comes on ice. It comes in the intimidating shape of their national hockey team.
Try to understand.
Consider, if you will, a hitherto unheard of baseball team coming off the Moscow sandlots to appear in Yankee Stadium, lugging their own equipment, going on to thrash the World Series winner and both all-star teams, year after year after year, and there you have the Canadian dilemma.MoreLess
An even more illuminating example of the difference between us is how we each measure the Russian threat. Americans have become increasingly agitated about missile counts and Soviet incursions into Afghanistan and ...possibly Central America, but we see that as incidental mischief. Clever diversions. So far as red-blooded Canadians are concerned, the real Russian menace to our manhood comes on ice. It comes in the intimidating shape of their national hockey team.
Try to understand.
Consider, if you will, a hitherto unheard of baseball team coming off the Moscow sandlots to appear in Yankee Stadium, lugging their own equipment, going on to thrash the World Series winner and both all-star teams, year after year after year, and there you have the Canadian dilemma.MoreLess
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