It's odd what triggers certain stories and ads that you see online. Since last night, an increased number of stories about Canada have shown up among the articles and news feeds I read. Most likely, this started happening because I watched a "Mystery Science Theater 3000" excerpt on YouTube in which Mike Nelson and robots Tom Servo and Crow sing "The Canada Song."
Serious aside: I can't imagine why anyone would want to actually lampoon Canada. Every nation ought to provide health care for all its citizens, as Canada does, and strive to have a much lower rate of gun violence than our country.
That said, in the song, all three characters give Canada a ribbing--especially Tom Servo, who gets carried away and admits that he has "no sense of proportion" in his sung criticism. It's ironic that viewing that one supposedly anti-Canadian performance triggered an influx of Canadian news.
