America: good or bad?

What do young Canadians think about their southern neighbour? Here is a debate between our own Iakovos and Evghenis on the topic. Is it just possible that Canada and the United States are ordinary countries, sharing with all others in that they possess undoubted virtues and faults alike? Naturally people tend to have greater affection for their own country than for others. But occasionally we hear of people for whom, to coin a phrase, the grass appears to be greener on the other side of the fence.