It's only natural that people will interpret an author in many ways, especially a phrase intended to be harmless fun. My original comments had nothing to do with spin but perspective.
I probably need to give a better sense of how I read it and why it troubled me. What if we changed it slightly...
Repeat after me: "Canadians are people too."
Okay, now that I got that out of my system…
...and...
...hey, this trend toward Canadians could be something we're all going to have to get used to.
If I were Canadian, I certainly might wonder if there was some doubt to my people-ness and if I would have to gotten use to.
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