Sigh - we used to have a great reputation worldwide. Then Americans started pretending they were Canadians so they wouldn't get beat on when they realized 95% of the world (outside of America) actually hates them. Except they kept acting like Americans. Now Canadians are acting like Americans ! (And Brits. And Aussies. And Russians. And whichever other nationality has made the headlines recently.) However, it's probably fairly safe to say that more Canadians end up in the news (here) as a result of them being killed (or dying in an accident) than do from doing dumb things like this guy. Sheesh, back in what, 2008 I think it was, something like 5 Canadians died in the space of 4-5 weeks. One died after slipping and hitting her head on a hotel pool. One died in a motorcycle accident. One was shot by a drunk cop in Pai. One was shot by his wife's boyfriend's uncle (or something like that) because the wife thought she'd get a million dollar life insurance payout. One died when he came from Canada to meet a woman he'd met online and took a couple extra little blue pills to make sure he was "up to the task" - and died in the middle of it. And another one, a doctor who was attending a conference with his (also doctor) wife - was shot while riding in a tuk-tuk in Chiang Mai. (Police decided it was probably a stray bullet from a bird hunter - I have my doubts - I suspect someone was actually shooting at the tuk-tuk driver but didn't take "windage" into account and by the time the bullet arrived it hit a passenger in the back of the vehicle. I encountered the exact same thing in Croatia during a Peacekeeping tour in '92/'93 when Croats (or Serbs) would shoot at UN vehicles from hidden spots while we crossed the "no man's land" between the Serb and Croat sides. They'd aim at the vehicle driver but weren't smart enough to "lead" the target" so the bullets would end up hitting the back end of the vehicle or missing altogether. Something Hollywood has never clued into either.) And considering how close all those incidents were (in time) to each other - it was like it was open season on Canadians or something ! Been a couple other deaths (and killings) since then as well. But it's not too often that Canadians end up in the news for being utter idiots like this guy !
