Yes yes Gypsy, we all know Ellen Page: as soon as she got famous EVERY canadian had clearly had personal interaction with her.

and don't get me started on that bitch Avril: unfortunatly, she's from one of MY haunts.

I do agree however, that PC has ruined a good sarcasm-gasm. We're all expected to ignore differences in race, culture, background etc in the interest of not offending anyone- but by doing so, we're ignoring differences that should be celebrated, and yes, mocked for the amusement of the muppets in the gallery.

Personally, i find a good way around it is to just restrict my 'racist' comments to countries that don't get it enough. Like the Danish. Pastry eating peninsula monkies.