Gun-loving U.S. cop draws Twitter jeers after 'aggressive' encounter with Canadians. lol

[Sharpshooter]

^^ Niiiiice.

[Ryanstorm]

Wow, if this were the states someone would of died over this probably. This guy is a sissy, a cop who is afraid of two people asking him a simple question. Who cares how they said it. He would of pulled a gun out on them off duty and that is a coward thing to do. Proud to be Canadian.

[Sharpshooter]

[Bure fan]

That's too funny!! But I'm sure thankful Canada has some sense to not allow firearms to be carried around. Who knows what would have happened to those two innocent Canadians.

"Shoot first, ask questions later"

[Kamero89]

"strangers say'n hello, is a gun challenge where i come from" said the American redneck

[Electro Rock]

By Americans standards, Canadians can come off as being aggressive in body language and tone, like to stare, and don't seem as respectful of personal space. I could easily see how this could cause a misunderstanding with someone who "reads" social situations for a literal living.

[Bure fan]

"strangers say'n hello, is a gun challenge where i come from" said the American redneck

[nucklehead]

Welcome to Calgary(Alberta). Everyone talks aggressive like.

[Sharpshooter]

By Americans standards, Canadians can come off as being aggressive in body language and tone, like to stare, and don't seem as respectful of personal space. I could easily see how this could cause a misunderstanding with someone who "reads" social situations for a literal living.

[The Sedin's 6th Sense]

Well, I partially agree with the guy - lucky that things didn't go bad so I don't know what the joking is about..

[Tokasmoka]

This whole thread gave me a much needed laugh.

[Zamboni_14]

By Americans standards, Canadians can come off as being aggressive in body language and tone, like to stare, and don't seem as respectful of personal space. I could easily see how this could cause a misunderstanding with someone who "reads" social situations for a literal living.

[Sharpshooter]

*looks around* which "Americans" are you talking about? And which Canadians are you talking about? I've been to Canada many times, and the people I've met were no different (in terms of conversation or hospitality) than people I've met in Pittsburgh, Alabama, Dallas, Wyoming, etc.

[Jai604]

While this whole twitter explosion over this has been quite funny, the underlying issue at hand is pretty pathetic.

Glad to be Canadian, every day of the year.

[SukhKular]

Wow. The mindset in the US is just plain messed up. And this idiot is a cop. What a sad state of affairs.

[JLumme]

By Americans standards, Canadians can come off as being aggressive in body language and tone, like to stare, and don't seem as respectful of personal space. I could easily see how this could cause a misunderstanding with someone who "reads" social situations for a literal living.

[M A K A V E L I 96]

The Kalamazoo gentlemen also didn't like that Obama invited Common to the White House.

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/07/letter_obama_disrespected_offi.html

[Sharpshooter]

The Kalamazoo gentlemen also didn't like that Obama invited Common to the White House.

http://www.mlive.com...ected_offi.html

[Ghostsof1915]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7Ro-8hNIU

I like Ayoob, but seriously, how freaking paranoid are Americans?

[Wetcoaster]

How about this for irony...

Apparently a number of people have commented, posted and tweeted that they had similar encounters in Nose Hill Park on the day in question and were asked if they had been to the Stampede as well by these two gentleman. When some people answered in the negative the two gentleman aggressively offered them free tickets to the Stampede courtesy of a Calgary Oil company that they were representing.

Subsequent to the online furor, Calgary Cultural Ambassador Jenn Lutz said in a tweet that the two “very aggressive” men Mr. Wawra encountered were in fact giving out free Stampede passes. http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/09/walt-wawra/