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Technically the USA declared war, not the British. And Technically it's the USA who opened the hostility by invading British-owned Canada. (Not to say the USA didn't have legitimate grievances).
So I'm guessing instead of Offending the Chinese you'd be offending the Canadians by portraying as plotting an invasion of the USA...
edited 23rd Nov '12 12:25:48 PM by CobraPrime
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Technically hostilities had already broken out long before the declaration of war made it official.
To answer the OP's question, when has anyone ever cared about the War of 1812?
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But no one cares about offending Canadians because they are too polite to complain about it.
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Not since 1813.
edited 23rd Nov '12 12:55:40 PM by Canid117
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Exactly. You'd think the Burning of Washington, The lopsided battle with Andrew Jackson, Oliver "We have met the enemy and he is ours." Hazard Perry, Fort Mc Henry of Star-Spangled Banner fame would make for some good movies, but it seems no one really cares.
It's a bigger footnote in American history then the Spanish-American War. And the only reason anyone remembers that one is because it had Theodore Roosevelt in it.
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Actually, from what I've heard, Canadians tend to think of the War of 1812 as VERY important, as it kind of cemented their national identity. The Canadians got to feel like a country, the US got England to agree to stay out of this side of the Atlantic, the English got...to stay off this side of the Atlantic, and the Indians, again, got screwed by everybody (even other Indians).
Wasn't the burning of Washington DC in retaliation for a Canadian city that US troops burned?
Would that it were so simple.
Not since 1812, actually. In New England, no one ever cared about it. We traded with Britain like usual.
What's now Toronto.
edited 23rd Nov '12 10:56:15 PM by CrimsonZephyr
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Get Michael Bay to direct, and have patriotic aliens fight on the side of the American forces. Then, after their Heroic Sacrifice, everyone swears to never talk about it again and writes down "tornado" in the history books.
It's the 200th anniversary of the actual invasion of America, so why didn't they make that movie?
Should have been easier to get funding. It doesn't offend the Chinese and the big hero is a Republican.
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