Good ways to start a conversation with a guy you've never talked to before? If you're shy?

No, they aren't. If your experience is that every Canadian you've met is short tempered and rude, the common denominator is YOU. YOU are doing/saying something to cause them to react that way to you.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.