I wish I had said this - multiculturalism in Canada

[sapper740]

My Gawd, what are those cretins doing to my country? Don't they know that when you try to appease all groups in a society you appease NONE! We need to tell the fools in Ottawa to pick one culture and force ALL groups to adhere to it and I suggest the culture they choose be the one that has served Canada well for over 140 years...the same culture that fought on the Plains of Abraham, fought the Fenian raids, the War of 1812, the Great War, WWII, the Korean War, fought in the Former Yugoslavia, and is fighting and dying in Afghanistan.
People would do well to observe and learn from the example Texas sets for having a homogenous culture, and by that I don't mean racially homogenous but culturally we are all proud to be TEXANS first and for the most part the rest of the country and the world can go piss up a rope! And it's not just the white guys that think this way, the other two major racial groups in Texas also feel the same way which makes for a very unified society. Sure, there is some racism here, but I used way more racial epithets while living in Canada than I have living in Texas. My fellow Canadians know the truth of this.

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by sapper740

......the same culture that fought on the Plains of Abraham........

Just to stir the pot, which of the "two founding cultures" are you refering to? The original occupiers who "stole" the plains from the "first nations" (how many can be first? one? more?) or those perfidious English who snuck up on Montcalm's forces while the general was having a quicky with his (pur laine?) mistress?

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

...while the general was having a quicky with his (pur laine?) mistress?

Grant,
You make this sound like a bad thing...?

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

Just to stir the pot, which of the "two founding cultures" are you refering to? The original occupiers who "stole" the plains from the "first nations" (how many can be first? one? more?) or those perfidious English who snuck up on Montcalm's forces while the general was having a quicky with his (pur laine?) mistress?

Grant, I make no apologies for either the English or the French and their treatment of our First Nations. It's simply a historical fact that in the development of any nation there are going to be winners and there are going to be losers...C'est la guerre, n'est-ce pas? The point I was making is that our original, and by that I mean French and English cultures came to Upper and Lower Canada back in the day as immigrants with the dream of carving a better life out of the wilderness. By their sweat and blood Canada grew into what it is today. And a lot of sweat and blood it was! I have my Grandfather's family journal telling of our family coming to Canada in 1782 after being run out of New York for being United Empire Loyalists. Samuel and Jemima Platt settled in Picton County with not much more than the clothes on their back and through back-breaking labour built a farm and a life in Canada. If they complained about what language the National Anthem was sung in, it wasn't mentioned in the family journal. Now, jump forward 227 years to the present day. Instead of being grateful to be allowed to live in one of the greatest countries on the planet, immigrants today are complaining that, Holy Cow! there is Canadian culture in Canada and they don't like it! Stop that singing "O Canada", and why can't I find the Grass Hockey game between Mumbai and Calcutta on Saturday night!?! Who the heck is Don Cherry and why is Ice Hockey so popular? Stop it! I don't like it!


P.S. as for the perfidious English sneaking up on the French, I believe it's called "Tactics".

Derek.

[Ganmain Tony]

P.S. as for the perfidious English sneaking up on the French, I believe it's called "Tactics".

Derek.[/QUOTE]

A legitimate ruse of war old boy!!!

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

P.S. as for the perfidious English sneaking up on the French, I believe it's called "Tactics".

Derek.

A legitimate ruse of war old boy!!![/QUOTE]
I'm sure it all depends if you are on the giving or receiving end of the attack, but then the victors write the history (until the revisionists get at it).