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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fresc who wrote (8316)	2/16/2006 7:33:20 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 37471

fresc....I response to this from me....""We even have laws in place to protect other cultures.... no laws to protect our own culture though... But hey we really don't need laws to protect our Canadian culture cuz we no longer have one. Thanks liberal thinkers."""..... You said...."Same CRAP my parents use to hear in the 60's when they first arrived. Kind of racist thinking back then don't you think?".... No I don't think that at all. Your statement is that of a loser who uses the " RACIST " statement hoping it will stick to your enemy when they know their own thoughts are wrong...losers will always use this as a last resort. Now having said that what does the term " racist " have to do with a person wanting to maintain their own culture in their own country? I don't have anything against any race and never ever have but nor do I have anything against any other culture so how in hell can you apply the term racist to my statement? IMO Culture is the heart of a country and we in Canada have none left. Much as I dislike Quebec wanting to separate I have to admit that at least they are trying to protect what culture they have left and the rest of Canada should be doing the same. But maybe to late. I do not think that what ever culture we had in Canada should have been sacrificed in my country to make room for other cultures. A process that is stupid and does not and will not work in this country...come to think of it in what other countries where it is tried did it work? So when you want to refer to someone as a " racist " make sure you know what you are talking about otherwise you will look like just what you are. So are your Parents Canadian as in culture or do they maintain the culture of their homeland? do they live in an area where their culture is separated from other cultures or do they do the Canadian thing and assimilate? Do you live in a one cultural area or do you mix with other Canadians.

To: fresc who wrote (8316)	2/16/2006 10:44:18 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 37471

""We even have laws in place to protect other cultures.... no laws to protect our own culture though... But hey we really don't need laws to protect our Canadian culture cuz we no longer have one. Thanks liberal thinkers."" Same CRAP my parents use to hear in the 60's when they first arrived. Kind of racist thinking back then don't you think? In whose eyes? I remember when my parents realised that they had no club. My Father thought they might go to the german Club, his Father was from Nurnberg, but my Father spoke no German. Our last name was German, and my mothers Father was from Cornwall, so the English club wasn't much of an option. My Dad's mom was from Killaloe, and they didn't really have a club for Wends. My Mom's mother was Part native, but it was from her mother, so there were no treaty rights for women who married white folk. So while your family was feeling discriminated against, the whitebread population was trying to find some place to fit in with all the Ethnicities that were blossoming around them. Why isn't their pain, and their confusion and their problems worth any consideration. What about the Italian families as an example who didn't want anything to do with anyone who wasn't Italian, or the Poles, or Russians, the list could go on and on. Some of us were just canadians, and all the new ethnicities were lovely, but a lot of us were just plain Canadians. We built the country, we made it possible for all the things the newer immigrants came to enjoy, why are those efforts not just as valuable as those of the newer immigrants? I was brought up in a world where children 5 years old could walk the mile to school, and come home at lunch and never get abducted. I was brought up in a Canada where most boys joined cubs and got a pocket knife and every kid over 10 had a knife. No one I knew ever stabbed anyone, but everyone had a knife. When we fought, we used our fists, I didn't know anyone who got shot either, although most boys in my school were taught in the school gym how to use a .22.... I remember when we got medicare, and when schools were a safe and sometimes fun place, where you respected everyone who was your elder, and were scared to death of teachers. That is the Canada we offered to the immigrants. Does that sound like todays Canada. Now you know what benefits we have received from the new immigrants.