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Canadian, Plz

Stolen from [livejournal.com profile] aldehyde

Canadian, Please - hee! love it. Also damn song is stuck in my head now. :)

and then some arse made racist comments about the guy in that vid and this the fabulous response: he'll never be a real canadian.

And of interest to no one, but fits with this er rather patriotic theme which sort of came out of nowhere, I found this this morning and I teared up watching it: CFL This is Our League I ♥ the Canadian Football League. I try to never miss a game.

lallala - carry on.


eta: Pir8 points us to more info on that I Write Like meme
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[identity profile] bootsy-mine.livejournal.com 2010-07-17 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
While I'm not a Canadian (American and we're close because its attached), I also disapprove of racist remarks. Each country has its good points and bad points.

Canada is awesome! Think of all the wonderful things associated with it - Maple Syrup, Anne of Green Gables, Michael J. Fox, the Mounties, Hockey, The Kids in the Hall, etc.

Okay, probably a stupid comment but I hate to see people downing other countries. I could easily point out beneficial and negatives on each. Some people are just frustrating!

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-07-17 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate to see people downing other countries.

I agree completely, and I hope that's not what you thought I was doing here. I didn't think it was an anti-american vid or anti-any other country. Just a silly little song with a bit of truths mixed in - like I don't think we have the world monopoly of trees. LOL! but a canadian did discover insulin. :D

So I would certainly enjoy a similar song about any other country (though likely not as much). ;)

[identity profile] bootsy-mine.livejournal.com 2010-07-17 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that you were being racist. I thought your post was simply, "I enjoy this about my country".

I was referring to your mentioning, "and then some arse made racist comments about the guy in that vid" That always annoys me. I was raised to believe, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Not that I never voice a frustration, just I try to do it politely when I do.

I'm fine with my country, I'm happy to live here but I can accept that it's imperfect and other countries are better in some ways and mine is better in others.

*hugs*

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-07-17 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
awesome. just making sure! :D

yeah, the remark was stupid - implying that a non-white person was not a good representative of a country that is incredibly multi-cultural. *eyerolls*
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[personal profile] aerisaturner 2010-07-17 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHA you totally made my day with this post, especially since I had surgery yesterday and am now swollen and on meds. *squishes you*


*love for her fellow Canadians*

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-07-17 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It's definitely a great song to enjoy while being swollen on meds. :D

Hope your surgery went well. *hugs*
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[personal profile] aerisaturner 2010-07-17 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup yup, it is! And yes, my surgery did go well, hun :D

You know you love getting 3 wisdom teeth out at once *hugs you back*

[identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com 2010-07-17 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, dear. :( I did that once. reacted badly to the meds, too and threw up for three days straight. :(((

*sends you ice creams*
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[personal profile] aerisaturner 2010-07-18 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no *hugs you* That's horrible ugh, I'm lucky that didn't happen to me. Although they do make me sleepy...

Oooh ice cream :D YAY!
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[personal profile] potteresque_ire 2010-07-17 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the Canadian song! I have very close ties with Canada, and have spent quite a bit of time on both coasts. I love that country, beautiful, and any country that curls and not just for Winter Olys = WIN.

Well, you know that Canada has received a lot of people from the city I grew up in the 90s, and I remember hearing, when I was little, how that mass influx of people caused some tension at that time. I think there will always be this type of comments, usually made those who feel the immigrants have "stolen" their opportunities when it was more likely due to their own ineptness and/or attitude. The perpetuators of racism are surely rude and ignorant, but I'm also sadly aware that no matter how fluent my English is, no matter how many years I have held a US passport and cheered for Americans... if this country someday runs into hardship, if resources somehow become scarce, we who are easily identified by our colour will likely be the first to be considered outcast, even if the law will protect us from having our rights denied. While internet comments like the ones in Andrew's page are awful, it's ... kind of a reality check as well. :(

*Hugs*
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