First of all, why are we so afraid of our culture changing?
What is Canadian culture?
This country was built on colonial capitalism; economic imperialism.
The country was created by those who paid no attention to theimportance of culture (eg: systematic destruction of First Nations heritage...)
and thus has always experienced confusion and conflict concerning its cultural
roots. It's nothing new, and that should say something to us.
I highly doubt that all immigrants come to Canada solely because it is thecountry of choice. Obviously if that were true they would not care abouthaving the national anthem sung in Hindi.
It seems more likely that most immigrants would much rather live in
their own countries, but they end up being forced out because ofviolence or economic instability...most often violence because of economicinstability; economic instability created by those in control of an incredibly
nearsighted and often malicious Global Economy which our "culture" works
hard to maintain, and has worked hard to maintain since its conception.It is because of the common citizen's ignorance to the absolutely terribleforesight inherent in our system, and our lack of recognition of ourpersonal contribution to the atrocities being experienced by so many aroundthe world that a Global culture of exploitation and out-of-control consumption(especially apparent during Christmas, which has been twisted to the pointthat most of us cannot consider the Idea of Christmas without thinkingabout spending money) is allowed to continue to exist and to perpetuate the
difficulties forcing people to leave their own Nations and come to ours. And
we're fine with it until they don't pay their taxes or try and speak their own language.If we really want to ameliorate this situation we will look at the real roots of the problem,
and stop blaming the victims of our own ancestors' Bigotry and Greed.
Maybe this Christmas we can begin to figure out who really
s most in need of charity.Somehow, out of all people in the world, I doubt it's upper-middle class,white, English, Canadians like Bruce Allen.
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My first reaction was to dismiss this tripe with distain:
Gregory, I thought you had learned your lesson - I think you should
re-examine your principles and compare them with those who would like to
supplant your culture.
BTW - Marx has become so tiresome.
I have lost Gregory's response to my answer, but needless to say he thought it was a cheap shot and not a worthy response.
I will try to respond in more detail - but the gist of what I have to say will not change.
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