Posted on 12/18/2008 6:13:02 AM PST by Clive
Have they seen the light? Doubtful, eh?
I find it curious that the easy going, tolerant Canadians would tolerate this intolerance.
I know your question is rhetorical, but HRCs have ruled against moderate Christian preachers. In one case, they ruled against a preacher for quoting the Bible.
“Canada should pass RICO laws and prosecute the CHRC as a “continuing criminal enterprise”. Then they should all be given very long prison sentences.”
I tend to disagree.
The CHRC, imo, is an active enemy propaganda outfit during a time of war and should be closed with, fixed in place, and destroyed. To the last man/woman of em, without mercy, compassion or hesitation.
And enemy is a thing to be destroyed. This isn’t about difference of opinion, or any of that weak sauce. This is about supporting the enemy’s goals while engaged in a war against that enemy. That makes them every bit the legit enemy as the jihadiscum trigger pullers that CHRC works to protect through its propaganda efforts.
> I find it curious that the easy going, tolerant Canadians would tolerate this intolerance.
In a bizarre way I understand my Countrymen and can see how and why this would happen in Canada.
You see, in Canada we have a concept called “The Cultural Mosaic”. Your analog in America is “The American Melting Pot”. Both are analogies as to how each country will deal with diversity. And while they sound similar — both imply that there will be diverse peoples involved — the concepts are radically different.
Starting with the Melting Pot: you Yanks take people from all over the world, chuck them all together and blend them into a reasonably-uniform “American”. The idea being they become American first, last, and always — who just happens to have originated in Italy or Ireland or South Africa or...
The Cultural Mosaic is a different concept. If you think of a mosaic, it is a whole bunch of tiles separated by grout that, together, form a picture. No one tile is more important than the other, and no one tile comprises the entire picture. There is no attempt to blend the tiles together: they remain separate. As with tiles, so with cultures: Canada has been structured to be a country that comprises a large number of separate national identities, with no attempt to blend them or to develop a uniform “Canadian” culture.
Now, if you can get your head around those two very different concepts, hopefully alot about your Canadian neighbors will suddenly make sense.
Being American is almost a Religion: almost. Being American comes loaded with a whole bunch of values and shared beliefs. This became very obvious to me when I visited the Monuments in Washington DC. “The Faithful” came from all over the US — even in the pouring rain — and lined up to see Monuments. Almost like muslims visiting Mecca — except without the Evil islamic overtones.
Being Canadian is, well, not being American. Canadians would never line up in the rain to see Monuments, because the values and shared beliefs just aren’t there. Being Canadian is not at all like a Religion.
OK, so all of this can happen because there is no strong sense of unified national identity, and there is an accepted baseline view that everybody’s tile in the mosaic is as valid as everybody else’s, and each one must therefore be protected from everybody else...
I hope all that makes sense: it kinda does to me.
IIRC, they arrested a Christian for saying a lot less severe things about gays.
Muslims must be a “protected” class...............
***I have already purchased property on the Moon....that’s the only nearby place that has not been corrupted, YET! Now, how to get there and how to breath....***
You bought property on the Moon? WOW! We might be neighbors one day. My lot has a lot of small rocks on it. I figure we can build a hut with them. I saw them on Google maps, so I know the rocks are there.
It's OK to be a Muslim and say that stuff. Try it as anything else and they'll say something different. Thus your comment about Muslims being a "protected" class is spot on.
I have no idea what it's going to take to get people like that to realize that it's us that need protecting from radical Muslims, but just such a "sea change" needs to happen soon.
> Isn’t Queen Elizabeth’s portrait on the Canadian currency ?
Yes. She is the Head of State in Canada. In this capacity she is the Queen of Canada — a role that is quite separate to her role as Queen of the United Kingdom.
Now, that idea is going to seem a little weird to Americans, I suspect. It’s all a part of belonging to the Commonwealth. (She is also the Queen of New Zealand — again, a separate role to the role of Queen of the United Kingdom)
> This would seem to indicate a strong connection to the UK and English law, which is the basis for American law.
Yes, that is true to an extent, but it was more true before 1980. Canada was a member of the British Empire, even two centuries before Confederation in 1867.
Canada became a Dominion (limited self-rule) and then a country in its own right, governed by the “British North America Act” which was a piece of British Law, maintained by the British Parliament.
In 1967 for the Centennary Canada changed its national flag from the Red Ensign (red flag with Union Jack in upper left corner) to the Maple Leaf that you are familiar with today — thus taking a step away from its British roots.
Then in 1980 Canada “repatriated” the BNA Act and replaced it with a Constitution that contains an Entrenched Charter of Rights and Freedoms (thus nearly impossible to change). All provinces bar Quebec signed up to this Constitution.
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms superseded a whole bunch of British Common Law.
So Canada’s links to the UK are becoming less and less and less over time.
HANGE WE CAN BEHEAD IN!..............
“Two, Mr Christian?”
We are working on that type of BS here, where one group can say what they please but others cannot.
I was born and raised in Vancouver, and spent alot of time in the US. Then I emigrated to NZ, where I am now.
> I always ask for Molsons, but this past July I discovered the number 1 beer up north is Coors. Gad !
When I lived in British Columbia, our favorite beer was Kokanee. “Big Foot” used to advertize it! A very pleasant drop...
Why NZ ?
As long as you add, “Muzzies should be shot on sight” I will agree with the stupid statement posted above! (SACR)
> Why NZ ?
I married a pretty Kiwi girl. She wanted to go home and, strangely enough, I followed her...
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