UN accuses Canada of racism

National Post ^ | 8-7-02 | Steven Edwards

[Peter Libra]

Absolutely- in a nutshell.

[justshe]

****They shouldn't have bothered to show up.****

Exactly!

Why give the perception that you are ceding authority or power to a committee to which you DON'T ascribe?

Dumb move. VERY dumb move! PC move....but dumb.

"Canada has some of the toughest anti-racism laws in the world, but submits to such grillings because it "believes that the world community will be gradually moved along if we and other countries support the processes," Mr. Moyer said."

[Sally II]

Didn't mean to offend you. And I'm sorry that I sounded like I was generalizing about Canadians. That was wrong. You're right, there are a lot of pro-American Canadians. And as far as the American hating sort of people go, they do come from all over the world. And unfortunately, a very high number of them come from within our country. Directly after 9-11 I did come across quite a few hateful Candians.... and hateful S. Africans, Americans, and I'm sure there are a number of Europeans, etc. I'm sure they were all progressive/Greens or some similar party. I was pretty surprised to see hatred coming from Canada. I guess I see us as being pretty similar since we're neighbors. But anyhow, my point was sarcastic, not meant to suggest that Canada was evil, too. It's just that the lefties around the world believe that America is the root of all evil. And my ultimate point is that no system of government is perfect, even the most decent governing system, like yours and mine, have a few flaws. I don't like seeing people with big logs in their eyes thinking they can point out the splinters in ours. I don't know, do the Canadians get the same level of hatred and criticism as the US does? Maybe you know what it's like to see your fellow Candians brutally attacked, and then be told from people all around the world that your country deserved it. I guess I woudn't know because I spend too much time on the Yahoo boards, or something.

[jodorowsky]

"This is the old story of [the balance between] freedom of expression and the suppression of hate propaganda,"

Oh yes, the classic tradeoff, known to antiquity. It's not at all a modern propaganda tactic to make decadent fools give up their natural rights to communist bureaucracies.

said Kurt Herndl, a retired Austrian diplomat who serves on the 18-member committee as co-ordinator for reports on Canada.

Go anschluss yourself, Kurt Herndl. What did your parents do during the war?

The Canadian delegation said the government had begun meeting with members of the black community to "explore their special circumstances."

I "explored the special circumstances" of a member of the black community once. Can I join your stupid little task force?

imposed by Canada on Chinese immigrants at the end of the 19th century. Some survivors are suing the government for compensation

2002 - 1899 = 103.

After reading that article, my stock of hate for anti-white racists and the UN is replenished.

[freeforall]

The countries of the Middle East consist of terrorist organizations, theocracies, dictatorships and would-be dictators. They do not recognize the individual rights of their own subjects, much less those of the citizens of Israel.But let's correct Canada for transgressing political correctness over 100 years ago.Sins of our fathers and our fathers father and our fathers father father ad infinitum.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

You just cant do anything that the UN dont aprove of period whether you be a country or a person if the UN says your wrong or you did something its gspel [to the un] to the rest of the free world the un is the master and we are the slaves this includes any country including this one its not to far from being true just watch and see and we will bein a fight for our very existance !

[lavaroise]

The UN, this groupy whore everyone takes seriously.

[jodorowsky]

Which is why no one who speaks German as a native tongue has any business judging anyone who speaks English as a native tongue!

[jodorowsky]

(If you buy their incorrect premise, that is)

[agrandis]

Unbelievable! Scary!

Pretty bad when hey accuse CANADA of not stomping on free speech enough.

[agrandis]

They shouldn't have bothered to show up.

But they did, because Canada is a UN-embracing natiopn if there ever was one. That's why the UN is always praising Canada. In my mind, Canada is one of the biggest enemies of life and liberty in the USA.

[2sheep]

[jodorowsky]

Canada is one of the biggest enemies of life and liberty in the USA.

I think your own government should be a bigger concern to you than us folks up here.

[agrandis]

Good point. Y'all work hand-in-hand (my illegitimate gov. and Canadian culture, that is). I should have said, Canada is the biggest FOREIGN threat to our liberty - more than the E.U., more than Mexico, more than Islam, more than China.

[Rev. Lou Chenary]

Canada a threat???

you're being sarcastic right? I don't think Canada is a threat to anything.
All the Quebecians I've ever met were for the most part pretty cool people.

[jodorowsky]

my illegitimate gov. and Canadian culture

Do you say that because we're a bad example, a bad apple that comes from the same tree? An English country just like your own going down the socialist path and not turning into a land of gulags and starvation?

Mexico and Islam and China are foreign but Canada is similar enough for our socialist ways to insinuate themselves into your culture.

[jodorowsky]

Quebecians

As a former one I JUST have to correct this :)

"Quebecois"

(Or, "Frenchylvanian")

[Black Powder]

But they did, because Canada is a UN-embracing natiopn if there ever was one.

Where is the UN building located?

[usadave]

Canada yesterday appeared before a United Nations committee on the elimination of racial discrimination to defend itself against allegations that racial injustices persist against black, Chinese and aboriginal Canadians, and that immigrants do not earn as much as people born in the country.

I wonder when Mexico, which has a population that is 92% Hispanic, will be called before this UN committee. Surely Mexico can't be doing everything that it possibly can to welcome white, black, and Asian immigrants to Mexico and to provide them with equal rights when it comes to employment opportunities.

[agrandis]

You haven't met the Quebecians I have, or your standard for "cool" is very different. If it's the latter, hope you never meet me in person.