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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Yes Canada and the US are forgetting where they came from.
Just as an example, if you whiteys lived in China and were offended by Chinese New Year celebrations.. do you think they'd give a cr*p about you?  |
Well I don't think this attitude goes far, either by individuals or by countries, in promoting acceptance.
The issues are not who we are, where we have come from, what we look like, how we celebrate things. The issues are accepting all of these differences while maintaining your own identity. Some are now feeling compromised with how they live their lives. I do not feel that way.
As far as I am concerned, we should celebrate our differences instead of trying to make everyone like us. Now if someone told me I could no longer celebrate my customs in my own way, as long as the way I celebrated and lived my life met with the laws of the land, well then I might have a problem. I try to take people at face value unless they prove otherwise to me.
Now if I was living in China, yes, I think you would be ignored if you asked them to change how they celebrate their New Year. But I do not think they would object to you celebrating XMas if you did not object to them celebrating their festivals.
Same thing in Canada. I do not object whatsoever to people observing the Ramadan, celebrating Hannukah, whatever as long as those people also accept how I celebrate my own customs. Acceptance is the key. And with acceptance and the arrival of many new immigrants and many new customs, society will change. That is a given. But you do not have to fear change and change is not necessarily bad. Nothing ever stays the same, thank God for that!!!