[Agamemnon]

Originally posted by SoulOfTheFlame+Apr 21 2005, 04:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SoulOfTheFlame @ Apr 21 2005, 04:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Yikes ... that's loaded in itself.

Way to paint an entire region of Canada.

Morons are all over the place man.

Agreed.

Read what I said though, I said personally the further west I go, the more racism I have encountered. I'm talking about my personal experiences, nothing more. [/b][/quote]
I'd also point out that while brushing a whole group of people (Western Canadians) as holding a more or less 'racist' ideal than another region could be dangerous, but isn't necessarily wrong.

While no one should make assumptions about groups of people, I think you've entered a different ballpark once you've got hefty personal experience.

While I don't think one group of people is better or worse than another, I think its entirely fair to believe that one group is more intolerant than another.

To suggest that all groups of people (Western, Eastern, Central, Northern) Canadians are more or less racist/prejudiced than other groups might be morally/ethically wrong, but practically correct.

I do indeed believe that there are more people per capita in Western Canada that hold what I would call 'bias' or 'prejudice' against other groups of people than I've experienced in Eastern/Central Canada. I assume there are perfectly rational explanations for this, largely based around geography, economy, politics, etc.

I don't think its _wrong_ to state that one group is more or less prejudiced than another, as long as that's a 'known' fact rather than a biased characterization. To say that NO group is more or less racist than another is probably wrong. German Nazis were _much_ more racist than other groups, and I think this example alone points out the fact that different 'groups' of people can hold different prejudices.

Though, quantifying these by 'group' is probably next to impossible, regardless of the 'truth' of the matter or not.