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Originally Posted by fundmark19
So you are ok with Canada losing its culture all together then so we can be tolerable to others because they are a minority?
As far as I can remember Christmas/Holidays have been celebrated in schools throughout Canada. Catholic as well as Public. Santa always came and delivered present to Catholic and Agnostic Families as well as some Jewish families that I knew. I am not as old as some members on this board but others can chime in if they had different experiences.
So why now last 5-10 years are we changing Canada's culture that has been around for last 140 odd years. Is it a coincidence that this seems to be the same time frame that people have started to push that they are atheists and trying to have atheist rights, instead of being impartial to holiday/religious celebrations as people were in the past?
I will be surprised if children are even taught English in schools in the future here. French all ready seems to be on its way out. Why bother speak English and each child's mother tongue language, we all know someone is just going to complain that it is unfair and against their beliefs to have to learn another language and we will roll over and give into their requests because we are afraid of offending anyone.
If someone can tell me how Santa Claus can possibly offend anyone please let me know.
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"Healthy" cultures evolve and grow. Your great, great, great, great, great granddaddy's Canada isn't the Canada of today. What you have now is a progression.
Unhealthy cultures don't evolve and grow and therefore stagnate. You could point to a lot of Middle Eastern cultures like that.
Cowperson